Yunwen Su

Datos Biográficos

ID3823633
NOMBREYunwen Su
NOMBRESYunwen
APELLIDOSu
FIRMASU Y
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ORCID0000-0003-0309-0788
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS13
TOTAL DE CITAS34
TOTAL COMO AUTOR13
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2017
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H3

  • Social perception of English irony

    Open AccessKathrin Rothermich, Yunwen Su et al.ARTICLEApplied Linguistics2026

    Irony plays an important role in social communication, but its perceived politeness and appropriateness can vary across linguistic backgrounds. This study investigated how first-language (L1) English speakers and advanced second-language (L2) English speakers (Chinese L1) evaluate ironic (sarcastic, teasing) versus literal statements in audio-visual conversations. Participants watched videos and rated them on politeness, appropriateness, and thei…

  • Digitally Empowered Assessment of Interactional Competence in a Second Language

    Open AccessYunwen Su, David Wei Dai et al.ARTICLELanguage Learning2026

    As language assessment increasingly recognizes interaction as socially co‐constructed, interactional competence (IC) has emerged as a central construct for understanding learners’ ability to manage communication across social and cultural contexts. At the same time, digitally mediated communication environments and artificial intelligence (AI)‐powered conversational agents are transforming both interaction itself and the ways in which it can be a…

  • Second Language Interactional Competence in Roleplay

    Open AccessYunwen Su, Xi ChenARTICLELanguage Learning2026

    This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an alternative to human interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in a second language (L2). Thirty L2 English speakers completed a 6‐item roleplay task designed to elicit refusals of requests, invitations, and offers, interacting with both a native‐speaking human interlocutor and GenAI (ChatGPT‐4o) 1 week apart. Four trained raters evaluated the au…

  • Modesty differs between historical and modern Chinese

    Open AccessXi Chen, Yunwen SuARTICLELanguage Sciences2025

  • Comparing two formats of data-driven rating scales for classroom assessment of pragmatic performance with roleplays

    Open AccessYunwen Su, Sun‐Young ShinARTICLELanguage Testing2024

    Rating scales that language testers design should be tailored to the specific test purpose and score use as well as reflect the target construct. Researchers have long argued for the value of data-driven scales for classroom performance assessment, because they are specific to pedagogical tasks and objectives, have rich descriptors to offer useful diagnostic information, and exhibit robust content representativeness and stable measurement propert…

  • Playing along

    Open AccessKathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Yunwen SuARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2024Citada por: 2Referencias: 14

  • Perceptual and acoustic analysis of prosody in Mandarin Chinese refusals

    Open AccessYen-Chen Hao, Yunwen Su et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2024Citada por: 2Referencias: 41

  • Refusing invitations and offers in second language Chinese

    Yunwen SuARTICLEJournal of Politeness Research2022Citada por: 1Referencias: 10

    The present study investigates the role of proficiency in the development of second language (L2) Chinese learners’ ability to negotiate refusals of invitations and offers in conversational interactions. Fifty-four American English learners of L2 Mandarin Chinese at three proficiency levels, and 22 native speakers, completed a four-item naturalized roleplay task. Findings suggest positive effects of proficiency on L1 American English L2 Chinese l…

  • Recognition of conventional expressions by EFL learners in Mexico and China

    Open AccessKathleen Bardovi-Harlig, Jesus Izquierdo et al.ARTICLESystem2022Citada por: 1Referencias: 7

  • Accepting invitations and offers in second language Chinese

    Open AccessYunwen SuARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2021Citada por: 5Referencias: 24

  • Yes or no

    Open AccessYunwen SuARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2020Citada por: 13Referencias: 18

  • Intra-lingual pragmatic variation in Mandarin Chinese apologies

    Yunwen Su, Yufen ChangARTICLEEast Asian Pragmatics2019

    This study investigates regional and gender variations of apologies in Putonghua ‘Standard Mandarin’ and Guoyu ‘Taiwanese Mandarin’. Production data were elicited from 40 participants from northern Mainland China and 34 from Taipei using an oral discourse completion task. Results showed that speakers in both regions employed a similar sequence of strategies and demonstrated similar preferences for context-dependent strategies in their apologies, …

  • Developing L2 Pragmatic Competence in Mandarin Chinese

    Open AccessYunwen Su, Wei RenARTICLEForeign Language Annals2017Citada por: 10Referencias: 36

    The present study explored the development of second language (L2) Chinese learners' ability to negotiate requests in interactions. It investigated the effect of proficiency on learners' use of request strategies and internal modifications and on their sequential realization of requests in L2 Chinese. Twenty‐four American English learners of L2 Mandarin Chinese at three different proficiency levels completed a three‐scenario role‐play task. The s…