Department of English, NCCU

Journal Publications

• 余明忠*, 2020.06, 'Learning Socially Appropriate Behavior in L2: Case of Sociolinguistic Competence, ' Journal of Education and Practice,.(EBSCO)(*為通訊作者)(本論著未刊登但已被接受)
• 余明忠*, 2013, 'Cultural influences on the responses to indirect complaints, ' Chung Hsing Journal of Humanities, Vol.50, pp.pp.25-62.(THCI)(*為通訊作者)
• 余明忠*, 2011, 'Learning How to Read Situations and Know What Is the Right Thing to Say or Do in an L2: A Study of Sociocultural Competence and Language Transfer, ' Journal of Pragmatics, Vol.43, pp.pp.1127-47.(AHCI, SSCI)(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠*, 2008, 'Teaching and Learning Sociolinguistic Skills in University EFL Classes in Taiwan, ' TESOL QUARTERLY, Vol.42, pp.pp.31-53.(SSCI)(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠, 2006, 'The effect of age on starting to learn English, ' Modern English Teacher, Vol.15, No.2, pp.50-58.
• 余明忠, 2006, 'On two overlooked dimensions in Taiwan’s English testing: Listening comprehension and sociolinguistic competence, ' IRT Testing and Teaching, Vol.2, pp.25-44.
• 余明忠, 2006, 'On the teaching and learning of L2 sociolinguistic competence in classroom settings, ' Asian EFL Journal, Vol.8, No.2, pp.111-131. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2006, 'Explorations in language and literacy learning: A two-year case study on a nine-year-old Chinese-English bilingual child’s Chinese invented spelling, ' Journal of Language and Linguistics, No.5, pp.132-157. Ref.
• 余明忠*, 2005.12, 'Sociolinguistic competence: An often neglected and de-emphasized aspect of foreign language teaching, ' Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol.10, No.2, pp.71-76.(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠, 2005, 'Observing classroom behaviors and learning outcomes in the L2 development of sociolinguistic competence, ' Australian Language and Literacy Matters, Vol.2, No.3 & 4, pp.19-22.
• 余明忠*, 2005, 'Sociolinguistic competence in the complimenting act of native Chinese and American English speakers: A mirror of cultural value, ' Language and Speech, No.48, pp.91-119.(SSCI)(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠*, 2004, 'Interlinguistic variation and similarity in second language speech act behavior, ' The Modern Language Journal, Vol.1, No.88, pp.102-119.(SSCI)(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠, 2004, 'Multilingualism and language policy in Singapore: A historical perspective and its implications on Taiwan, ' Journal of Historical Studies, No.19, pp.261-178. Ref.
• 余明忠*, 2003, 'On university of face: Evidence from Chinese compliment response behavior, ' Journal of Pragmatics, Vol.0, No.35, pp.1679-1710.(AHCI, SSCI)(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠, 2003, 'Innatist and social interactionist perspectives on language development, ' Dong Hwa Journal of Humanistic Studies, Vol.0, No.5, pp.39-60. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2003, 'Chinese Morphology: An exploratory study of second language learners'' acquisition of compounds, ' Concentric, Vol.0, No.29, pp.1-35. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2003, 'On the appropriateness for introducing an early-start English curriculum at the primary grades in Taiwan, ' Journal of Research on Elementary and Secondary Education, Vol.0, No.10, pp.1-43. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2002, 'Developing the fluency of an overlooked dimension in L2: listening comprehension instruction for the Chinese college students in Taiwan, ' Journal of the Korea English Education Society, Vol.0, No.1, pp.27-44. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2001, 'On educational indicator from the OECD, ' Educational Research and Information, Vol.0, No.9, pp.81-98.
• 余明忠*, 1999, 'Universalistic and culture-specific perspectives on variation in the acquisition of pragmatic competence in an L2, ' Pragmatics, Vol.0, No.9, pp.281-312.(AHCI, SSCI)(*為通訊作者)

Presentation/Proceedings

• 余明忠*, 2008.12, 'Sociolinguistic Competence in a Second Language: Case of the Speech Act of Refusals Based on Naturally Observed Data, ' 11th International Pragmatics Conference.(SSCI)(*為通訊作者)
• 余明忠*, 2008, 'A Naturalistically Based Analysis of Sociolinguistic Competence and Language Transfer in a Second Language, ' BAAL 2008 Annual Meeting.(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠, 2007, 'Classroom-centered research on EFL teaching and learning: An observational study on pragmatic competence, ' Proceedings of the 10th International Pragmatics Conference. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2006, 'Sociocultural competence and language transfer: The case of indirect complaint, ' Proceedings of BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics)/IRAAL (Irish Association of Applied Linguistics) Conference. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2005, 'An empirically based analysis of speech acts in a second language: A cross-cultural study of Chinese and American English, ' Proceedings of the 9th International Pragmatics Conference. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2003, 'Chinese and American refusals: Focus on second language learners, ' Proceedings of the 8th International Pragmatics Conference. Ref.
• 余明忠*;張靄珠*, 2002, 'Multimedia applications and culture-based CALL curriculum, ' Post-conference Proceedings of 2002 Workshop on E-Learning Theory and Applications.(*為通訊作者) Ref.
• 余明忠, 2002, 'Listening comprehension in second/foreign language instruction: Case from Chinese college students in Taiwan, ' Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Korea English Education Society International Conference. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2001, 'Speech acts across cultures, ' Proceedings of the “2001: A Language Odyssey. Ref.
• 余明忠, 2000, 'Degree of approximation, acculturation, and the acquisition of L2 speech act behavior, ' Proceedings of the 7th International Pragmatics Conference, International Pragmatics Conference. Ref.
• 余明忠, 1999, 'Pragmatic transfer in requests of Chinese learners of English, ' Proceedings of the 21st Annual Applied Linguistics Winter Conference. Ref.

Book

• 余明忠, 2003, 'Cross-Cultural Speech Act Behavior and Foreign Language Learning, ' Crane Publishing.

Research Reports

• 余明忠*, 2008, '母語與外語間接抱怨反應行為之研究(2), ' 國科會.(*為通訊作者)
• 余明忠, 2007, '母語與外語間接抱怨反應行為之研究(1), ' 國科會.
• 余明忠, 2006, '外語語用習得之研究(2), ' 國科會.
• 余明忠, 2006, '大學入學考試中心研究計畫結案報告, ' 大學入學考試中心.
• 余明忠*;張靄珠*, 2005, '多媒體文化情境課程設計(4), ' 教育部.(*為通訊作者)
• 余明忠, 2005, '外語語用習得之研究(1), ' 國科會.
• 余明忠, 2004, '台灣大學生外語語用行為表現及其行為內心歷程的研究(2), ' 國科會.
• 余明忠, 2004, '多媒體文化情境課程設計(3), ' 教育部.
• 余明忠, 2003, '英文寫作能力測驗規劃研究, ' 大學入學考試中心.
• 余明忠, 2003, '台灣大學生外語語用行為表現及其行為內心歷程的研究(1), ' 國科會.
• 余明忠, 2003, '多媒體文化情境課程設計(2), ' 行政院國科會.
• 余明忠, 2002, '多媒體文化情境課程設計(1), ' 教育部.

Current Position

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• 教授
• 英國語文學系
• 2007-02 ~

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• 副教授
• 英國語文學系
• 2004-02 ~ 2007-02

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• 助理教授
• 英國語文學系
• 2001-08 ~ 2004-02

Administrative Position

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• 組長
• 2007-08 ~ 2008-07

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• 組長
• 2006-08 ~ 2007-07

Professional Experience

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• 2005- ~ 2007-