Prof. WEN Zhisheng Edward 

Professor 

 Ph.D. in Applied English Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
M.A. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (English for Specific Purposes), Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS)

B.A. in English Education, South China Normal University (SCNU)

College Diploma & Teacher Certificate. Guangdong Teachers' College of Foreign Languages and Arts

Morley Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, English Language Institute

 

 

Editor-in-Chief of "Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning" & “Individual Differences in Language Education”

 

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Courses Taught
Interdisciplinary Approach (Module “Society & Language”)
Guided Readings in English Studies
Second Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Linguistic Approaches to Translation
Pedagogical Grammar
English Writing
Issues in Pragmatics
 
Research Interests 
Second language acquisition  (esp. Language Aptitude Theory and Testing)
Task-based Language Teaching & Learning (esp. Task Performance and Pedagogy)
Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Science (esp. Working Memory and Chunking) 
Translanguaging Theory and Practice (esp. Language Policy and Planning)  
Translation and Interpreting Studies (esp. Cognitive Translatology)  
Cross-cultural Communication/Pragmatics (esp. Human Cognition and Metaphor Theory)
English for Specific/Academic/Business Purposes (esp. Genre Analysis/Business English)    
Research Methods (esp. Complex Dynamic Systems Theory)
 
Research Grants/Projects, Fellowships, Awards and Honors 
 2022   "A Cognitive Approach to Culture-Loaded Words: Construal and Reconstructing in Translation"
 
2021   "Working Memory/Cognitive Load in Simultaneous Interpreting versus Consecutive Interpreting"
 
2019 Zhuhai International Forum on Language Aptitude: Pushing the Boundaries (Conveners: Wen Zhisheng, Peter Skehan, Luo Shaoqian)
 
2018 “Variability in translation competence: Perspective from a complexity dynamic systems theory approach”

 2017 Macao International Roundtable Forum on 'Language Aptitude" (6-7 June) (Conveners: Wen Zhisheng & Jin Honggang)
 
2012 International Language Learning Roundtable Seminar on ‘Memory and Second Language Acquisition’” (11-12 June, 2012) “Language Learning” Roundtable Conference Grant (Conveners: Wen Zhisheng, Arthur McNeill and Mailce Mota)
 
2011 “Morley Scholar” at English Language Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Advisor: Prof. Nick Ellis)
 
2010 “Christopher Brumfit 2009 PhD/EDD Thesis Award” (1st Runner-up) Jointly sponsored by Cambridge University Press & Language Teaching, UK.
 
2006 “HAAL Postgraduate Student Travel Grant”, Hong Kong Association of Applied Linguistics
 
2005 “Travel Grant” by Asia TEFL in Korea to present a paper on the 3rd Asia TEFL Conference    
    
2005 Paper Award of “China’s Young Scholars of Sociolinguistics”, 4th International Conference on Chinese Sociolinguistics, Guangzhou
 
2002“Competitive Teaching Excellence Award” (Teacher Category), South China Normal University

1998“Competitive Teaching Excellence Award” (Student Category), South China Normal University
 
  
Publications and Research Outputs 
  • Authored Monographs/Books 
Wen, Zhisheng, Alan Baddeley, & Nelson Cowan (2024 forthcoming). Working memory in first and second language.
Cambridge University Press (‘Cambridge Elements in Second Language Acquisition’ Series; Series Editors: John W.
Schwieter & Alessandro Benati).
 
Han, Lili, Wen, Zhisheng, & Alan Runciman (2023). Interpreting as translanguaging: Theory, research and
practice. Cambridge University Press (Series: Cambridge Elements in translation and interpreting).
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Richard Sparks, Adriana Biedron, & Mark Feng Teng (2023). Cognitive individual differences in second
language acquisition: Theory, assessment, research & pedagogy. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (Series: ‘Trends in Applied
Linguistics’; Series Editor: Ulrike Jessner).
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2018). Working memory and second language learning: Towards an integrated approach. 《工作記憶
第二語言學習：面向整合性方法》(Reprint of Wen, 2016 in the series “世界語言學與應用語言學研究叢書”). Beijing:
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press with Multilingual Matters (外語教學與研究出版社).
 
