Shifa Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3850487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shifa Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shifa |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ocean University of China |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9608-3159 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Asymmetric Language Switch Benefits From Comprehension to Production in Chinese Learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
Aims and Objectives: This study examined whether bilingual language control is shared across comprehension and production or supported by separate mechanisms in a dissimilar language pair. Specifically, we investigated whether Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) show asymmetric switch costs in comprehension-to-production (C-to-P) language switching. Design: Thirty-three Chinese EFL learners completed a joint language switch pa…
Bilingual Language Control by Chinese-English Bilinguals
Aims: The present study explores how language switching modulates cross-language semantic competitor effects in Chinese-English bilinguals to test the Inhibitory Control Model and Language-Specific Selection Model. Design: Two behavioral experiments adopted a modified cross-language semantic competitor priming paradigm. Computational models simulated inhibitory and non-inhibitory mechanisms. Data and analysis: Linear mixed-effects models and gene…
When Does Attachment Vary? Relative Clause Position and Individual Differences in Chinese Learners of English
This study investigated attachment resolution in second language (L2) processing by examining whether Chinese learners of English adopt fixed or variable attachment when reading English relative clauses (RCs), and how these preferences are shaped by syntactic position and individual differences. Using eye‐tracking, participants read sentences containing relative clauses that were either globally ambiguous or disambiguated toward high or low attac…
Refining the processing dynamics of English compound words in L2 learners
Understanding how EFL learners process compound words offers important insight into the structure and dynamics of the mental lexicon. We investigated how different linguistic features—frequency, semantic transparency, and morphological structure—influence the time course of compound noun processing in Chinese learners of English. Eye-tracking data were collected from 40 advanced L2 learners while reading sentences containing compound nouns. Three…
Knowing a translation pair by the cross-linguistic company it keeps
Two languages, two emotional minds in one brain
Cross-cultural Research of Speech Codes
Evolving from ethnographic research that determines what meanings are shared within a culture, studies regarding Speech Codes Theory have been conducted with implications for intercultural communication. Arguing for transitivity as speech codes in diverse cultures, this paper aims to describe and explain the transitivity attributes of English-medium Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports by Chinese and British/American corporations, and th…
Emotion in language
The present study examined the predicted effects of emotion word type and valence on emotional word recognition and explored their influence on emotion effects through an emotion categorization task. The results showed the influence of emotion word type and valence on emotional words recognition. Emotion‐label words exhibited faster response and higher accuracy rates (ACC) than emotion‐laden words, and positive words evoked faster response and lo…
A data-driven multidimensional assessment model for English listening and speaking courses in higher education
Based on multiple assessment approach, this study used factor analysis and neural network modeling methods to build a data-driven multidimensional assessment model for English listening and speaking courses in higher education. We found that: (1) Peer assessment, student self-assessment, previous academic records, and teacher assessment were the four effective assessors of the multi-dimensional assessment of English listening and speaking courses…
Comparing linguistic and cultural explanations for visual search strategies
Visual search studies have shown that East Asians rely more on information gathered through their extrafoveal (i.e., peripheral) vision than do Western Caucasians, who tend to rely more on information gathered using their foveal (i.e., central) vision. However, the reasons for this remain unclear. Cognitive linguists suggest that the difference is attributable linguistic variation, while cultural psychologists contend it is due to cultural factor…
Understanding EFL reading anxiety in relation to learning motivation, attitudes and strategies for Chinese and Spanish undergraduates
Language dominance influences bilingual lexical selection quantitatively but not qualitatively in language production
Emotion in language
The present study examined the predicted effects of emotion word type and valence on emotional word recognition and explored their influence on emotion effects through an emotion categorization task. The results showed the influence of emotion word type and valence on emotional words recognition. Emotion‐label words exhibited faster response and higher accuracy rates (ACC) than emotion‐laden words, and positive words evoked faster response and lo…
Understanding EFL reading anxiety in relation to learning motivation, attitudes and strategies for Chinese and Spanish undergraduates
Comparing linguistic and cultural explanations for visual search strategies
Visual search studies have shown that East Asians rely more on information gathered through their extrafoveal (i.e., peripheral) vision than do Western Caucasians, who tend to rely more on information gathered using their foveal (i.e., central) vision. However, the reasons for this remain unclear. Cognitive linguists suggest that the difference is attributable linguistic variation, while cultural psychologists contend it is due to cultural factor…
Understanding EFL reading anxiety in relation to learning motivation, attitudes and strategies for Chinese and Spanish undergraduates
Language dominance influences bilingual lexical selection quantitatively but not qualitatively in language production
A data-driven multidimensional assessment model for English listening and speaking courses in higher education
Based on multiple assessment approach, this study used factor analysis and neural network modeling methods to build a data-driven multidimensional assessment model for English listening and speaking courses in higher education. We found that: (1) Peer assessment, student self-assessment, previous academic records, and teacher assessment were the four effective assessors of the multi-dimensional assessment of English listening and speaking courses…
Cross-cultural Research of Speech Codes
Evolving from ethnographic research that determines what meanings are shared within a culture, studies regarding Speech Codes Theory have been conducted with implications for intercultural communication. Arguing for transitivity as speech codes in diverse cultures, this paper aims to describe and explain the transitivity attributes of English-medium Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports by Chinese and British/American corporations, and th…
Emotion in language
The present study examined the predicted effects of emotion word type and valence on emotional word recognition and explored their influence on emotion effects through an emotion categorization task. The results showed the influence of emotion word type and valence on emotional words recognition. Emotion‐label words exhibited faster response and higher accuracy rates (ACC) than emotion‐laden words, and positive words evoked faster response and lo…
Two languages, two emotional minds in one brain
Asymmetric Language Switch Benefits From Comprehension to Production in Chinese Learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
Aims and Objectives: This study examined whether bilingual language control is shared across comprehension and production or supported by separate mechanisms in a dissimilar language pair. Specifically, we investigated whether Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) show asymmetric switch costs in comprehension-to-production (C-to-P) language switching. Design: Thirty-three Chinese EFL learners completed a joint language switch pa…
Bilingual Language Control by Chinese-English Bilinguals
Aims: The present study explores how language switching modulates cross-language semantic competitor effects in Chinese-English bilinguals to test the Inhibitory Control Model and Language-Specific Selection Model. Design: Two behavioral experiments adopted a modified cross-language semantic competitor priming paradigm. Computational models simulated inhibitory and non-inhibitory mechanisms. Data and analysis: Linear mixed-effects models and gene…
When Does Attachment Vary? Relative Clause Position and Individual Differences in Chinese Learners of English
This study investigated attachment resolution in second language (L2) processing by examining whether Chinese learners of English adopt fixed or variable attachment when reading English relative clauses (RCs), and how these preferences are shaped by syntactic position and individual differences. Using eye‐tracking, participants read sentences containing relative clauses that were either globally ambiguous or disambiguated toward high or low attac…
Refining the processing dynamics of English compound words in L2 learners
Understanding how EFL learners process compound words offers important insight into the structure and dynamics of the mental lexicon. We investigated how different linguistic features—frequency, semantic transparency, and morphological structure—influence the time course of compound noun processing in Chinese learners of English. Eye-tracking data were collected from 40 advanced L2 learners while reading sentences containing compound nouns. Three…
Knowing a translation pair by the cross-linguistic company it keeps
Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Categorization (3 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Language production (3 works)