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Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Character and word Acquisition and Instruction (2nd Edition) (Lisha Xu, Shu Zhu, Sicheng Wang, Beijing Language and Cultural University) Journal Articles Lisha Xu (2019).


Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Vocabulary Acquisition and Instruction (Helen H. Shen, Chen-hui Tsai, Lisha Xu, Shu Zhu, Peking University Press, July 2011)


Materials for Beginning Level (Ying Wang, Lisha Xu, Shin-Yi Kao, Lei Yan, CLERC Publishing, Jan. 2018)


Today’s World: Select Readings of Spotlight News, Volume I&II (Ying Wang, Zhijun Wang, Lisha Xu, Peking University Press, 2016 & 2017)


Xu, L. (2017). Developing multimedia supplementary materials to support learning beginning level Chinese characters. In K. Borthwick, L. Bradley & S. Thouësny (Eds), CALL in a climate of change: adapting to turbulent global conditions – short papers from EUROCALL 2017 (pp. 333-338). Research-publishing.net.


Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Xu, L. . Peking University Press, (Textbook) August 2017


Helen H. Shen, Chen-hui Tsai, Lisha Xu, Shu Zhu, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Vocabulary Acquisition and Instruction. Peking University Press, July 2011


Chen-hui Tsai & Lisha Xu (2008). A Principle-based Approach to Teach Listening in a CALL-integrated Classroom. Proceedings of World CALL 2008, Using Technologies for Language Learning, 3rd International Conference, Fukuoka, Japan.


Young, D. (2021). Techniques for determining equality of the maximum nullity and the zero forcing number of a graph. The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, 37, 295–315.


Young, J.E. and Eleazer, M. (October 2020). The Hyper-Stable Disc of UGC 8839. MNRAS. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa3220