Multilingual Matters. (SLA Series; Series Editor: David Singleton & Simone E. Pfenninger). (Scopus-indexed) (Foreword
by Peter Skehan; Back-cover endorsements/blurbs by: Alan Baddeley, Nelson Cowan, Nick Ellis, John Williams)
(Reviewed in “System”; ‘Second language teaching and learning’; ‘Linguist list’)
 
  • Edited Volumes/Books 
Wen, Zhisheng, Peter Skehan & Richard Sparks (2023). Language aptitude theory and practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ('Applied Linguistics' Series). (Epilogue: Michael Bunting)
 
Logie, Robert, Wen, Zhisheng, Susan Gathercole, Nelson Cowan & Randall Engle. (2023). Memory in Science for Society: There is nothing as practical as a good theory. Oxford University Press.
 
Schwieter, John. & Wen, Zhisheng. (2022). The Cambridge Handbook of working memory and language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Series: Cambridge handbooks of language and linguistics). (A Special Introduction by Alan Baddeley).
 
Wen, Zhisheng & Mohammad Ahmadian. (2019). Researching L2 Task Performance and Pedagogy in honour of Peter Skehan. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (Series: Task-based Language Teaching; Series Editors: Martin Bygate, Kris Branden, John Norris). (Foreword by Michael Long; Epilogue by Brian MacWhinney).
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Peter Skehan, Adriana Biedron, Shaofeng Li & Richard Sparks. (2019). Language aptitude: Advancing theory, research and practice. London: Routledge (Second Language Acquisition Research Series; Series Editors: Susan Gass & Alison Mackey). (Foreword by Rod Ellis; Epilogue by Loan Vuong & Patrick CM Wong).
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Mailce Mota & Arthur Mcneill (eds.). (2015/2019/2023). Working memory in second language acquisition and processing. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. (SLA Series; Series Editor: David Singleton). (Reprinted in 2019 by TELOS in Brazil and in 2023 by FLTRP in China) (Foreword by Michael Bunting and Randall Engle) (Reviewed ‘Second Language Research’, ‘Second language teaching and learning’, ‘Linguist list’)
 
  • Guest-Edited Journal Special Issues 
Wen, Zhisheng & Hassan Mohabbi. (guest eds., 2024). Special Issue: In Honour of Diane Larsen-Freeman’s Contributions to Language Teaching and Second Language Development. Language Teaching Research Quarterly (LTRQ), Issue 39, 2024. (Eurokd; Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng & Jing Yang. (guest eds., 2023, July). A special issue on "Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Bilingual and Multilingual Acquisition". Brain Sciences (MDPI; SCIE/Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng & Hassan Mohabbi. (guest eds., 2022, October). Rethinking individual differences in second language acquisition: Special Issue in honor of Richard Sparks. Language Teaching Research Quarterly (LTRQ), Issue 31, 2022. (Eurokd; Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Hu Guangwei, Mark Teng Feng, Lili Han (guest eds., 2022, September). Rethinking Language planning and policy in the Greater Bay Area of China: Insights from translanguaging theory. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, Issue 7. (Springer Nature; Scopus-indexed) (Foreword by Li Wei of IOE/UCL)
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Mailce Mota & Arthur Mcneill (eds.). (2013). “Working memory and SLA: Innovations in Theory and Research” [Special Issue]. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT). Volume 23, 102 pages. (MUSE indexed)
 
Refereed Journal Papers
 
Han, Lili, Wen, Zhisheng & Wu Hui, (2024). The travel of the 'tongues' in time and space: A case study of translanguaging in the Macanese food. Global Chinese. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Mu, Siqing, Han, Lili & Wen, Zhisheng, (2024). Language portraits going digital and multimodal: Deciphering the 'translanguaging space' in plurilingual practices. Language and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2024.2317946 (SSCI/Scopus-indexed).
 
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, & Hassan Mohebbi (2024). Editorial: Special issue in honour of Diane Larsen-Freeman’s contributions to language teaching and second language development. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, Vol. 39, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2024.39.01 (Scopus-indexed)
 
Larsen-Freeman, D., Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, & Hassan Mohebbi (2024). The past and the future of language learning and teaching: an interview with Diane Larsen-freeman. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, Vol. 39, 7-16. https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2024.39.02https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2024.39.02 (Scopus-indexed)
 
Han, Lili, Lin Manlin, & Wen, Zhisheng. (2023). Social networking and cultural identity among language minority learners of Portuguese during study-abroad. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL), 46:2, 207–232. https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.22056.han (ESCI/Scopus)
 
