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LIU, Meihua    
 

full-time professor, a most cited researcher of applied linguistics in social science from 2014-2024; one of the world’s TOP2% linguists in 2023

Google scholar link:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CLVnGZ4AAAAJ&hl=en

Education

2005 Ph.D. in English Applied Linguistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong

1998 MA in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beihang University

Work

2005 to present: lecturer, associate professor, professor Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University

Research Interests

Individual differences (e.g., reticence and anxiety, motivation, attitudes, strategy use), second language writing, international education

Courses taught

Undergraduate courses:Second language acquisition research; Research methods in linguistics

Postgraduate coursesResearch methods in linguistics; English research article writing

Publications (Selected)

Gong, K., Liu, M., & Hu, W. (2025). Emotions in constructing teaching self-image: Mediation models of Chinese university EFL teachers’ anxiety and self-efficacy. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12691

Liu, M., & Du, N. (2024). A study of Chinese university students’ English learning motivation, anxiety, use of English and English achievement. Sustainability, 16,8707. https:// doi.org/10.3390/su16198707

Liu, M. (2024). Chinese University Students’ L2 Motivational Self: A Mixed-Method Study Journal of Asia TEFL, 21(3), 721-729. http://dx.doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2024.21.3.14.721

Liu, M., Wu, X., & Yang. F. (2024). Emotions in English language classrooms among Chinese top university students. Scientific Reports, (2024) 14:20081.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67880-3.

Liu, M., & Liu, J. (2024). Chinese high-performing university students’ self-efficacy and self-pride in learning English as a foreign language. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 9(2), 420-440. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol9iss2pp420-440

Liu, M. (2024). Effects of technology-based practice on Chinese university students’ interpreting emotions and performance. Sustainability, 16, 5395. https:// doi.org/10.3390/su16135395 Liu, M., & Li, T. (2024). Predictive effects of English classroom anxiety and motivation on Chinese undergraduate EFL learners’ English achievement. Journal of Language and Education, 10(2), 84-94. https://doi.org/10.17323/jle.2024.16906

Li, T., Liu, M., & Gong, K. (2024). Chinese pre-university teachers' foreign language anxiety, teaching anxiety, and teacher self-efficacy. International Journal of Teacher Education and Professional Development (IJTEPD), 7(1). https://doi.org/10.4018/IJTEPD.343516

Liu, M., & Chen, Z. (2024). Predictive and mediating effects of learning strategies and styles on Chinese undergraduate students’ English achievement. Vol. (0123456789). The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-023-00775-5

Bao, K., & Liu, M. (2024). A contrastive study of lexical bundles expressing gratitude in dissertation acknowledgements produced by Chinese and American PhD students of linguistics. SAGE Open, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241239164

Liu, M., Lin, C.-H., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Editorial: Dynamic roles of anxiety and motivation in second/foreign language acquisition. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1145368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1145368

Liu, M. (2023). English classroom anxiety, learning style and English achievement in Chinese university EFL students. Sustainability, 15, 13697. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813697

Liu, M. (2023). Chinese university students’ beliefs about English language learning and self-efficacy. Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition SLA, 9(1), 1-25. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-4167

Xu, Y., Liu, M. (2023). Relations among and predictive effects of interpreting classroom anxiety, enjoyment and self-efficacy on Chinese interpreting majors’ self-rated interpreting competence. Education Sciences, 13, 436. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13050436.

Liu, M. (2022). Effects of learner variables on Chinese bilingual undergraduates’ intercultural sensitivity and effectiveness. Education Sciences, 12, 873. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12120873

Liu, M., & Dong, L. (2022). A longitudinal study of foreign language reading Anxiety and its predicting effects on Chinese university students’ reading English performance. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 32.

董连棋、刘梅华 (2022)。外语阅读焦虑与阅读策略运用的发展轨迹—基于潜变量增长模型。《外语与外语教学》Foreign Languages and Their Teaching,135(4), 136-146.

Dong, L., Liu, M., & Yang, F. (2022). The relationship between foreign language classroom anxiety, enjoyment, and expectancy-value motivation and their predictive effects on Chinese high school students’ self-rated foreign language proficiency. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:860603. http://doi.org/ 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.860603

Bao, K., & Liu, M. (2022). A corpus study of lexical bundles used differently in dissertations abstracts produced by Chinese and American PhD students of linguistics. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:893773. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.893773

Liu, M., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Relations among and predictive effects of Chinese-learning motivation, use of Chinese and proficiency in Chinese on international students’ intercultural sensitivity. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2022.2086993

Liu, M. (2022). Foreign language classroom anxiety, gender, discipline, and English test performance: A cross-lagged regression study. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 31, 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-020-00550-w

董连棋 刘梅华(2022)外语愉悦对外语成绩的效应路径探究——有调节的中介模型 (Effects of foreign language enjoyment on foreign language test performance: A moderated mediation model ) 《现代外语》(Modern Foreign Languages ), 45(2), 195-206.

Liu, M. (2021). References and conjunctions as cohesive devices in Chinese undergraduate EFL students’ argumentative essays. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 18(3), 1144-1160. http://dx.doi.org/10.18823/asiatefl.2021.18.4.5.1144

Contact

Address:Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University

Zip code:100084

Office phone:010-62783666

Email:liumeihua@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

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