Wenhao Diao

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Books

• Diao, W., & Trentman, E. (2021). Language learning in study abroad: The multilingual turn.. Multilingual Matters.

Chapters

• Diao, W., & Chen, C. (2023). Softening the tone?: A corpus-based study of the utterance-final pragmatic particle ba in Mandarin.. In Pragmatics of Chinese as a second language. Multilingual Matters.
• Diao, W. (2020). Becoming multilingual or monolingual: Language use, class, and study abroad in China. In Multilingual Turn of Study Abroad. Multilingual Matters.
• Diao, W. (2022). Afterward. In Navigating semiotic resources on a university campus: International students’ multilingual literacy practices from a language socialization perspective.
• Diao, W., & Liu, H. (2019). Teaching Chinese at American charter schools: Identity and Classroom Teaching. In Classroom-based Research on Chinese as a Second Language.
• Diao, W., & Maa, J. (2019). Language socialization and second language pragmatics. In The Routledge Handbook of SLA and Pragmatics.
• Diao, W., & Wang, Y. (2021). Topics in everyday discourse: Mandarin L2 learners with their Chinese peers. In Second language Chinese development. Lexington.
• Trentman, E., & Diao, W. (2021). Introduction. In Language learning in study abroad: The multilingual turn. Multilingual Matters.
• Diao, W., & Liu, H. (2019). Teaching Chinese at American charter schools. In Classroom-based Research on Chinese as a Second Language(pp 259-279).
• Diao, W., Wang, Y., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2018). Interactional Development through Dinnertime Talk: The Case of American Students in Chinese Homestays. In The Routledge Handbook of Study Abroad Research and Practice.
• Diao, W. (2016). Gender, sexuality, and authenticity: Peer Mandarin socialization among American students in a Chinese college dorm. In Authenticity, language, and interaction in second language contexts(pp 109-129). Multilingual Matters.
• Diao, W. (2014). (Dis)engagement in Internet linguistic practices among sojourners in China. In Engaging language learners through technology integration: Theory, applications, and outcomes(pp 162-180). IGI Global.
• Cui, J., & Diao, W. (2011). Recontextualizing “Chinese” in Hu Jintao and Ma Ying-jeou’s New Year speeches. In Texas Linguistic Forum, 54 (Proceedings of SALSA XIX)(pp 23-32). Austin, TX: University of Texas at Austin.
• Diao, W. (2011). Study abroad, participation and turn taking: A case study. In Selected proceedings of the 2010 Second Language Research Forum(pp 1-17). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings.
• Zebrowski, M. G., & Diao, W. (2011). Chinese hip-hop and (g)localization. In In, out and beyond: Studies on border confrontation, resolutions and encounters(pp 65-78). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge & Scholars.

Journals/Publications

• Quan, T., Diao, W., & Emma, T. (2023). Returning to normal: Reimagining study abroad and language learning for a sustainable and equitable future. L2 Journal.
• Wang, Y., & Diao, W. (2023). Chinese heritage speakers as language brokers in internship abroad. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education.
• Diao, W., & Wang, Y. (2021). Multiracial Chinese American women studying abroad in China: The intersectionality of race, gender, and language learning. Intercultural Communication Education.
• Diao, W., & Wang, Y. (2021). Transcending gender taboos: Talk in the dorm among female study abroad students in China. International Journal of Chinese Language Education.
• Reynwar, C. N., & Diao, W. (2022). Language teachers’ emotion labor and professional identity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Linguistics and Education, Online access first.
• Warner, C. N., Gaspar, B., & Diao, W. (2021). Enterprising and Imagining Multilingual Subjects: Beyond Commodity-Centered Discourses for FL Teaching and Learning. Critical Multilingualism Studies, (28 pgs).
• Diao, W. (2020). Speaking against racism: stories of successful Chinese L2 learners of color in China. Critical Inquiries in Language Studies.
• Diao, W., & Liu, H. (2020). Starting college, quitting foreign language: The case of Chinese learners during secondary-postsecondary transition. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education.
• Florres, J. A., Hou, D., & Diao, W. (2018). Multilingual repertoires among immigrants in a southwestern U.S. border town. International Journal of Multilingualism.
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  Co-authored article with current and previous graduate students.
• Wolcott, T., McGregor, J., & Diao, W. (2016). Special Issue: Study Abroad in the Twenty-first Century. L2 Journal, 8(2), 1-109.
• Diao, W. (2017). Between standard and non-standard: Negotiating accent and identity in China. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 71, 87-101.
• Diao, W., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2018). Oral Language Development among Mandarin Learners in Chinese Homestays. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 3(1), 33-58.
• Trentman, E., & Diao, W. (2017). The American Gaze East: Cultural Discourses of Learning Mandarin and Arabic Overseas. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 2(2), 175-205. doi:10.1075/sar.16001.tre
• Di Silvio, F., Diao, W., & Donovan, A. (2016). The development of L2 fluency during study abroad: A cross-language study. Modern Language Journal, 610-624.
• Diao, W., & Trentman, E. (2016). Politicizing study abroad: Learning Arabic in Egypt and Mandarin in China. L2 Journal, 31-50.
• Diao, W., McGregor, J., & Wolcott, T. (2016). Special Issue: Study Abroad in the Twenty-first Century. L2 Journal, 8(2), 1-109.
• Diao, W., McGregor, J., & Wolcott, T. (2016). Study Abroad in the 21st century. L2 Journal, 8(2).
• Diao, W. (2014). Between ethnic and English names: Name choice for transnational Chinese students in a US academic community. Journal of International Students, 4, 205-222.
• Diao, W. (2014). Peer socialization into gendered L2 Mandarin language practices in a study abroad context: Talk in the dorm. Applied Linguistics. doi:10.1093/applin/amu053
• Diao, W., Freed, B., & Smith, L. (2011). Confirmed beliefs or false assumptions: A study of home stay experiences in the French study abroad context. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, XXI, 109-142.

