Strategic language learning: The roles of agency and context XA Gao Multilingual Matters, 2010 | 425 | 2010 |
Teacher agency and identity commitment in curricular reform J Tao, X Gao Teaching and teacher education 63, 346-355, 2017 | 381 | 2017 |
Identity, motivation and autonomy in language learning G Murray, XA Gao, T Lamb Multilingual Matters, 2011 | 305 | 2011 |
Understanding changes in Chinese students’ uses of learning strategies in China and Britain: A socio-cultural re-interpretation X Gao System 34 (1), 55-67, 2006 | 266 | 2006 |
Theorizing and analyzing agency in second language learning: Interdisciplinary approaches P Deters, X Gao, ER Miller, G Vitanova Multilingual Matters, 2015 | 215* | 2015 |
Qualitative research in language teaching and learning journals, 1997–2006 P Benson, A Chik, X Gao, J Huang, W Wang The Modern Language Journal 93 (1), 79-90, 2009 | 189 | 2009 |
Has language learning strategy research come to an end? A response to Tseng et al.(2006) X Gao Applied Linguistics 28 (4), 615-620, 2007 | 186 | 2007 |
Teachers’ professional vulnerability and cultural tradition: A Chinese paradox X Gao Teaching and Teacher Education 24 (1), 154-165, 2008 | 153 | 2008 |
Teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language to non-Chinese learners in mainland China (2014–2018) Y Gong, X Gao, L Boning Language Teaching 1, 19, 2020 | 151 | 2020 |
Shifting motivational discourses among mainland Chinese students in an English medium tertiary institution in Hong Kong: A longitudinal inquiry X Gao Studies in Higher Education 33 (5), 599-614, 2008 | 143 | 2008 |
Identity constructions of ESP teachers in a Chinese university JT Tao, XA Gao English for specific Purposes 49, 1-13, 2018 | 139 | 2018 |
Research on teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language in and outside mainland China: A bibliometric analysis Y Gong, B Lyu, X Gao The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 27 (4), 277-289, 2018 | 135 | 2018 |
The ‘English corner’as an out-of-class learning activity X Gao ELT journal 63 (1), 60-67, 2009 | 134 | 2009 |
English language education in China: A review of selected research W Wenfeng, X Gao Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29 (5), 380-399, 2008 | 128 | 2008 |
The teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign language: A systematic review of the literature 2005–2015 X Ma, Y Gong, X Gao, Y Xiang Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 38 (9), 815-830, 2017 | 125 | 2017 |
Cultural adaptation challenges and strategies during study abroad: New Zealand students in China Y Gong, X Gao, M Li, C Lai Language, Culture and Curriculum 34 (4), 417-437, 2021 | 121 | 2021 |
Teaching and learning languages online: Challenges and responses J Tao, XA Gao System 107, 102819, 2022 | 119 | 2022 |
Strategies used by Chinese parents to support English language learning: Voices of ‘elite’university students G Xuesong RELC Journal 37 (3), 285-298, 2006 | 118 | 2006 |
Reticence and willingness to communicate (WTC) of East Asian language learners Q Shao, XA Gao System 63, 115-120, 2016 | 116 | 2016 |
‘Nowadays, teachers are relatively obedient’: Understanding primary school English teachers’ conceptions of and drives for research in China X Gao, G Barkhuizen, A Chow Language Teaching Research 15 (1), 61-81, 2011 | 113 | 2011 |