Qianqian Zhang-Wu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6223222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Qianqian Zhang-Wu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Qianqian |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang-Wu |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG-WU Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University , Boston , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring multilingual writer agency through autoethnography
Agency during translingual writing is closely connected with multilingual communicators’ identity and ideology. While previous research has explored the role of agency during translingual writing, there is a lack of inward investigation turning multilingual researchers themselves into research sites and studying their lived multilingual written communication. This autoethnographic study fills the void by looking inward at how I, a multilingual wr…
Bargaining identity
Monolingual disobedience, multilingual guilt
In this study I indicate that lengthened family interaction time during pandemic lockdowns can afford children significantly more exposure and opportunities to enhance their heritage language, but that this does not diminish the constant dilemma between striving to balance English acquisition and heritage language maintenance. Using autoethnography, and as a first-generation immigrant mother of a preschool-age Chinese American child, I will demon…
Rethinking Translingualism in College Composition Classrooms
It is important to understand multilingual students’ lived experiences and sense-making in their everyday written communication before rethinking the implementation of translingual writing in college composition classrooms. Unpacking multilinguals’ written communication across social and academic contexts, this exploratory qualitative study integrates digital ethnographic and interview methods to examine the first-semester communication experienc…
Supporting Superdiverse Multilingual International Students
In this study, I draw upon ethnographic methods to explore three multilingual international students’ first-semester linguistic functioning in their college writing classrooms and beyond. Through the lens of superdiversity (), I investigate participants’ experiences beyond their shared membership as Chinese international students and unpack within-group variabilities in relation to their language and literacy backgrounds. The findings indicate th…
Languaging Myths and Realities
Monolingual disobedience, multilingual guilt
In this study I indicate that lengthened family interaction time during pandemic lockdowns can afford children significantly more exposure and opportunities to enhance their heritage language, but that this does not diminish the constant dilemma between striving to balance English acquisition and heritage language maintenance. Using autoethnography, and as a first-generation immigrant mother of a preschool-age Chinese American child, I will demon…
Languaging Myths and Realities
Rethinking Translingualism in College Composition Classrooms
It is important to understand multilingual students’ lived experiences and sense-making in their everyday written communication before rethinking the implementation of translingual writing in college composition classrooms. Unpacking multilinguals’ written communication across social and academic contexts, this exploratory qualitative study integrates digital ethnographic and interview methods to examine the first-semester communication experienc…
Supporting Superdiverse Multilingual International Students
In this study, I draw upon ethnographic methods to explore three multilingual international students’ first-semester linguistic functioning in their college writing classrooms and beyond. Through the lens of superdiversity (), I investigate participants’ experiences beyond their shared membership as Chinese international students and unpack within-group variabilities in relation to their language and literacy backgrounds. The findings indicate th…
Bargaining identity
Monolingual disobedience, multilingual guilt
In this study I indicate that lengthened family interaction time during pandemic lockdowns can afford children significantly more exposure and opportunities to enhance their heritage language, but that this does not diminish the constant dilemma between striving to balance English acquisition and heritage language maintenance. Using autoethnography, and as a first-generation immigrant mother of a preschool-age Chinese American child, I will demon…
Exploring multilingual writer agency through autoethnography
Agency during translingual writing is closely connected with multilingual communicators’ identity and ideology. While previous research has explored the role of agency during translingual writing, there is a lack of inward investigation turning multilingual researchers themselves into research sites and studying their lived multilingual written communication. This autoethnographic study fills the void by looking inward at how I, a multilingual wr…
Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Multilingualism (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)