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Zhu Hua
Zhu Hua’s main research interests include speech and language development and disorders of children, especially children who are speaking languages other than English, pragmatics, conversation analysis and cross-cultural communication. She has studied phonological acquisition and disorder of Chinese-speaking children, including children of hearing impairment, and developed the notion of Phonological Saliency to account for cross-linguistic similarities and differences in early sound acquisition. In 2001-2, she was involved in a normative study of phonological development of English-speaking children, which resulted in the clinical assessment DEAP: Differential Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (Psychological Corporation). She has also investigated early language development of bilingual children. Currently, she is leading a research project on the changing nature of Chinese phonological awareness, funded by the British Academy.
Zhu Hua leads on two other research projects. One is a DTI/ESRC funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership project with CISV, an international children’s charity for peace education. The project aims to develop innovative educational programmes for children’s cross-cultural awareness and communicative competence. The other project is an AHRC-funded project on intergenerational conflict talk in immigrant families. It is part of AHRC’s Diasporas, Migration and Identities programme.
Research Grants information
2019-21 Academy of Medical Science GCRF Networking Grants, “Capacity building for developing standardised and computerised speech and language assessment tools in China” with Professor Jin Lixian from University of Nottingham Ningbo China ( GCRFNGR3\1364).
2017-20 Co-investigator, ESRC Research Grant, “Family Language Policy: A Multi-level Investigation of Multilingual Practices in Transnational Families” (ES/N019105/1, £850,000, in collaboration with Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Bath University and Li Wei, UCL IOE)
2016 The Leverhulme Artist in Residence Grant, “Translanguaging and visual art” (2015-AIR-035, £14,338; in collaboration with visual artist, Ella McCartney to develop visual representation of translanguaging)
2014-18 Co-investigator, AHRC Translating Culture large grant, “Translation and Translanguaging: Investigating Linguistic and Cultural Transformations in Superdiverse Wards in Four UK Cities funded by” (AH/L007096/1)
(A collaboration between four UK universities, led by the MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism at the University of Birmingham. The interdisciplinary research programme aims to develop new understandings of multilingual interaction in cities in the UK, and communicate these to policy-makers and communities locally, nationally, and internationally).
(Angela Creese and Adrian Blackledge, Birmingham, Mike Baynham and James Simpson, Leeds, Francis Rock, Cardiff, and Li Wei from UCL IOE and Zhu Hua from Birkbeck, the total award is £1,973,527)
2008-10 Developing leadership skills, global citizenship and intercultural communicative competence among young people. KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) grant, funded by ESRC/TSB in partnership with Raleigh International (£122,818). Press release web link is
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/news-releases/birkbeck-and-raleigh-awarded-new-knowledge-transfer-partnership
2004-7 Developing cross-cultural competence in young children, KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) grant, funded by ESRC/DTI in partnership with CISV (£125,000)
2006-8 The changing nature of Chinese phonological awareness, funded by British Academy (£7,482).
2005-6 Duelling Languages, duelling values, funded by AHRC (Diaspora, migration and identity programme) (£9,055)
Zhu Hua leads on two other research projects. One is a DTI/ESRC funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership project with CISV, an international children’s charity for peace education. The project aims to develop innovative educational programmes for children’s cross-cultural awareness and communicative competence. The other project is an AHRC-funded project on intergenerational conflict talk in immigrant families. It is part of AHRC’s Diasporas, Migration and Identities programme.
Research Grants information
2019-21 Academy of Medical Science GCRF Networking Grants, “Capacity building for developing standardised and computerised speech and language assessment tools in China” with Professor Jin Lixian from University of Nottingham Ningbo China ( GCRFNGR3\1364).
2017-20 Co-investigator, ESRC Research Grant, “Family Language Policy: A Multi-level Investigation of Multilingual Practices in Transnational Families” (ES/N019105/1, £850,000, in collaboration with Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Bath University and Li Wei, UCL IOE)
2016 The Leverhulme Artist in Residence Grant, “Translanguaging and visual art” (2015-AIR-035, £14,338; in collaboration with visual artist, Ella McCartney to develop visual representation of translanguaging)
2014-18 Co-investigator, AHRC Translating Culture large grant, “Translation and Translanguaging: Investigating Linguistic and Cultural Transformations in Superdiverse Wards in Four UK Cities funded by” (AH/L007096/1)
(A collaboration between four UK universities, led by the MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism at the University of Birmingham. The interdisciplinary research programme aims to develop new understandings of multilingual interaction in cities in the UK, and communicate these to policy-makers and communities locally, nationally, and internationally).
(Angela Creese and Adrian Blackledge, Birmingham, Mike Baynham and James Simpson, Leeds, Francis Rock, Cardiff, and Li Wei from UCL IOE and Zhu Hua from Birkbeck, the total award is £1,973,527)
2008-10 Developing leadership skills, global citizenship and intercultural communicative competence among young people. KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) grant, funded by ESRC/TSB in partnership with Raleigh International (£122,818). Press release web link is
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/news-releases/birkbeck-and-raleigh-awarded-new-knowledge-transfer-partnership
2004-7 Developing cross-cultural competence in young children, KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) grant, funded by ESRC/DTI in partnership with CISV (£125,000)
2006-8 The changing nature of Chinese phonological awareness, funded by British Academy (£7,482).
2005-6 Duelling Languages, duelling values, funded by AHRC (Diaspora, migration and identity programme) (£9,055)
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of genres, this book is an indispensable resource for students taking language and intercultural communication modules within applied linguistics, TESOL, education or communication studies courses
Divided into three parts, the book investigates: (1) the socio-psychological process of crossing boundaries constructed around nations and work organizations; (2) the negotiation of multiple aspects of identities; and (3) the role of language in intercultural encounters, in particular, adjustment taking place at linguistic and interactional levels.
The authors reflect upon and give meaning and structure to their own intercultural experiences through theoretical frameworks and concepts—many of which they themselves have proposed and developed in their own research. They also provide invaluable advice for transnational scholars and those who aspire to work and live abroad to improve organizational participation and mutual intercultural engagement when working in a globalizing workplace.
Researchers and practitioners of applied linguistics, communication studies, and higher education in many regions of the world will find this book an insightful resource.
Reflecting the international nature of the field, this reader covers a wide range of language and cultural contexts: Arabic, Chinese, English (British, American, Australian and South African), Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Samoan and Spanish. Divided into six parts, it covers: Culture, language and thought; Cultural approaches to discourse and pragmatics; Communication patterns across cultures; Teaching and learning cultural variations of language use; Interculturality and Intercultural Communication in professional contexts. With twenty two readings by eminent authorities in the field as well as cutting-edge materials representing current developments, the book explores the breadth and depth of the subject as well as providing an essential overview for both students and researchers.
Each part begins with a clear and comprehensive introduction, and is enhanced by discussion questions, study activities and further reading sections. Alongside a comprehensive Resource List, detailing important reference books, journals, organisations and websites and an annotated Glossary of key terms, the final section offers advice on how to carry out research in Language and Intercultural Communication.