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Tanjun Liu is an Assistant Professor and Programme Director of English and Communication Studies in the Department of Applied Linguistics, XJTLU. Before joining XJTLU, she was a post-doc researcher at Hong Kong Baptist University, acting as the Project Manager for the SDF project, Writing across the Curriculum, which aims to build a university-wide longitudinal and cross-sectional learner corpus. Before moving to Hong Kong, Tanjun worked as an Associate Lecturer and a Researcher in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, UK after obtaining her PhD degree. At Lancaster, she was a doctoral researcher at the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS), involved in the Trinity Lancaster Corpus research group and supporting the MOOC Corpus Linguistics course. She was also the organiser for the Second Language Learning and Teaching research group for four consecutive years. Tanjun's research areas fall broadly into corpus linguistics (corpus-based language teaching and learning, learner corpus research and corpus-based language studies), second language acquisition, formulaic language (incl. vocabulary), second language writing and EAP. She is currently working on several projects, such as the British Council-funded project, Linguistic demands of EMI in Higher Education, and building a corpus of students' writing.
PhD supervision: Corpus linguistics-related topics are welcome.
Research interests
Corpus-based language studies
Data-driven learning and corpus-informed materials
Learner corpus research
Formulaic language
English for academic purposes
Second language writing
Second language acquisition
Experience
Programme Director of English and Communication Studies
Department Research Seminar Coordinator
Teaching
LNG002 Introduction to English Studies
LNG102 Introduction to corpus linguistics
LNG203 Language and society
LNG204 Language and gender
LNG401 Linguistics for language teachers
LNG407 Second language acquisition
Awards and honours
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
2022 Jiangsu Province Talent Programme Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctor Award
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D in Linguistics, Lancaster University
MSc in TESOL, University of Edinburgh
Research areas
- Corpus linguistics
- Corpus-based language studies
- Computer-assisted language learning
- Formulaic language
- second language writing and speaking
- English for Academic Purposes
Person Types
- Staff
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A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of scholarly educational videos’ comments and danmu on romantic relationships
Liu, T. (CoPI) & Huang, J. (CoI)
1/06/24 → …
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Building a spoken and multimodal corpus of academic English at XJTLU
Liu, T. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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Building a disciplinary corpus of students’ writing and exploring the potential of the corpus-based resources in language teaching
Liu, T. (PI)
1/09/22 → …
Project: Internal Research Project
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Linguistic demands of EMI in Higher Education: A corpus-based analysis of reading and writing in university settings in China, Italy, Thailand and the UK
Liu, T. (PI)
1/09/22 → 31/10/25
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of scholarly educational videos’ comments on romantic relationships
Liu, T. & Huang, J., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Corpus Linguistics in Asian Contexts.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Corpus Linguistics in Asian Contexts
Liu, T. (Editor), Chen, M. (Editor) & Tono, Y. (Editor), 2026, (Accepted/In press)Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review
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DICO-JALF v.1.0: Diponegoro Corpus of Japanese Learners as a Foreign Language in Indonesia with AI Error Annotation and Human Supervision
Prihantoro, Ishikawa, S., Liu, T., Fadli, Z. A., Aprilia Nindia Rini, E. I. H. & Kepirianto, C., Sept 2025, In: Jurnal Arbitrer.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancing students’ L2 writing by integrating artificial intelligence with corpus-based language pedagogy
Liu, T. & Zou, B., Jul 2025, In: Computer Assisted Language Learning.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vocabulary Tests in Data-Driven Learning Research
Liu, T., Aug 2025, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Exploring students’ language use in an EMI spoken corpus: A corpus-based approach
Tanjun Liu (Speaker)
20 Aug 2025 → 21 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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A Cable Car or A Hiking Pole? Enhancing L2 Writing Through AI and Data-driven Learning
Liu, T. (Speaker) & Zou, B. (Speaker)
15 Aug 2025 → 16 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Session 2: Introduction to corpus query system; Session 3: Concordances and frequency
Tanjun Liu (Invited speaker)
12 Aug 2025 → 13 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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An investigation into learners' direct use of corpora: Evidence from eye-tracking data
Tanjun Liu (Supervisor) & Hong Liu (Co-supervisor)
Jul 2025 → Aug 2025Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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Symposium on Generative Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
Tanjun Liu (Organiser)
Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …