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Yachao Sun

Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistic and Writing Studies at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Overview


Yachao Sun is an Assistant Professor at the Language and Culture Center of Duke Kunshan University. His research centers on multilingual writing, translingual studies, multimodal composition, and technology-empowered education. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Teaching, TESOL Quarterly, Language Teaching Research, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, English for Specific Purposes, Assessing Writing, and System, among others. His recent research examines how applied linguistics and writing theories can address the challenges of increasingly diverse teaching and learning contexts amid rapid technological advancement, thereby informing contemporary language practices and pedagogies. He is particularly interested in exploring multilingual writers’ language practices and ideologies through both translingual and generative AI perspectives, with one of his current projects investigating the impact of generative AI on translingual writing practices.

He has a joint master's degree in TESOL and Linguistics from Ball State University, Indiana and a Ph.D. in Second Language Studies from Purdue University, Indiana. Before joining Duke Kunshan University, he had been teaching introductory composition courses at Ball State University and Purdue University.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistic and Writing Studies at Duke Kunshan University · 2020 - Present DKU Faculty

Recent Publications


Translingual practices for critical language awareness in English as an additional language writing education

Journal Article Applied Linguistics Review · November 29, 2024 This study explores the impact of translingual practices on Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in English as an Additional Language (EAL) writing education within a non-English Medium Instruction (non-EMI) Chinese higher education context. A case study appr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Translingual practices in Chinese as a second language writing: Variations across language proficiency levels

Journal Article Language Teaching Research · November 29, 2024 This study investigates the variations in multilingual students’ translingual practices across language proficiency levels in the context of Chinese as a second language (CSL) writing. The case study examined multilingual students’ CSL writing across diffe ... Full text Cite

Pedagogical implications of translingual practices for content and language integrated learning

Journal Article Applied Linguistics Review · November 1, 2024 This case study explores the pedagogical implications of translingual practices for Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). The case study examines how a multilingual undergraduate student at a Sino-U.S. joint-venture university in China employs t ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Purdue University · 2020 Ph.D.