Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Tan, X. (2023). Stories behind the scenes: L2 students’ cognitive processes of multimodal composing and traditional writing. Journal of Second Language Writing.
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Tan, X. & Matsuda, P. K. (2021). Integrating multimodality into first-year composition: Exploring issues of L2 writing teachers’ agency. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, 7(1), 1188-1212. http://jogltep.com/wpcontent/uploads/2021/02/71_1_TanMatsuda_final.pdf.
Tan, X. & Matsuda, P. K. (2020). Teacher beliefs and pedagogical practices of integrating multimodality into first-year composition. Computers and Composition, 58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2020.102614.
Tan, X. (2020). Multilingual and multimodal literacy beyond school: Case study of an adult vlogger in China. The Journal of Asia TEFL, 17(4), 1252-1265.
Tan, X. & Tang, C. X. (2017). Linguistic diversity and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Inspiration from Southeast Asia. Language Policy & Language Education, 1, 41-48.
Under Review
Tan, X. “How can I sound politician?”: A case study of multilingual writer transferring prior literacy and knowledge in multimodal writing. Open Words: Access and English Studies.
Book Chapters
Tan, X. (In press). “This sentence is correct, but…”: Improving effectiveness through rhetorical grammar. In M. Reznizki & D. T. Coad (Eds). Dynamic activities for first-year composition. NCTE.
Tan, X. (In press). Playing the academic game: Identities, socialization, and discourse community. In L. J. P. Herrera, E. T. Trịnh, & B, Yazan (Eds). Doctoral students' identities and emotional wellbeing in applied linguistics: Autoethnographic accounts. Routledge.
Tan, X. (2022). Seeking shelter in the eye: What we can get out of the storm. In S. Parks (Ed). Recollections from an uncommon time: 4C20 documentarian tales. CCCC/NCTE.
Book Reviews
Tan, X. & Smith, B. (2021). Review of Digital L2 Writing Literacies: Direction for Classroom Practice, Ana Oskoz, Idoia Elola. Equinox Publishing, Sheffield (2020). 300 pp. Journal of Second Language Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2021.100795.
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Tan, X. (2021). Review of Writing Changes: Alphabetic Texts and Multimodal Composition, Pegeen R. Powell (Ed). Modern Language Association of America, New York (2020). 316 pp. Computers and Composition, 59.
Newsletters
Tan, X. (2022). Composing multimodal texts in academic context. AAALGrads Newsletter. https://www.aaal-gsc.org/newsletter-spring-2022
Tan, X., Wenrich, F. K., Fhami, Z., & Balali, S. (2021). Diversity among graduate students at AAAL: A survey report. AAALGrads Newsletter. https://www.aaal-gsc.org/newsletter-fall-2021