Journal Articles

• (2025). Translingual practices of foreign friendship talks in ELF: A discourse-analytic approach. International Journal of Multilingualism. (SSCI)

• (2024). Butterfly elf, what’s your favorite nectar? Paleoher Magazine, 1, online.

• (2022). “It’s made by chili, not curry.” Supra-understanding of Foreign Friendship Talks in ELF. Research & Reflections: Fulbright Taiwan online journal.

• (2019). The TRAP-BATH split in RP: A linguistic index for English learners. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 58(2), 1-27. (SSCI)

• (2018).“I want to be new and different. Anything I’m not.” Accent-mixing in singing. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 38(2), 183-204. (SSCI)

• (2017). Lexical intelligibility of American and British English to Taiwanese EFL learners: A sociolinguistic perspective. In R.F. Chung et al. (Ed.), Linguistic Patterns in Honor of Professor Chin-Chuan Cheng (pp. 335-362). Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.

• (2017). Changing college students’ stereotypes of Standard English: The pedagogical process of an English course. Journal of Education Practice and Research, 30(1), 33-69. (TSSCI)

• (2016). Focus on Australian English: A critical learning portfolio pedagogy. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 29(2), 119-140. (SSCI)

• (2013). Taiwanese perceptions of Indian English: A perceptual change in the learning of English variation. English Teaching & Learning, 37(4), 91-148. (THCI Core and EBSCOhost)

• (2012). A socio-phonological analysis of Taiwan English from the perspective of World Englishes. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 10(1), 115-142. (THCI Core)

• (2012). An accent-plus lesson for an English phonetics class: Integrating Indian English into contrastive analysis. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 3(6), 1194-1201.

• (2012). The speech continuum reconsidered: A case study of a speaker of Indian English. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2(4), 664-672.

• (2010). Phonetic evidence for the nasal coda shift in Mandarin. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 8(1), 29-56. (THCI Core)

• (2010). Systemic mutual intelligibility between American English and Taiwan English: A phono-statistic approach. US-China Education Review, 7(5), 11-23.

       Conference Presentations 

•  Refusal strategies between Taiwanese college Students and their foreign friends in ELF: A post-pragmatic perspective. Interdisciplinary English Conference, Nanhua University, May. 23, 2025.

• 生態保育與實踐經驗分享.跨域實作與自主學習線上研討會，雲林科技大學與大葉大學聯合主辦，April 11, 2025.

• "It’s made by chili, not curry. Supra-understanding nonnative English speakers"
  Applied Linguistics Association of Australia  (ALAA) Conference, University of Wollongong, Nov. 19-21, 2023.

• "Supra-understanding of intercultural communication in ELF"
  Language contact and bi/plurilingual acquisition: diversity of situations, diversity of processes, Université de Haute-Alasce, Mulhouse, July 5-7, 2023.

• "Supra-understanding of foreign friendship talks in ELF"
  13th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF 13), National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, November 18-20, 2022.

• "Class or Claas? A phonetic index for English teachers"
  The 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, August 30-September 1, 2019.

• "The broad-A accent in London: Spread, fade, or shift?"
  5th Workshop on Sound Change, University of California, Davis, June 21-23, 2019.

• "Accent difference between American and British English: Learning effectiveness of self-made MALL App demonstrations"
  36th International Conference on English Language Teaching and Learning, Tunghai University, Taiwan, May 17-18, 2019.

• "Don’t forget your roots. An ideological perspective of accent shift in singing"
  2018 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning Under Globalization, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan, October 18, 2018.

• "Singing in kiwi accent or not? A referee design"
  23rd Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, the Philippines, May 31-June2, 2018.

• "From one to multiple accents: A process analysis of Taiwanese students’ exploration into New Zealand English"
  2018 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, May 18-19, 2018.

• "Focus on Singapore English: A critical learning portfolio pedagogy"
  2018 International Symposium on Teaching, Education, and Learning - Winter Session (ISTEL-Winter 2018), Okinawa, Japan, January 23-25, 2018. 

• "Can MALL motivate students to improve their English pronunciation?
  2017 International Conference on Applied Linguistics, TaipeiTech, Nov. 16-17, 2017.

• "The TRAP-BATH split in RP: To prosper or perish"
  5th International Biennial Conference on the Diachrony of English, the Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France, Jul. 4-6, 2017.

• "Effects of a pronunciation computer program on the acquisition of English phonemes and word stress" with Allen Jhao-Nan Hong
  VIIth International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English: Accents 2016, the University of Lodz, Poland, Dec. 1-3, 2016.

• "Accent-mixing in singing as performative creativity"
  2016 Taiwan Acoustical Association Conference, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Nov. 11, 2016.

• "Leh in Colloquial Singapore English" with Verna Huang
  2016 Taiwan Acoustical Association Conference, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Nov. 11, 2016.