Han, Lili, Lu Jing, Wen, Zhisheng & Tian Yuan. (2023). Momentary engagement in simultaneous versus consecutive interpreting: Through the lens of translanguaging and CDST. Frontiers in Psychology 14:1180379. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1180379 (SSCI-/Scopus- indexed)
 
Mu, S., Li, A. (Douglas), Shen, L., Han, L., & Wen, Z. (Edward). (2023). Linguistic Repertoires Embodied and Digitalized: A Computer-Vision-Aided Analysis of the Language Portraits by Multilingual Youth. Sustainability, 15(3), 2194. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15032194 (SSCI-/Scopus- indexed)
 
Jiang Xiaohua, Zhisheng (Edward) Wen & Yu Meng. (2023). Cannibalism translation theory and its influence on translation studies in China. Theory and Practice in Language Studies (TPLS), 13/1, pp. 117-126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1301.14 (Scopus-indexed)
 
Zhang, Y., Yang, J., & Wen, Z. (Edward). (2022). Learners with low working memory capacity benefit more from the presence of an instructor’s face in video lectures. Journal of Intelligence, 11(1), 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11010005 (SSCI-/Scopus- indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng & Hassan Mohabbi. (2022). Rethinking individual differences in second language acquisition and education: A Special Issue in honor of Richard Sparks. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, 1-6. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Sparks Richard L., Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, & Hassan Mohebbi (2022). Reflections on a 40-year Career in Language, Education, and Psychology:  An Interview with Richard Sparks. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, 7-18. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng (Edward), Jing Yang, & Lili Han (2022). Do polyglots have exceptional language aptitudes? Language Teaching Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, 53-66. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Han, Lili, Lu Jing, & Wen, Zhisheng. (2022). Note-taking proficiency in interpreting teaching: putting the note-taking fluency scale to the test. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 12 (10), 2024-2035. Academy Publication. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Lili Han, Guangwei Hu & Mark F. Teng. (2022). Rethinking language policy and planning in the Greater Bay Area of China: Insights from translanguaging theory. Asian- Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 7, 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-022-00167-0. (Springer; Scopus/ESCI-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Lawrence Jun Zhang, Kong Hao & Han, Lili. (2022). Translanguaging Genre Pedagogy: Implications for Teaching Business Communication in the Greater Bay Area. Asia Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 7, 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-022-00161-6 (Scopus/ESCI-indexed)
 
Wen, Z., Teng, F. & Han, L. (2022). Working memory models and measures in language and bilingualism research: Integrating cognitive and affective perspectives. Brain Sciences12(6), 729. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12060729 (Scopus-indexed; Pubmed)
 
Han, L. & Wen, Z. (2022).  Translanguaging and decolonizing LPP: A case study of translingual practice in Macau. Global Chinese, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, pp. 21-43. https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2022-2016 (Scopus-indexed, De Gruyter).
 
Wen, Z. & P. Skehan. (2021). Stages of acquisition and the P/E Model of working memory: Complementary or contrasting approaches to foreign language aptitude? Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 41, 6-24. doi:10.1017/S0267190521000015. Cambridge University Press.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Adriana Biedron & Peter Skehan (2017). Foreign language aptitude theory: Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Language Teaching, 50/1, 1-31. Doi:10.1017/S0261444816000276 (SSCI & AHCI/Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2016). Phonological and executive working memory in L2 task-based speech performance. The Language Learning Journal, 44/4, 418-435. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2016.1227220 (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng & Yi, Baoshu. (2015). New developments in working memory and SLA research. Modern Foreign Languages (現代外語). 38/4: 365-374. (CSSCI/Core Chinese Journal)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2014). Theorizing and measuring working memory in first and second language research. Language Teaching, 47/2, 173-190. doi:10.1017/S0261444813000517 (SSCI & AHCI/Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2014). Comfortable fossilization: Chinese EFL learners’ acquisition and use of formulaic sequences in L2 writing. Estudos Anglo-Americanos, 42, 37-52.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Mailce Mota & Arthur McNeill. (2014). Language Learning Roundtable on Memory and SLA, 2012, Hong Kong. Language Teaching, 47/2, 262-265. doi:10.1017/S0261444813000530 (SSCI & AHCI/Scopus-indexed).
 
