Publications
Grabe, W., & Jiang, X. (forthcoming). First language and second language reading. TESOL Encyclopedia of ELT.
Jiang, X. (2017). Lower-level processing skills in English-as-a-Second-Language reading comprehension: Possible influence of first language orthography. Studies in English Language Teaching, 5(3), 448-465.
Jiang, X. (2016). The role of oral reading fluency in ESL reading comprehension among learners of different first language backgrounds. The Reading Matrix, 16(2), 227-242.
Grabe, W., & Jiang, X. (2015). The research-instruction cycle in second language reading. In N. W. Evans, N. J. Anderson, & W. G. Eggington (Eds.), ESL readers and writers in higher education (pp. 130-146). New York: Routledge.
Grabe, W., & Jiang, X. (2014). Assessing reading. In A. Kunnan (Ed.), The companion to language assessment. Wiley-Blackwell.
Jiang, X. (2013). Comparing two related samples. In J. Jamieson & K. McDonough (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics: Quantitative and mixed methods. Wiley-Blackwell.
Jiang, X., Sawaki, Y., & Sabatini, J. (2012). Word reading efficiency and oral reading fluency in ESL reading comprehension. Reading Psychology, 33(4), 323-349.
Jiang, X. (2012). Politeness and facework in Chinese language and culture. In L. Ruiz de Zarobe and Y. Ruiz de Zarobe (Eds.), Speech acts and politeness in languages and cultures (pp. 129-152). Spain: Peter Lang.
Jiang, X. (2012). Effects of discourse structure graphic organizers on EFL reading comprehension. Reading in a Foreign Language, 24(1), 84-105.
Jiang, X., & Grabe, W. (2011). Skills and strategies in foreign language reading. In Y. Ruiz de Zarobe and L. Ruiz de Zarobe (Eds.), Reading in a foreign language/ La lectura en lengua extranjera (pp. 2-31). Spain: Portal Education.
Jiang, X. (2011). The role of L1 literacy and L2 proficiency in L2 reading comprehension. The Reading Matrix, 11(2), 177-190.
Schmitt, N., Jiang, X., & Grabe, W. (2011). The relationship between the amount of vocabulary known in a text and reading comprehension. The Modern Language Journal, 95(1), 26-43.
Grabe, W., & Jiang, X. (2010). Moving from reading research to reading instruction and back. In Selected papers from the 19th International Symposium on English Teaching (pp. 19-33). Teachers’ Association, Taiwan.
Jiang, X., & Grabe, W. (2009). Building reading abilities with graphic organizers. In R. Cohen (Ed.), Explorations in second language reading (pp. 25-42). (TESOL Classroom Practice Series). Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
Jiang, X., & Grabe, W. (2007). Graphic organizers in reading instruction: Research findings and issues. Reading in a Foreign Language, 19(1), 34-55.
Jiang, X. (2006). Suggestions: What should ESL students know? System, 34(1), 36-54.
Jiang, X. (2006). Cross-cultural pragmatic differences in US and China press conferences: The case of the North Korea nuclear crisis. Discourse & Society, 17(2), 237-257.
Jamieson, J., Chapelle, C., Grant, L., Gray, B., Jiang, X., Liu, H., and Zimmerman, K. (2005-2006). Focus on Grammar: An integrated skills approach assessment pack (Books 1-5). New York: Pearson Education.
Jiang, X. (2004). Review of D. Liu & P. Master (Eds.), Grammar teaching in teacher education. TESOL Quarterly, 38(2), 357-358.