Presentations

• Diao, W., & Warner, C. N. (2023, March). Feeling Rules in (Emergency Remote) Language Teaching. American Association for Applied Linguistics. Portland: American Association for Applied Linguistics.
• McGregor, J., Plews, J., Fernandez, J., Diao, W., Masaeed, K., Dressler, R., & Pérez-Vidal, C. (2023, January). Critical reflections on second language study abroad research. MLA Forum: Language and Society. San Francisco: Modern Language Association.
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  The chapter authors of a new edited collection on approaches in L2 study abroad research critically engage with a variety methods and data, reflecting on advantages, challenges, and limitations, and offering practical directions.
• Diao, W., & Fernandez, J. (2022, January 27-30, 2022). American Study Abroad Students Scene and Seen: Voices from Peer Hosts. Eighth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence. Tucson, Arizona.
• Diao, W., & Fernandez, J. (2022, January). American Study Abroad Students Scene and Seen: Voices from Peer Hosts. Eighth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence. Tucson: CERCLL.
• Diao, W. (2020, January). The Role of Study Abroad on Teachers' Professional Identity Development. Seventh International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence. Tucson: CERCLL.
• Diao, W., & Liu, H. (2020, January). Starting College, Quitting Chinese: STEM Students’ Language Learning during Secondary-Postsecondary Transition. Modern Language Association (MLA). Seattle.
• Diao, W. (2018, 2018). Monolingual Ideologies and Multilingual Practices of Learners of Arabic and Mandarin Abroad. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
• Diao, W. (2018, 2018). What is different for heritage speakers studying abroad, and why does it matter?. CIEE Annual Conference. Barcelona, Spain: CIEE.
• Diao, W., & Liu, H. (2018, 2018). Flexible Yet Dubious: Teaching Chinese at American Charter Schools.. AAAL. Chicago, IL.
• Diao, W. (2017, February). Doing Anti-Racism through Mandarin: A Muslim Student in China. 2017 CLIC Conference on Study Abroad. Houston: Rice University.
• Diao, W. (2017, March). Between the Standard and the Non-standard: American Students in Southern China. Annual conference of American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Portland, Oregon: AAAL.
• Diao, W., & Liu, H. (2017, November). Starting College, Quitting Chinese: Language Learning in the Freshman Year. Annual meeting of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Nashville, TN: ACTFL.
• Diao, W., Wang, Y., & He, X. (2017, November). Solving Conflicts in Peer Interaction: American Students in China. Annual meeting of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Nashville, TN: ACTFL.
• Diao, W., Wang, Y., Donovan, A., & Malone, M. (2017, August). Interactional Development through Dinnertime Talk: The Case of American Students in Chinese Homestays. 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: AILA.
• Diao, W., & McGregor, J. (2016, April). Teaching Americans in The “American” way: Academic socialization of study abroad instructors and program administrators.. American Association for Applied Linguistics. Orlando, FL.
• Diao, W. (2015, June). Putonghua with Shanghai Characteristics: Indexing Place in A Translocal Space. The Sociolinguistics of Globalization: (De)centering and (de)standardizing. Hong Kong.
• Diao, W., & Donovan, A. (2015, November). Food and beyond: Oral fluency development among American students in China.. The annual meeting of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
• Diao, W., & Trentman, E. (2015, July). The American Gaze East: Cultural Discourses of Learning Mandarin and Arabic Overseas. The Culture for Study Abroad for Second Languages conference. Halifax, Canada.
• Diao, W., Di Silvio, F., & Donovan, A. (2015, July). Unpacking the Homestay Myth: Interaction,s Intervention, and L2 Gains.. The Culture for Study Abroad for Second Languages conference.
• Donovan, A., Diao, W., & Di Silvio, F. (2015, November). Oral fluency: A cross-language study of study abroad homestay students.. The annual meeting of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
• Florres, J., Hou, D., & Diao, W. (2015, June). Lingua francas beyond English: Multilingual repertoires among immigrants in a southwestern U.S. border town. The Sociolinguistics of Globalization: (De)centering and (de)standardizing. Hong Kong.
• Trentman, E., & Diao, W. (2015, March). Politicizing Study Abroad: Learning Arabic in Egypt and Mandarin in China. The joint meeting of American Association of Applied Linguistics and Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée conference.. Toronto, Canada.

Reviews

• Yi, L., & Diao, W. (2020. Review of Wang (2019): Multilingualism and translanguaging in Chinese language classrooms.