Zheng, Yongyan & Wen, Zhisheng. (2013). A dynamic systems theory approach towards individual differences research in SLA. Foreign Language Education (外 語 教 學), 34/3, 54-58. (CSSCI/Core Chinese Journal)
 
Wen, Zhisheng & Gan, Wenning. (2012). Hong Kong’s language initiatives in perspective. Educational Research on Foreign Languages & Arts (外語教育與藝術研究), 38/2, 61-66. [CNKI-indexed]
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2012). Foreign language aptitude. English Language Teaching (ELT) Journal. 66/2, 233-235. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/elt/ccr068) (SSCI & AHCI/Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2012). Working memory and second language learning. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 22: 1-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2011. 00290.x (Blackwell-Wiley). /Scopus-indexed
 
Wen, Zhisheng & Skehan, Peter. (2011). A new perspective on foreign language aptitude: Building and supporting a case for “working memory as language aptitude”. (Special issue on “Recent Developments in SLA”). Ilha Do Desterro: A Journal of English language, literatures and cultural studies, 60, 15-44. Doi: 10.5007/2175- 8026.2011n60p015 (Web of Science-Indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2010). Towards an integrated genre analysis of business discourse. China’s ESP Research Journal (中 國 ESP 研 究), 1, 27-36. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. [CNKI]
 
Gan, Wenning & Wen, Zhisheng. (2010). Application of podcasting-based mobile learning in college foreign language teaching. Distance Education in China(中國远程教育), 369/5, 68-72. (CSSCI/Core Chinese Journal)
 
Gan, Wenning & Wen, Zhisheng. (2009). Metaphor comprehension models in the direct access view. Educational Research on Foreign Languages & Arts(外語教育與藝術研究), 27, 11-15. [CNKI]
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2009). On reopening the research agenda of foreign language aptitude. Educational Research on Foreign Languages & Arts(外語教育與藝術研究), 26, 5-12. [CNKI]
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2008). “Is noticing vital for second language learning”-A review of Schmitt’s noticing hypothesis. CELEA Journal (Teaching English in China, TEIC), 79, 3-8. (CNKI). (Reviewed by Richard Johnstone’s “Annual Research Review 2008” in “Language Teaching”, 2010, Volume 43/4, p.434)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2007). Working memory as foreign language aptitude: theory and practice. Modern Foreign Languages (現代外語). Issue 1, 87-95. (CSSCI/Core Chinese Journal l)
 
Wen, Zhisheng, (2007). Recent advances in foreign language aptitude research. Journal of South China Normal University (Social Science Edition) (華 南 師 範 大 學 學 報), 1, 148-150. (CSSCI/Core Chinese Journal)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2006). Recent trends in foreign language aptitude research. English Education in China(中國外語教育), 1, 8-17. Beijing, China. [CNKI]
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2005). Foreign language aptitude research revisited. Modern Foreign Languages (現代外語), Issue 4, 383-392. (CSSCI/Core Chinese Journal)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2005). The Socio-cognitive perspective of genre research. Tianjin Foreign Studies University Journal (天津外國語學院學報), 6, 46-52. [CNKI]
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2004). Genre analysis and translation of professional discourse. US-China Foreign Languages, 13, 1-5.
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2003). A further review on register, genre and text type. Educational Research on Foreign Languages & Arts (外語教育與藝術研究), 3, 21-28. [CNKI]
 
Refereed Book Chapters 
Wallace, M. P. & Wen, Zhisheng (Edward) (2024). Listening and cognitive individual differences. In Elvis Wagner, Aaron Olaf Batty, Evelina Galaczi (eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and listening (Chapter 5). Routledge.
 
Teng, Feng Mark & Wen, Zhisheng (2024). Understanding metacognition, self regulation, and learner autonomy in personal learning environments. In Sun, Y., & Xu, X. (Eds.). The development of personal learning environments in higher education: Promoting culturally responsive teaching and learner autonomy (Chapter 9). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003285243
 
Wen, Z., Teng, F. & Han, L. (2023). Measuring affective working memory. In Lambert, C., Aubrey, S., & Bui, G. (Eds.). The role of the learner in task-based language teaching. London/NY: Routledge.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, (2023). Phonological and executive working memory. In Wen, Z., Sparks, R., Biedron, A. & M. F. Teng (eds.), Cognitive individual differences in second language acquisition: Theory, assessment, research & pedagogy. New York/Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, (2023). Consciousness, attention, and noticing. In Wen, Z., Sparks, R., Biedron, A. & M. F. Teng (eds.), Cognitive individual differences in second language acquisition: Theory, assessment, research & pedagogy. New York/Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Peter Skehan, & Richard Sparks. (2023) Language aptitude research: From testing to theory and practice. In Wen, Zhisheng, Peter Skehan, & Richard Sparks. (eds.), Language aptitude theory and practice. Cambridge University Press.
 
