Xi, X. (2024, July). Eye-Tracking Technology in Second Language Acquisition Research. Eye-Tracking Technology Workshop. Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing (China): July 2-3.
Oral presentations
Li, P.*, Martin, C., & Xi, X. (2025, June). Mandarin speakers’
development of L2 Spanish lexical stress perception and production in a one-year
study abroad program. The 6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE 2025). Balearic Islands (Spain): June 25-27.
Li, P., Xi, X.* , & Gao, S. (2024, November). Multimodal
phonetic training in CFL classroom: using pitch gestures for teaching Mandarin
Tone 3 sandhi. 中国语音教学研究国际研讨会. Chongqing (China): November 1-4.
Li, P.* & Xi, X. (2024, July). The perception of Spanish lexical stress by proficient Mandarin learners of Spanish. Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024). Leiden (the Netherlands): July 2-5.
Xi, X.*, Zhou, S., & Li, P. (2024, July). Exploring the role of duration as a prosodic marker for contextual factors in the production of Mandarin positive polar questions. Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024). Leiden (the Netherlands): July 2-5.
Xi, X.* & Li, P. (2023, November). Spanish imperatives produced by proficient Chinese learners of Spanish: The differences in prenuclear pitch accent and boundary tones. The 2nd International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023). Singapore: November 18-21.
Xi, X.*, Li, P., & Prieto, P. (2023, August). Does visuospatial working memory predict L2 perceptual learning from phonetic training with hand gestures? The 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023). Prague (Czech Republic): August 7-11. [IPA student award]
Li, P.* & Xi, X. (2023, August). Nuclear contours of Spanish echo questions produced by proficient Chinese learners of Spanish: A dynamic analysis. The 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023). Prague (Czech Republic): August 7-11. [Gösta Bruce Scholarship]
Xi, X.*, Li, P., Baills, F., & Prieto, P. (2021, July). Hand gestures facilitate the acquisition of novel phonemic contrasts when adequately encoding target articulatory features. The 30th Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA 30). University of Barcelona: Barcelona (Spain): June 30 - July 3.
Li, P.*, Xi, X., Baills, F., & Prieto, P. (2021, July). Actively producing hand gestures mimicking articulatoy features favors the long-term acquisition of novel words containing those features. The 30th Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA 30). University of Barcelona: Barcelona (Spain): June 30 - July 3.
Xi, X.*, Li, P., Baills, F., & Prieto, P. (2020, September). Training the pronunciation of L2 novel phonetic features: a comparison of observing versus producing hand gestures. The 7th Gesture and Speech in Interaction (GeSpIn 2020). KTH Royal Institute of Technology: Stockholm (Sweden): September 7-9.
Li, P.*, Xi, X., Baills, F., & Prieto, P. (2020, September). Appropriately performing hand gestures cueing phonetic features facilitates simultaneous speech imitation in an L2. The 7th Gesture and Speech in Interaction Conference (GeSpIn 2020). KTH Royal Institute of Technology: Stockholm (Sweden): September 7-9.
Poster presentations
Xi, X.*, Shea, C., & Li, P. (2025, June). A longitudinal study of perception and production of L2 Spanish stops and the role of
individual differences. The 6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE 2025). Balearic Islands (Spain): June 25-27.
Li, P.*, Martin, C., & Xi, X. (2025, June). The effects of study abroad on L2 lexical stress learning: a longitudinal study.The 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB15). Donostia-San Sebastián (Spain): June 9-13.
Li, P.* & Xi, X. (2023, June). The prosodic realization of Spanish focus in nuclear positions by proficient Chinese learners of Spanish: The case of broad, corrective and contrastive foci. The 5th Conference of the Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2023 (PaPE 2023). Nijmegen (the Netherlands): June 2-4.