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Dr Linda Tsung

MA and PhD The University of Sydney
Senior Lecturer
Room 639, A18-Brennan MacCallum Building

+61 2 9351 2868

Linda Tsung gained a MA in Applied Linguistics (with Merit) and Ph.D from the University of Sydney. She has a track record in research into Chinese language education, ethnic identities, social and political changes in China, teaching Chinese as a second/additional language and educational outcomes, especially as they affect students from minority backgrounds in China (Tsung, 1999, 2008). She has also researched bilingualism in ethnic minority groups in Yunnan and Xinjiang (Tsung, 2004, 2007, 2009). Dr Tsung established the initial Bachelor and Master Degrees in Chinese teacher training programs at the University of Sydney (1991- 1998). Dr Tsung has been supervising PhD students at the University of Sydney and the University of Hong Kong in the area of Chinese language education, trilingual education, social and political changes in China. She is currently an Honorary Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong and Vice President of the International Association of Bilingual Studies.

Research areas

  • Chinese linguistics
  • Chinese Pedagogy
  • Second language acquisition
  • Social and political changes in China
  • Multi-cultualism and multi-lingualism in China
  • Minority education

Current projects

  • Chief Investigator (with Dr Cruikshank et al): ARC Linkage Project LP110100441 “Maximizing the potential of Australia’s language resources: exploring and developing languages across sectors, schools and communities” (1/2011-12/2013)
  • Member of Faculty Collaborative Research Scheme: Language and Identity. The network will allow fruitful exchanges and the development of collaborative projects (2011-2013).
  • Co- investigator (with Dr Mark Shum et al): “University–School Support Program: Supporting Secondary Schools in the Teaching and Learning of Chinese for Non-native Learners”. Funded by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong (2008–2011).
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Selected publications

Books

  • Tsung, L. T. and Cruikshank, K. (Eds.). Teaching and Learning Chinese in Global Contexts, Continuum: New York, 2010. Link.
  • Tsung, L. T. Minority languages, Education and Communities in China, Palgrave Macmillan: UK, 2009. Link.
  • Dai Qingxia, Linda Tsung, Jiang Ying & Li Jie, The Studies of the Xiandao Language, Central University for Nationalities Press: Beijing, 2005.
  • Linda Tsung, Yan Yuan & Xuan Han (eds). New Perspectives on Teaching Chinese, Peking University Press: Beijing, 2004.
  • Tsung, L. T. Bilingual Education for Ethnic Minority Children in China. Report commissioned by the UK-based Save the Children of China Non-government Organization, 2004.
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Book Chapters

  • Tsung, L.T. and Cruickshank, K. (2010) “Emerging Trends and Issues in Teaching and Learning Chinese”, in LTH Tsung and K. Cruickshank (Eds.) Teaching and Learning Chinese in Global Contexts, Continuum: London, pp. 1-10.
  • Shum, M. S. K., Tsung, L., Gao, F., (2010) “Teaching and Learning (through) Putonghua: From the Perspective of Hong Kong Teachers” in LT Tsung and K. Cruickshank (Eds.) Teaching and Learning Chinese in Global Contexts, Continuum: London, pp. 45-62.
  • Zhang, Q., Tsung, L.T., Cruickshank, K. Ki, W.W. and Shum, M.S.K. (2010) “South Asian Students’ Educational Experiences and Attainment: Learning Chinese as a Second/Additional Language in Hong Kong”, in LTH Tsung and K. Cruickshank (Eds.) Teaching and Learning Chinese in Global Contexts, Continuum: London, pp 63-80.
  • Tsung, L.T. and Cruickshank, K. (2010) Minority Education for Exclusion or Access: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”, in L.T. Tsung and K. Cruickshank (Eds.) Teaching and Learning Chinese in Global Contexts, Continuum: London, pp. 97-116.
  • Cruickshank, K. and Tsung, L.T. (2010) “Teaching and Learning Chinese: A Research Agenda” in LT Tsung and K. Cruickshank (Eds.) Teaching and Learning Chinese in Global Contexts, Continuum: London, pp. 213-225.
  • Tsung, L., Wang, G., and Zhang, Q. (accepted September 2009). Bilingual education in China: The case of Yunnan. In G. H. Beckett & G. A. Postiglione (Eds.), Indigenous and Minority Language Education: Identity Reconstruction in a Rising China, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • Tsung, L., Ki, W.W and Shum, M.S (2008) Language situation of South Asian students in Hong Kong in Language Situation in China, 2007 Year Book, Beijing: Commercial Press.
  • Tsung, L. (2005) Tai (Dai), Kachin (Jingpo), Manchu, Hmong (Miao), Yi, in Carl Skutsch (ed.), Encyclopedia of the World’s Minorities, 3 Volumes, Routledge: New York.
  • Tsung, L. (2004) 'A Study of the Putonghua Classroom Language in Hong Kong', in T. H. Tsung, Y. Yuan & X. Han (eds). New Perspectives on Teaching Chinese (pp. 55-68), Peking University Press: Beijing.
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Articles