Han Lili, Wen, Zhisheng, Lin Ziyu & Li Wei (2023) Towards an aptitude model of interpreting: Insights from translanguaging theory. In Wen, Zhisheng, Peter Skehan, & Richard Sparks. (eds.), Language aptitude theory and practice. Cambridge University Press.
 
Logie, R., Gathercole, S., Cowan, N., Engle, R. & Wen, Z., (2023). Introduction: When applying memory theory does, and does not work. In Logie, R., Wen, Z., Gathercole, S., Cowan, N. & Engle, R. (eds.).  Memory in science for society: There is nothing as practical as a good theory. Oxford University Press.
 
Bunting, M. & Wen, Zhisheng (2023). Working memory in language and bilingual development.  In Logie, R., Wen, Z., Gathercole, S., Cowan, N. & Engle, R. (eds.).  Memory in science for society: There is nothing as practical as a good theory. Oxford University Press.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, & Peter Skehan, (2022). Foreword. In Richard Sparks (2022). Exploring L1-L2 relationships. Multilingual Matters. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Schwieter, John. & Wen, Zhisheng (2022). Working memory and language: An overview of key topics. In Schwieter, John. & Wen, Zhisheng. (Eds). The Cambridge Handbook of working memory and language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 
Lu, B., & Wen, Z. (2022) Short-term and working memory capacity and the language device: Chunking and parsing complexity. In John Schwieter & Wen, Zhisheng. (eds.) The Cambridge handbook of working memory and language (pp. 393-417). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 
Wen, Z. & Schwieter, J. (2022). Toward an integrated account of working memory and language. In Schwieter, J., & Wen, Z. (eds.). The Cambridge handbook of working memory and language (pp. 909-927). Cambridge University Press.
 
Wen, Z., & Jackson, D. (2022). Working memory capacity and functions. In Shaofeng Li, Mostafa Papi and Phil Hiver (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences (pp. 54-66). Routledge.
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2021). Working Memory. In Hassan Mohebbi and Christine Coombe (eds.), Research Questions in Language Education and Applied Linguistics (pp. 279-284). Springer.
 
Wen, Z. (2021). Language aptitudes. In Tammy Gregersen & Sarah Mercer (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching (pp. 389-403). Routledge.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Alan Juffs & Paula Winke (2021). Measuring working memory. In Paula Winke & Tineke Brunfaut, (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing  (pp. 167-176). Routledge.
 
Wen, Zhisheng. & Ahmadian, Mohammad. (2019). Introduction and overview. In Wen, Z. & Ahmadian, M. (eds.), Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy in honour of Peter Skehan.Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. & Ahmadian, Mohammad. (2019). Introduction and overview. In Wen, Z. & Ahmadian, M. (eds.), Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy in honour of Peter Skehan. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2019). Working memory as language aptitude: The Phonological/Executive Model. In Wen Z., Skehan, P., Biedron, A., Li, S., & Sparks, R. (eds.), Language aptitude: Advancing theory, testing, research and practice (pp. 187-214). New York: Routledge. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng, & Shaofeng Li. (2019). Working memory in L2 learning and processing. In Schwieter, J. W. & Benati, A. (Eds.). The Cambridge handbook of language learning (pp. 365-389). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2018). Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda for working memory and language cognition. In Macao Language and Culture Research, edited by Lei Heong Iok. Macao Polytechnic Institute. (in Chinese).
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2018). Using formulaic sequences to measure task performance: The role of working memory. In Mohammad Javad Ahmadian and Maria Pilar García Mayo (ed.). Recent perspectives on Task-based Language Learning and Teaching (pp. 29-51). Boston/Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2017). Cognitive models of foreign language aptitude. In Macao Language and Culture Research, edited by Lei Heong Iok. Macao Polytechnic Institute.
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Mailce Mota & Arthur McNeill. (2015). Introduction and overview. In Wen, Z.,M. Mota & A. McNeill (eds.). Working memory in second language acquisition and processing (pp. 1-14). Bristol: Multilingual Matters. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2015). Working memory in second language acquisition and processing: The Phonological/Executive model. In Wen, Z., M. Mota & A. McNeill (ed.) Working memory in second language acquisition and processing (pp. 41-62). Bristol: Multilingual Matters. (Scopus-indexed)
 
