Zhisheng Wen

Dr. WEN Zhisheng (Edward) holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Supervisor: Prof. Peter Skehan) and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Translation at Macao Polytechnic Institute in MACAU SAR, China. Before moving to Macao, Dr. Wen had taught undergraduate and postgraduate programs in applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, TESOL, and business writing/financial translation for over 15 years at several major universities in the Greater Bay Area of China (Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao).

Dr. Wen's broad research interests include Second Language Acquisition, Task-based Language Teaching and Learning, Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Science, Language Testing & Assessment, Cognitive and Empirical Approaches to Translation/Interpreting, Genre Analysis and ESP Theory & Practice. His research expertise and current research foci include language aptitude and working memory in SLA and he is actively constructing his integrated Phonological/Executive (P/E) model (please refer to Wen, 2012, 2014 & 2015, 2016/2018, 2019, 2020; also see Wen, Mota & McNeill, 2013 & 2015).

Dr Wen's representative publications include dozens of papers and book chapters in top-notched journals (Language Teaching, International Journal of Applied Linguistics etc.) and edited volumes (Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Multilingual Matters, etc.). In addition, he has so far published a research monograph (“Working memory and second language learning”) published by Multilingual Matters in 2016 and reprinted by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in Beijing in 2018; a co-edited a volume with Mailce Mota and Arthur McNeill on ("Working memory in second language acquisition and processing", Multilingual Matters, 2015); guest-edited three Special Issues, including "Working Memory and SLA") of Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (AJELT, 2013 Volume); "Translanguaging language policy planning in the Greater Bay Area of China and beyond" (Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education; 2022); "Rethinking individual differences in L2 education and psychology: A special issue in honor of Professor Richard Sparks" (Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022)

Dr. Wen's recent books include "Language aptitude: Advancing theory, testing, research and practice" (2019, Routledge), "Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy in honour of Peter Skehan", (2019 John Benjamins), “Cambridge handbook of working memory and language” (2022, CUP), "Language aptitude theory and practice" (2022, CUP), "Memory in science for society" (2022, OUP). Forthcoming volumes include "Working memory in first and second language" (2022, CUP), and "Cognitive individual differences in second language acquisition: Theories, Assessment and Pedagogy" (2023, Mouton de Gruyter)