Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


   Dr. Lin Zheng

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Position Senior Lecturer
Email lin.zheng@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone +61 3 924 43925
Campus Burwood
Location D2.09 Burwood Campus
Role and profile Lin Zheng holds a PhD in Chinese-English Bilingualism at Monash University supervised by Prof. Michael Clyne. She also holds a Master of Educational Studies at Monash, and a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Education at Beijing Normal University (P.R.China).
Teaching responsibilities AIC381 Chinese 3A,
AIC382 Chinese 3B,
AIC385 Chinese for Business Purposes A,
AIC386 Chinese for Business Purposes B,
AIC387 Advanced Chinese for Business Purposes C, and
AIC389 Advanced Chinese for Business Purposes D
Research interests Her research interests include code-switching among Chinese-Australian bilingual children; gender and language in China, in particular the role and social status of women in the early imperial age of China (the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties) illustrated through Chinese characters; teaching Chinese or English as a second or foreign language; and translation between Chinese and English. Her publications include the articles on the tonal aspects of code switching, the place of grammatical structures in switching as well as teaching methodologies in reading education. She is currently writing on switching among Chinese-Australian bilingual children and analysing the data about women, words and woes.
Ongoing research

Monograph on code switching among Chinese-Australian bilingual children

Journal article on women, words and woes

Journal article on men, words and power

Journal article on society, sorrow and success
Current research projects Code-switching and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
Service to the University,
discipline or community  		 Member of Faculty Board and UG/PG Admission and Selection Committee
Memberships Australian Linguistic Society
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
Chinese Studies Association of Australia
Asian Studies Association of Australia
Research link View Deakin associated research data

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22nd April 2013