• "Integrating Critical Pedagogy into ELT for intercultural awareness"
  The CELC Symposium 2016: Strengthening connectivities in ELT: pedagogies, disciplines, cultures, National University of Singapore,  May 25-27, 2016.

• "Coming for a barbie this arvo? Aussie interpretations of hypocoristics"
  The 3rd ESBB (English Scholars Beyond Borders) Conference: Crossing Borders in English Teaching and Learning: Publishing and Academic Study, Providence University, Taiwan, May 19-22, 2016.

• "Politeness perception and reproduction of English refusals to invitations"
  2016 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching: The True Path to Individual and Global Literacy, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, April 15-16, 2016.

• "Focus on Kiwi English: A critical learning portfolio pedagogy"
  LIF2016: Language in Focus: From Theory to Practice: New Directions in ELT and Applied Linguistics, Istanbul, Turkey, March 10-12, 2016.

• "Integrating Critical Pedagogy into the Teaching of World Englishes"
  2015台灣語言學學會第9屆第1次會員大會, National Taiwan Normal University,  Nov. 21, 2015.

• "Bath or bhath? 'Let’s call the whole thing off'"
  2015 Taipei Tech International Conference on Applied Linguistics, National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech, Taiwan, Nov. 19-20, 2015.

• "How does Australian English differ from American English? A critical learning portfolio pedagogy"
  13th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and
  Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, the US, Jan. 10-13, 2015.

• "English accent difference between singing and talking: Evidence from Lenka’s style shift"
  2014 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching (ALLT), Dept. of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Apr. 17-19, 2014.

• "Kiwi accent in New Zealand pop music"
  VIIth International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English: Accents 2013, the University of Lodz, Poland, Dec. 5-7, 2013.

• "Test or taste: Intelligibility of Australian English to Taiwanese learners of English"
  The 1st International Conference on English Language Teaching: ELT in a Global Era, Tunghia University, Nov. 22, 2013.

• "I want to be new and different. Anything I’m not”: Style-shifting in Australian pop music"
  2013 International Conference on English Linguistics (ELSOK 2013), Korea University and Korea Military Academy in Seoul, Korea, July 3-6, 2013.

• "Aussie English vowel variation in pop music: A revised contrastive pedagogy"
  11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 11-14, 2013.

• "Taiwanese EFL learners’ perceptions of Indian English for aural practice"
  James H. Yang, Wei-Siou Wong, and Bruce Wang
  The 18th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), City University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, December 6-9, 2012.

• "Teaching Indian English to university students in Taiwan: An accent-plus lesson plan"
  James H. Yang, and Wei-Siou Wong
  15th International CALL Research Conference
  Providence University, May 24-27, 2012.

• "Using online videos to teach Australian English accents: Towards a receptive language pedagogy"
  James H. Yang, Edy Hong, Bruce Wang, and Wade Lee

  2012 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning
  Southern Taiwan University, May 25, 2012.  

• "A pragmatic approach to refusal in English and Taiwan Mandarin"
  Hsiu-jung Lin, and James H. Yang
  2011 NTUT International Conference on Applied Linguistics
  Department of English,  National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), November 3-4, 2011.

• "Using online videos to teach English accents: A revised approach to contrastive analysis"
  James H. Yang, and Yunlin Li
  International Conference on Computer Assisted Language Learning, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology (YunTech), Nov. 5, 2011.

• "Challenges and strategies of English-only pedagogy: Teacher-student perspectives"
  Shih-chi Yu, and James H.Yang
  2010 International Conference on English/Foreign Language Education, Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management, Oct. 15-16, 2010.

• "Linguistic standards and realities of English use for international business interaction"
  2009 Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics: the Form and the Content, Department of English, National Taipei University of Technology, November 6-7, 2009.

• "A phono-numerical approach to English phonological intelligibility"
  The 15th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (15th IAWE), Parklane International Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines, October 22-24, 2009.

• "English phonological intelligibility: A phono-statistic survey of distinct English accents"
  The Third International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English (ICLCE3), Institute of English Studies, Senate House, University of London, July 14-17, 2009.

• "Statistic analyses of English accents: A demonstration of a socio-phonetic program"
  The Thirteenth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology, University of Leeds, August 4-8, 2008.

• "Towards English as an international language (EIL) in the use of English for cross-cultural interaction"
  2008 2nd National Conference on College English, National Chengchi University, March 29, 2008.

• "The role of sound change in speech recognition research"
  2007 Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing (ROCLING), National Taiwan University, September 6-7, 2007.

• "L2 speakers’ voices needed: An interactional sociolinguistic perspective on EIL"
  2006 International Conference of The Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA), Hong Kong, Nov. 28-30, 2006.

• "Impact of sound differences on intelligibility: A phonostatistic approach"
  The First International Conference on Applied Linguistics, National Chia-yi University, April, 1-2, 2006.

