Associate Professor
Associate Chair
Contact Information
GWN M214
Office Hours
Fridays 11:00am-12:00pm (on Zoom; in person by appointment)
Biography
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2009
Research
Selected Research
- Pace, A. Lü, C., Zhou, J. & Guo, L. (2024). Narrative skills in Mandarin–English dual language immersion learners. Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amae013
- Lü, C., Pace, A. & Liu, L. (2023). Student-level variables and academic achievement in a Mandarin dual language immersion program. In D. Zhang & R. Miller (eds.), Crossing boundaries in researching, understanding, and improving language education: Essays in honor of G. Richard Tucker (pp. 213-229). Springer.
- Lü, C., Pace, A. & Ke, S. (2022). Bidirectional transfer of definition skills and expressive vocabulary knowledge in Chinese-English dual language learners. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2022.2108308
- Zhou, J. & Lü, C. (2022). Enhancing syntactic complexity in L2 Chinese writing: Effects of form-focused instruction on the Chinese topic chain. Frontiers of Psychology, section Educational Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.843789
- Lü, C. (2020). Teaching and learning Chinese through immersion: A case study from the North American context. Frontiers of Education in China (special issue: The Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language: The Current Situation and Future Directions), 15, 1, 91-141.
- Lü, C. (2019) Chinese Literacy Learning in an Immersion Program, London: Palgrave Mcmillan.
- Lai, C., Qi, X., Lü, C. & Lyu, B. (2018) The effectiveness of guided inductive instruction and deductive instruction on semantic radical development in Chinese character processing. Language Teaching Research.
- Lü, C. (2017). The roles of pinyin skill in English-Chinese biliteracy learning: Evidence from Chinese immersion learners. Foreign Language Annals, 50, 306-322.
- Lü, C., & Koda, K. (2017). The roles of phonological awareness and oral vocabulary knowledge in English-Chinese biliteracy acquisition among Chinese heritage language learners. Heritage Language Journal.
- Lü, C. (2016). Chinese reading development among young learners in a Chinese immersion program and a Chinese heritage language school. Teaching Chinese in the World, 30, 550-562. [美国沉浸式小学和中文学校学生的中文阅读习得的发展研究，《世界汉语教学》］
Courses Taught
Spring 2025
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Spring 2024
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Resources & Related Links
Affiliations
Home Department
Professional Affiliations
American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA), Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR)
Related News
Related News
- Professor Chan Lü Receives Grant for Research on Family Bilingualism (February 27, 2024)
- Jieyu Zhou and Chan Lü Featured in CTL's Teaching & Learning Showcase (April 20, 2023)
- UW Chinese Language Flagship Students Travel to Taiwan (May 12, 2022)
- Applications to the Chinese Flagship Program are open! (August 5, 2020)
- Watch the Chinese Flagship Information Session video! (May 15, 2020)
- Asian Languages and Literature to Host Chinese Flagship Program (April 20, 2020)
- 8th grade Chinese learners from Mercer International Middle School visit the Chinese Program at UW (June 4, 2019)
- Professor Chan Lü's new book, Chinese Literacy Learning in an Immersion Program has been published by Palgrave Macmillan. (January 25, 2019)
- Professor Chan Lü delivered a SHACS lecture: "Language and literature learning through dual language immersion" (November 8, 2018)
- Asian Languages and Literature Heads to Beijing for Summer Study Abroad (March 21, 2018)
- Chan Lü Participates in Beijing Panel on Literacy and Education (July 29, 2017)
- Teaching Chinese Language in the U.S.: Challenges and Prospects (December 15, 2016)
- Peking Opera Demystified (December 15, 2016)