Yuan Lu, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Chinese Program
Lecturer
Biography
Selected Publications
- Lu, Y., & Ke, C. (2023). Bilingual heritage language learning in China: Applying the Douglas Fir Group’s transdisciplinary framework. Modern Language Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12881
- Lan, G., Pan, X., Sun, Y., & Lu, Y. (2023). Part of speech tagging of grammatical features related to L2 Chinese development: A case analysis of Stanza in the L2 writing context. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1139703. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1139703
- Lu, Y. (2019). L2 distribution of Chinese connectives: Towards a comprehensive understanding of a discourse grammar. Second Language Research, 35(4), 557–586. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658318791662
- Lu, Y., & Ke, C. (2018). L2 Chinese grammar development. In C. Ke (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of Chinese second language acquisition (pp. 151–216). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Ke, C., Lu, Y., & Pan, X. (2015). Assessing international Chinese language teachers’ second language acquisition theoretical foundation and language pedagogy. Shijie Hanyu Jiaoxue [Chinese Teaching in the World], 29(1), 111–129.
Courses Taught
- CHIN: 1111 First-year Chinese
- CHIN: 2101 Second-year Chinese
- CHIN: 2103 Accelerated Second-year Chinese
- CHIN: 3103 Business Chinese
- CHIN/LING: 3302 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics
- CHIN: 4103 Fourth-year Chinese
- CHIN: 4150 Advanced Reading and Writing in Chinese (with ChatGPT)
- CHIN: 5101 Fifth-year Chinese: Chinese Linguistics and Academic Writing
Awards, Honors, and Grants
- Summer Researcher-in-Residence Grant,Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Summer 2023
- Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Iowa, Spring 2019 – Spring 2021
- Graduate College, University of Iowa, Fall 2016
- T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship
- Graduate College, University of Iowa, Summer 2016
- Stanley Graduate Award for International Research
- International Programs, University of Iowa, Summer 2014
- ACTFL Testing Research Grant
- Professional Programs, ACTFL, March 2014
Research areas
- Chinese