• "Rapport across different discourse practices: Evidence from intercultural communication between Hong Kong Chinese and native English speakers"
  Fifth International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference
  UIUC, June 25-8, 2004. 

• "Real-world English use in international business."
  American Association for Applied Linguistics
  Portland, Oregon, May 1-4, 2004.

• "Effects of L1 transfer and universal grammar on adults' L2 phonology acquisition: Further debate"
  Seventh Biannual International Conference on Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, Indiana University at Bloomington, April 16-18, 2004. 

• "Perception and production of word-final nasals in adults' L2 phonology acquisition."
  Ninth Mid-Continental Workshop on Phonology, UIUC, October 31-November 2, 2003. 

• "Auditory accounts of the word-final nasal merger in Mandarin: Perception experiments and limitations"
  Thirty-second Annual Meeting on New Ways of Analyzing Variation, University of Pennsylvania, October 9-12, 2003.

• "Integrating critical computer literacy into web-mediated learning of English for intercultural communication"
  The Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Bergamo Center, Dayton, Ohio, October 2-4, 2003.

• "The syllable-final nasal merger in Mandarin"
  Fifteenth Conference of North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Michigan State University, July 11-13, 2003.

• "Standards and linguistic realities of English use in international business"
  Ninth International Conference on Cross-Cultural Communication
  California State University, Fullerton, June 24-28, 2003.

• "The role of mishearing in adults' L2 phonology acquisition"
  Fourth International Symposium on Bilingualism
  Arizona State University, April 29-May 4, 2003.

• "Why not Standard English? An explanatory study of interethnic communication"
  Forty-eighth International Linguistic Association, New York University, April 4-6, 2003.

• "Rethinking interethnic and international miscommunication: An interactional sociolinguistic perspective"
  Ninth International Conference on World Englishes: Perspectives into the 21st Century, UIUC, October 19, 2002.

• "Language and identity: An ethnolinguistic perspective"
  Seventy-ninth Conference of States Anthropological Society
  Bulletin Vol. 37 No. 1, Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, Michigan State University, March 08, 2002. 

• "Using Blackboard to extend and enhance classroom instruction"
  2002 Illinois Distance Learning Conference, March 22, 2002.

       Reports

• (2007). 電腦語言學的發展研究簡介：過去、現在與未來. The Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP): Vol. 19, No. 5.

      Books

• (2025, in press). 《我們一起飛吧！紫斑蝶歷險記》, 晨星出版社

• (2025, in press). 《7+9種花蜜：小紫斑蝶的尋蜜之旅》, 晨星出版社

• (2002). 解構思考 (Jiegou sikao: Rang shishi dongqilai) [Deconstruction: Undo your knowledge]. Taipei: Shang-ding

  Book Chapters

• (2006). A phonostatistic approach to the effect of accent on intelligibility. In R.F. Chung et al. (Ed.), Linguistic Patterns in Honor of Professor Chin-Chuan Cheng (pp. 120-145). Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.

• (2004). The role of mishearing in adults' L2 phonology acquisition.  In Cohen, J., McAlister, K., Rolstad, K., & MacSwan, J. (Eds.), ISB4: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Bilingualism. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

       Journal Reviews

• (2009). Review of Corpus linguistics and world Englishes: An analysis of Xhosa English, by Vivian de Klerk, 2006. pp. xiv, 247. New York: Continuum. Review published in Language in Society, 38(2): 115-118.

• (2005). Review of International communication: English language, challenges for Malaysia, by S.K. Gill, 2002. pp. 120. Malaysia: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. Review published in Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 32: 108-110.

• (2003). Review of American African vernacular English: Features, evolution, educational implications, by John R. Rickford, 1999.  pp. xxvi, 399. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Ltd. Review published in Language in Society, 32: 122-128.

• (2003). Review of English language teaching in its social context: A reader, by C.N. Candlin & N. Mercer (Ed.), 2001. pp. 352. Review published in Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 22(2): 101-104.
  　

       PhD Dissertation at UIUC

• Measuring the systemic mutual intelligibility of five English speakers: A socio-phonological analysis 

        MA Thesis at NTU

• The metamorphoses of Derridean deconstruction: Dialogues with literary criticism, feminism, and postcolonialism since 1966

       Research in progress

• Attitudes towards kiwi English: Education matters

• Lexical intelligibility of British English to Taiwanese students

• The soundscape of the TRAP-BATH split in Scotland

• Effects of MALL-based pronunciation instruction on learning motivation

• Effects of drama practice on speaking anxiety reduction

• A phono-pragmatic analysis of discourse-final particles in Colloquial Singapore English

• A corpus-based analysis of Aussie hypocoristics frequency

• A corpus-based analysis of spoken English grammar

• The syllable-final nasal merger in Taiwan Mandarin: An explanatory approach