Wen, Zhisheng, Mailce Mota & Arthur McNeill. (2013). Working memory and SLA: Towards an integrated theory [introduction to the special issue]. In Wen, Z., M. Mota & A. McNeill (eds.). Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT), 23, 1-18. Doi: 10.1353/aje.2013.0003
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2010). Working memory and second language acquisition and L2 development: Theory and practice. In Chen, Jianping (Ed.), Proceedings of China’s English Language Teaching Annual Conference 2006. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press.
 
Book Reviews and Other Publications
Wen, Zhisheng. (2021). What I have learned from attending conferences and organizing seminars. IATEFL Voices, Jan/Feb, 27.
 
Wen, Zhisheng. (2012). Review of Fethi Mansouri (2007) “Second language acquisition research: Theory-construction and testing”. LINGUIST  List. Available at http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-3660.html
 
Xu Qi & Wen, Zhisheng. (2011). Book review of Zoltan Dörnyei (2009) “Psychology of second language acquisition”. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, 21, 89-93.
 
Media Coverage/Interviews
[1] “Experts help inland scholars raise their game” (China Daily, 31 July, 2023). https://www.chinadailyhk.com/epaper/pubs//chinadaily/2023/07/31/10.pdf
[2] "GBA aims to capitalize on English language assets" (China Daily, 1 August, 2022)
https://www.chinadailyhk.com/article/283454#GBA-aims-to-capitalize-on-English-language-assets
[3]  "MPU academic publishes linguistic handbook by Cambridge University Press" (MPU website; Macao Post Daily; Hoje Macau News; Today Macau News; Macau SAR Government Portal; etc.)
 
Keynote/Plenary/Featured Speeches
(2023, November) Wen (Edward) Zhisheng. “(Re)conceptualizing interpreting in distributed cognition: The 3M Model”. Plenary speech to be delivered in the 6th National Conference on Cognitive Translatology. 3-4 November, 2023, Macao SAR, China. (Macao Polytechnic University)
 
(2023, April 8) From individual differences to personalized learning. Featured speech delivered at the 2nd JETI International Conference, Macau WSU Center, Macau.
 
(2022, Dec 24) Han Lili, Wen (Edward) Zhisheng. “Interpreting as translanguaging: Theory, Research and Practice”. Plenary speech delivered in the 5th National Conference on Cognitive Translatology. 23-25 December, 2022, Jilin, China (Jilin University).
 
(2021, Dec 1) Han Lili, Wen (Edward) Zhisheng. “Towards a Translanguaging Lens for Translation/Interpreting Studies: Theory, Research and Practice”. Plenary speech delivered in the 2nd International Conference on Encounter with the Human Sciences and the 4th LinCog International Symposium on Language and Cognition. 29/11-01/12, 2021.Macao, MPI.
 
(2021, Oct 27) "Multilingual Education Policy in the Greater Bay Area: Insights from the Translanguaging Theory" Plenary speech delivered at the "Linguistic Research and Language Education" Online Academic Conference. Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macau SAR, China.
 
(2021, May 30) “Reconceptualizing working memory in academic learning and educational research”. Plenary speech delivered at the 2021 Faculty of Education Postgraduate Research Symposium. Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
 
(2020, December 19) “Language aptitude and hyperpolyglots”. Plenary speech delivered at the 2nd Bilingual Cognition and Development Conference. Guangzhou (GDUFS), China.
 
(2020, December 16-19) “Working memory and L2 research and practice: Theoretical and methodological considerations”. Plenary speech delivered at The International Conference on "Cognitive Individual Differences and Second Language Acquisition”. Global English Teachers Association (GETA) International Conference, 17 October 2020, South Korea. (online: Available from Youtube and https://imkb615.wixsite.com/geta2020conference)
 
(2019, Nov.) "Working memory and the language acquisition device". Plenary speech delivered at the International Roundtable Forum on “Language aptitude: Pushing the boundaries” held at Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus (BNUZC), 8-10, Nov, 2019, Zhuhai, China.
 
(2019, Sept) “Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy: Peter Skehan’s insights, impacts and the festschrift” Plenary speech delivered at the 2nd Young Scholars Forum in Foreign Languages and Literature Research, 21-22 Sept, 2019, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.
 