  • Gao, F., Park, J., Ki, W. W. and Tsung, L., 'Teaching Chinese as a second language in China: The cases of South Asians and ethnic Koreans.' Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 4 (3), 2011, pp 265-288.
  • Shum, M. S. K., Gao, F., Tsung, L., & Ki, W. W. 'South Asian students’ Chinese language learning in Hong Kong: Motivations and strategies.' Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development, 32(3), 2011, pp. 285-297.
  • Tsung, L., Zhang, Q., & Cruickshank, K. 'Access to majority language and educational outcomes: South Asian background students in post colonial Hong Kong', Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: an International Journal, 2010, 4(1), pp. 17-32.
  • Tsung, L. & Clarke, M. 'Dilemmas of identity, language & culture in higher education in China', Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 30(1), 2010, pp. 57-69.
  • Tsung, L. & Cruickshank, K. 'Mother Tongue and Bilingual Education in China', International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2008.
  • 'A Vanishing Language: the Case of Xiandao', in David Bradley (ed.), Language Endangerment in the Sinosphere, International Journal of Sociology of Langage (special issue), 2005, pp. 179-188,173.
  • 'A Case Study of Endangered Languages: the Language Situation of Xiandao', in Z. Cao (ed.) The Journal of Chinese Sociolinguistics, 2(3), 2004, pp. 45-50.
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Areas of teaching and research supervision

Teaching

  • Dr Tsung’s teaching including Chinese language and culture, Chinese linguistics and Chinese pedagogy
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Supervision

  • A qualitative research on the integration of CALL/MALL into Chinese language learning programs
  • Higher education reform in China (late 1970’s-2010): implications for state stability
  • Teaching the Chinese spoken language in China and Australia: a comparative studies
  • Chinese heritage learning in Australia
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Conference activity

  • Tsung, L. (2010). "Teaching and learning Chinese as a second language: issues and research agenda". The Sixteenth conference on teaching Chinese as a second language in the German speaking countries. Zurich University, Switzerland, September 1-3, 2010
  • Tsung, L. (2010). "Mobile technologies in teaching and learning second languages". The Sixth international conference on technology and Chinese language teaching. University of Ohio, USA, June 3-6, 2010
  • Tsung, L. (2010). "Emerging issues in teaching and learning Chinese". Chinese language teachers' conference: "Connected classroom and the teaching of Chinese". Confucius Institute and the University of Sydney, April 30, 2010
  • Tsung, L. & Zhang, Q. (2009). “Educational outcomes of South Asian background students in Hong Kong secondary schools”. The Chinese Studies Association of Australia 2009 Conference, Jiu: Commemoration and Celebration in the Chinese-speaking World. The Women’s College, University of Sydney, Sydney, July 9-11, 2009.
  • Tsung, L. (2009). “Dilemmas of identity, language and culture in higher education in China”. The 2nd International Discourses and Cultural Practices Conference. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, July 7-9, 2009.
  • Tsung, L.. (2009). “Teaching Chinese as a second language to Non-Chinese-speaking students”. Workshop given at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 20th, 2009.
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Other professional contributions

  • Vice-President, the International Association of Bilingual Studies, 2005 -
  • Committee member, China Education Centre, The University of Sydney
  • Subject Specialist, Chinese Language, Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation, 2006 -
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