Areas of Interest

• Second language writing
• English for specific purposes

Published Work

Refereed Journals
- Shi, L. (In press). Chinese-Western “contact zone”: Student resistance and teacher adaption to local needs. TESL Canada Journal.
- Shi, L. (In press). Textual appropriation and citing behaviors of university undergraduates. Applied Linguistics.
- Sze, C., Chapman, M., & Shi, L. (2009). ESL children’s writing functions and genres at home and at school. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 19, 30-55.
- He, L., & Shi, L. (2008). ESL students’ perceptions and experiences of standardized English writing tests. Assessing writing, 13, 130-149.
- Guardado, M., & Shi, L. (2007). ESL students' experiences of online peer feedback. Computer and Composition, 24, 444-462.
- Shi, L., & Kobuta, R. (2007). Patterns of rhetorical organization in Canadian and American Language arts textbooks: An exploratory study. English for Specific Purposes, 26, 180-202.
- Shi, L. (2006). Students as research participants or as learners. Journal of Academic Ethics, 4, 205-220.
- Shi, L. (2006). Cultural backgrounds and textual appropriation. Language Awareness, 15, 264-282.
- Shi, L., Wang, W., & Xu, J. (2005). Publication culture of foreign language education journals in China. TESOL Quarterly, 39, 765-776.
- Kobuta, R., & Shi, L. (2005). Instruction and reading samples for opinion and argumentative writing in L1 junior high school textbooks in China and Japan. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 15, 97-127.
- Shi, L. (2004). Textual borrowing in second language writing. Written Communication, 21, 171-200.
- Shi, L., Reeder, K., Slater, T., & Kristjansson, C. (2004). Tensions in learning content and technology: The experience of education students in a web-based research project. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 13, 43-60.
- Feng, H., & Shi, L. (2004). Move analysis of grant proposals. LSP and Professional Communication, 4, 8-30.
- Shi, L (2004). Writing in two cultures: Chinese professors return from the West. Asia Pacific Journal of Language in Education, 6, 89-113. Reprinted from The Canadian Modern Language Review by permission of University of Toronto Press Incorporated.
- Shi, L., Wen, Q., & Wang, W. (2003). Teaching experience and evaluation of second language students' writing. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6, 219-236.
- Yang, L., & Shi, L. (2003). Exploring six MBA students' summary writing by introspection. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 165-192.
- Shi, L. (2003). Writing in two cultures: Chinese professors return from the West. The Canadian Modern Language Review, 59, 369-391.
- Shi, L., & Becket, G. (2002). Japanese exchange students' writing experiences in a Canadian University. TESL Canada Journal, 20, 38-56.
- Shi, L. (2002). How western-trained Chinese TESOL professionals publish in their home environment. TESOL Quarterly, 36, 625-634.
- Shi, L. (2001). Native and nonnative speaking EFL teachers' evaluation of Chinese students' English writing. Language Testing, 18, 303-325.
- Shi, L., Corcos, R., & Storey, A. (2001). Using students' performance data to develop an English course for clinical training. English for Specific Purposes, 20, 207-231.
- Shi, L. (1998). Effects of prewriting discussions on adult ESL students' compositions. Journal of Second Language Writing, 7, 319-345.
- Shi, L. (1998). Negotiated interaction in teacher-led versus peer group adult ESL discussions. TESL Canada Journal, 16, 54-74.
- Cumming, A., Shi, L., & So, S. (1997). Learning to do research on language teaching and learning: Graduate assistantships. System, 25, 425-433.
- Shi, L., & Cumming, A. (1995). Teachers’ conceptions of second-language writing instruction: Five case studies. Journal of Second Language Writing, 4, 87-111.

Book Chapters
- Shi, L. (2009). English for medical purposes. In Diane Belcher (Ed.), English for specific purposes in theory and practice (pp. 205-228). University of Michigan Press.
- Sharkey, J., Shi, L., Thompson, B., & Norton, B. (2003). Dialogues around "Social identity, investment, and language learning," by Norton Pierce (1995). The TESOL Quarterly Dialogues: Rethinking issues of language, culture, and power (pp. 55-74). Teachers of English of Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
- Shi, L. (2002). A Tale of Names, In K. E. Johnson & Golombek, P. R. (Eds.), Teachers' narrative inquiry as professional development (pp.136-149). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Shi, L., Corcos, R., & Storey, A. (2001). From patient's bedside to English classroom: An ESP course for clinical training. In D. Kember, S. Candlin, & L. Yan. (Eds.), Further case studies of improving teaching and learning from the Action Learning Project (pp. 221 - 237). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
- Shi, L., Corcos, R., & Storey, A. (1999). Oral English communication for student doctors. In J. James (Ed.), Quality in teaching and learning in higher education (pp. 146-53). Hong Kong: Reprographic Unit of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
- Shi, L. (1998). Effects of writing conferences. In V. Berry & A. McNeill (Eds.), Policy and practice in language education (pp.145-67). Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong.

Updated October 2009