Xiaotong Xi

The asterisk denotes the presenting author.

Forthcoming

Li, P.*, Feng, Q., & Xi, X. (2026, June). Comparing the effectiveness of audio-visual and audio-tactile training in L2 Italian stop acquisition by L1 Mandarin speakers. The 35th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA 35). Lisbon (Portugal): June 24-27.

Invited talks

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.
Xi, X.* & Li, P. (2024, August). Exploring the influence of study abroad on L2 perception of segmental and prosodic contrasts: A focus on Chinese learners studying in Spain. The 21st International Association of Applied Linguistics World Congress (AILA 2024). Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): August 11-16.
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.
Yao, T.*, Xi, X., & Prieto, P. (2024, July). A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Storytelling Interventions in Second Language Learning. The 33rd Conference of the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA 33). Montpellier (France): July 3-6.
Yao, T.*, Xi, X., & Prieto, P. (2024, March). The effects of oral narrative interventions on second language learning: a meta-analysis. The 2024 Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2024). Houston (USA): March 16-19.
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. (2023, October). The effects of study abroad on the perception of L2 Spanish stops and lexical stress by L1 Chinese learners. The 10th International Conference on Second Language Acquisition Research in China. Shandong University: Jinan (China): October 27-29.
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., & Prieto, P. (2023, March). Training Catalan speakers on English /æ/-/ʌ/ and /i/-/ɪ/ with hand gestures. The 2023 Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2023). Portland (USA): March 18-21.
Xi, X.* & Li, P. (2022, November). Spanish stops and their allophones produced by proficient Mandarin learners of Spanish. The 25th Conference of the Oriental COCOSDA (O-COCOSDA 2022). On-line event: November 24-26.
Xi, X.*, Li, P., & Prieto, P. (2022, July). Hand gestures encoding articulatory features and the learning of L2 vowels: the effects of visual accessibility. The 9th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS 9). Loyola University Chicago: Chicago (USA): July 13-15.
Xi, X.*, Li, P., & Prieto, P. (2022, May). Hand gestures cueing visible lip shape help the pronunciation of L2 English vowel pair. The 7th International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices (EPIP 7). Université Grenoble-Alpes: Grenoble (France): May 18-20.
Xi, X.*, Li, P., & Prieto, P. (2022, April). Training English vowels with hand gestures: the effects of encoding articulatory movements to different degrees of visual accessibility. The 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2022). University of Barcelona: Barcelona (Spain): April 20-22.
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.
Xi, X.* & Li, P. (2024, June). Exploring perceptual development of L2 phonological contrasts during a study abroad program. The 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon 19). Seoul (South Korea): June 27-29.
Xi, X.* & Li, P. (2023, August). Effects of stress and prominence on Spanish stops and lenition in L2 speech of proficient Mandarin learners of Spanish. The 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023). Prague (Czech Republic): August 7-11.
Xi, X.*, Li, P., & Prieto, P. (2023, June). In L2 phonetic training, learners benefit more with hand gestures cuing visually salient articulatory information. The 5th Conference of the Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2023 (PaPE 2023). Nijmegen (the Netherlands): June 2-4.
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.
Li, P.* & Xi, X. (2022, September). Spanish lexical stress produced by proficient Mandarin learners of Spanish. The 4th International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAPh 2022). Lund University: Lund (Sweden): September 14-16.
Ozakin, A. S.*, Xi, X., Li, P., & Prieto, P. (2021, June). Thanks or tanks: training with tactile cues facilitates the pronunciation of English interdental consonants. The 12th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference (PSLLT 2021). Boston University: Ontario (Canada): June 18-19.