(2019, July) “Foreign Language Aptitude at 60: Theory, Testing & Practice”, Invited speech delivered for the Colloquium on “Language Aptitude” at the 2019 TESOL China Assembly (TCA), 25-28 July 2019, Hangzhou, China.
 
(2018, Dec.). Working memory as language aptitude: Theory, testing, research, and practice. Plenary speech delivered at the “Young Scholars’ Forum in Foreign Languages and Literature Research”. 9-11, December, 2018, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.
 
(2017, Oct.). Towards an interdisciplinary research agenda for working memory and language acquisition. Plenary speech delivered at the Academic Conference on “Language and Modernization”. 18-20 October, 2017. Macao Polytechnic Institute, MACAU.
 
(2017, April). A dynamic systems theory approach to business English competence. Plenary speech delivered at the Academic Seminar on “Teaching Business English”, 13-14, April, 2017, Guangdong Industry and Finance Polytechnic, Guangzhou, China.
 
(2016, Nov.). Emergence and development of business English competence: A dynamic systems theory approach. Plenary speech delivered at the Academic Seminar on “Teaching Business English in the Information Age”, 29, Nov. 2016, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, China.
 
Roundtable Symposiums / Forums Convened / Organized
(2023, Sept 8-9), International Conference on “Innovations in Language Assessment” (and the Roundtable Forum on “The Impact of ChatGPT”). 8-9 Sept 2023, Hong Kong SAR, China. Conference Chairs: Xie Qin, Wen Zhisheng; Conference Advisor: Antony Kuannan.
  
(2023, July 28), “How to publish books and establish international teams by organizing and hosting roundtable discussions?” Invited presentation at Panel Forum on “The Art of Effective Publications: Strategies and Techniques” at the Global English Education China Assembly (TCA), 28-30 July, Macau SAR, China. (Panelists: Lawrence Jun Zhang, Wen Zhisheng, Mark Feng Teng)
 
(2023, June 10) From language aptitudes to personalized learning and teaching: Towards a multidimensional framework. Featured speech delivered at the 1st Greater Bay Area Language and Literature Deans/HoDs Forum, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. (Presented in collaboration with Mu Siqing, Han Lili).
 
(2022, July). “Greater Bay Area Professional Career Development for TESOL Practitioners (Convener: Dr. Wen Zhisheng, Macao Polytechnic University)”. Symposium held at the International TESOL Conference China Assembly (TCA), Hangzhou, China. (Chair: Wen Zhisheng). Invited speakers: Fang Fan, Lawrence Jun Zhang, Wen Zhisheng.
 
(2021, Sept). “Professional Career Development Forum (Convener: Dr. Wen Zhisheng, Macao Polytechnic Institute)”. Symposium held at the International Conference on "Language Teacher Education and Development in the Greater Bay Area" in Guangzhou (South China Normal University). (Chair: Wen Zhisheng). Invited speakers: Teng Feng, Wei Rining, Wen Zhisheng.

(2020, October). “Personalized learning based on task-based language teaching.” Invited symposium presented at the 9th China ELT Conference. Beijing, China. Conveners, Presenters and Discussant: Luo Shaoqian, Zhao Haiyong, Xing Jiaxing, Wen, Zhisheng.
 
(2019, Nov. 8-10). International Roundtable Forum on “Language aptitude: Pushing the boundaries” held at Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus (BNUZC).
 
(2019, August 19-22). “TBLT and Peter Skehan: Insights, impacts, and the festschrift”. Colloquium to be presented at the 6th International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching. Ottawa, Canada. Conveners: Zhisheng, Wen & Mohammad Ahmadian. Presenters & Discussants: Gavin Bui, Mohammad Ahmadian, Zhisheng Wen; John Norris, Kris Van den Branden).
 
(2017, June). Macao International Roundtable Forum on ‘Language Aptitude’. (Conveners: Wen Zhisheng, Honggang Jin). Keynotes and Plenary: Peter Skehan, Richard Sparks, Robert Dekeyser, Michael  Erard,  Susanne Reiterer; Invited Speakers: Charles  Stansfield,  Karen  Morgan-Short,  Shaofeng  Li,  Jing Yang, Amelia Lambelet, Minhua Liu, Adriana Biedron, Helen Zhao, Zhisheng Wen).
 
