Associate Professor
Chair
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
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Spring 2024
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Autumn 2021
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
Autumn 2020
Spring 2020
Winter 2020
Autumn 2019
Spring 2019
Winter 2019
Autumn 2018
Spring 2018
Winter 2018
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
- Prof. Chan Lü's Bilingualism Research Makes Local Impact (May 13, 2025)
- 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)