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Xiaoli Gong

Instructor of Chinese, World Languages and International Studies

Office: Holmes Hall 311-G
xiaoli.gong@morgan.edu

Education:

PhD. Candidate in Applied Linguistics and Language Education (in progress); University of Maryland, College Park

MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching(; Towson University

Teaching Certificate in Mandarin Chinese; Towson University

Bachelor of Arts in English and Economics; Central China Normal University, Hubei, China

Teaching and Research Interests:

Xiaoli Gong has about ten years of teaching experience ranging from K12 to graduate student level. Her education includes a Master of Arts in teaching and a certificate in teaching Mandarin as a world language from Towson University. Currently, she is working on her doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics and Language Education (ALLE) at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include immersion language teaching methodology and literacy development, world language pedagogy, education policy, and heritage language learning. Morgan State University has a special place in her heart because some of her previous students from the Baltimore City School District and their parents have attended Morgan State University. Teaching at Morgan connects her with them in some critical ways.

 Courses Taught:

Xiaoli Gong designs and teaches all levels of Chinese language courses:

CHIN 101: Beginning Chinese I

CHIN 102: Beginning Chinese II

Recent publications:

Book chapter: “Yu the Great Managed the Flood” in Children and Mother Nature: Storytelling for a Glocalized Environmental Pedagogy (https://brill.com/view/title/54915 (Xiaoli Gong, Martina D. Booker, Janiya A. Brown, Gabrielle C. Mann, and Alexander M. Gastfield)
Presentations on World Language Teaching Methodology
2019 STARTALK Spring Conference. St. Louis, MO. US. September 2019
“We Can Order Chinese Food, What Next?” (Xiaoli Gong, Dr. Jennifer Dumont from Howard Community College, and Paul Sandrock, ACTFL Director of Education)
Symposium on World Languages Education (SOWLE) Middlebury Institute of International Studies at
Monterey (ONLINE) Monterey, CA, US. November 2020. Reflections on working with African American students in a Mandarin immersion program and the learners perspectives (Xiaoli Gong, Gabrielle Mann, & Janiya Brown)
American Educational Research Association (AERA) San Francisco, CA, US. April 2020. What my mom says doesn't motivate me anymore Different language learning motivations among Chinese heritage learners; (Xiaoli Gong, Lijuan Shi & Kellie Rolstad)
 
American Educational Research Association (AERA). Toronto, Canada. April 2019. “Family Matters: Exploring the Support System and Motivations for Chinese Adolescence Heritage Language Development” (Lijuan Shi & Xiaoli Gong)
TESOL International Convention. Denver, CO, US. April 2020 & March 2021. “Sharing Responsibility: Teacher Positioning of ELLs and Self” (Wyatt Hall & Xiaoli Gong)
The Third National Conference on Chinese Immersion Programs. Alfred, NY, US. September 2019. “Social Studies Class and Immersion Students’ Proficiency and Literacy Development”

Contact Information

Holmes Hall 311
Morgan State University
1700 E. Cold Spring Ln.
Baltimore, MD 21251

P: (443) 885-3094

Contact Information

Holmes Hall 311
Morgan State University
1700 E. Cold Spring Ln.
Baltimore, MD 21251

P: (443) 885-3094