(2017, April). “Task-based language teaching and individual differences.” Symposium presented at the 5th International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching. Barcelona, Spain. Conveners: Mohammad Ahmadian & Zhisheng, Wen. Presenters: Andrea Revesz & Marije Michel, Pavaneh Tavakoli, Gavin Bui, Mohammad Ahmadian & Zhisheng Wen. Discussant: Pilar Garcia Mayo).
 
(2015, June). “Language Aptitude Research: Where are we, and where to go?” Symposium presented at the International Conference on “Faces of English”, Hong Kong (CAES, HKU). (Convener & Organizer: Wen Zhisheng; Presenters & Discussant: Peter Skehan, Zhisheng Wen, Shaofeng Li, Jing Yang).
 
(2014, August). “Reconcptualizing language aptitude from a working memory perspective: The Phonological/Executive Model”. Invited presentation at “Language Aptitude” Symposium at the 2014 World Congress of International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), 10-15, August, 2014, Queensland, Australia. (Symposium Organizers: Natsuko Shintani & Li Shaofeng; Presenters: Rod Ellis & Natsuko Shintani; Li Shaofeng, Wen Zhisheng, Gisela Granena & Yucel Yilmaz).
 
(2013, June). “Researching L2 task performance with Professor Peter Skehan: From Ealing to CUHK”. An invited symposium presented at the 4th International Conference on English, Discourse and Intercultural Communication. (June 4 -7, 2013). Macao SAR, China. (Conveners & Chairs: Wen Zhisheng & Francine Pang; Presenters: Bei Xiaoyue; Dai Bingbing; Li Qian; Francine Pang; Wen Zhisheng. Discussant: Peter Skehan).
 
(2012, June). “Working memory and SLA: Towards an integrated account”. An invited seminar presented at the International Language Learning Roundtable Seminar on “Memory and SLA”, HKUST. (Conveners: Wen Zhisheng, Arthur McNeill & Mailce Mota).Keynotes: Peter Skehan, Michael Ullman, Cem Alptekin; Invited speakers: Alan Juffs, Michael Harrington, Li Shaofeng, Dong Yanping, Mohammad Ahmadian, Hintat Cheung, Gulcan Ercetin, Sun-A Kim, Yasunori Morishima, Ali Shehadeh).
 
Consultancy Work/Professional & Community Services  
(2023~) Co-Founding-Editor-in-Chief “Individual Differences in Language Education”
(2022~) Editor-in-Chief Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning (JPLL)
(2022~) Associate Editor Language Teaching Research Quarterly (LTRQ)
(2022~) Editorial Board Language Teaching, CUP
(2021~)Asian-Pacific Journal of Second & Foreign Language Education
(2022~) Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (RTCFL)
 
Executive Committee                                             
 International Association of Task-based Language Teaching (2011~)
China Association of Second Language Acquisition (2021~)
Chinese Association of Cognitive Translatology (2018~)
Chinese Association of Psycholinguistics, China (2014~)
Asia-Pacific Association of Intercultural Communication (2017~)
 
Grant/Fund Reviewer
Language Learning Early Career Research Grant, USA (2020)
Expert Reviewer for Ohio University Baker Fund Faculty Proposal (2012)
 
Manuscript Reviewer (https://publons.com/researcher/1375855/zhisheng-wen/peer-review/)
Asia-Pacific Educational Researcher (2014 to Present) (SSCI)
Applied Cognitive Psychology (2019~) (SSCI)
Applied Linguistics Review (2018-) (SSCI)
Applied Psycholinguistics (2015 to present)(SSCI)
International Journal of Applied Linguistics (2010 to Present)
International Journal of Bilingualism (2019-) (SSCI)
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (2019-) (SSCI)
The Interpreter and Translator Trainer (2021 to present) (SSCI)
Journal of Second Language Pronunciation (2017 to present)
Language and Linguistic Compass (2021 to present)
Language Teaching (2010 to present) (SSCI and AHCI)
Language Learning (2017 to present) (SSCI)
Learning and Individual Differences (2015 to present) (SSCI)
Studies in Second Language Acquisition (2019~) (SSCI)
Second Language Research (2015 to present) (SSCI)
System (2013 to Present) (SSCI)
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (ESSCI; 2015 to Present)
Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education (2016 to present)
TESOL Quarterly (2017 to present) (SSCI)
《外語教學與研究》(CSSCI)
《世界對外漢語教學》(CSSCI)
《現代外語》(CSSCI)