Bingjie Zheng earned her doctoral degree in the field of applied linguistics from the University of Wisconsin Madison. My primary research interests include linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, classroom discourse analysis, bilingual/dual language/world language education, and language policy planning. I am interested in the social-cultural discourses of language development, communication and bi/multilingualism across the spaces of classrooms, homes, schools, and communities.
In multiple research projects in the field of education and linguistics, I have investigated the process of language learning and use within the interactional, sociocultural, and institutional discourses, where issues of ideologies, norm, and agency interact. My year-long dissertation research, which examines dual language policy planning and instructional discourses, is supported by the Language Learning Dissertation Grant, The International Research Foundation for English Language Education Doctoral Dissertation Grant, ACTFL Research Priorities Award, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages Research Support, the SLA program and Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin Madison.
This research has recently won the 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Bilingual Education Special Research Interest of the American Association of Educational Research. Bingjie also won the 2020 American Association of Applied Linguistics Graduate Student ETS Award. This video features Bingjie's Dissertation Research. https://www.aaal.org/benjie-zheng
In multiple research projects in the field of education and linguistics, I have investigated the process of language learning and use within the interactional, sociocultural, and institutional discourses, where issues of ideologies, norm, and agency interact. My year-long dissertation research, which examines dual language policy planning and instructional discourses, is supported by the Language Learning Dissertation Grant, The International Research Foundation for English Language Education Doctoral Dissertation Grant, ACTFL Research Priorities Award, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages Research Support, the SLA program and Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin Madison.
This research has recently won the 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Bilingual Education Special Research Interest of the American Association of Educational Research. Bingjie also won the 2020 American Association of Applied Linguistics Graduate Student ETS Award. This video features Bingjie's Dissertation Research. https://www.aaal.org/benjie-zheng