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Dr. Fiona (Zhijun) Zheng is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Macquarie School of Education. Her research expertise in early childhood language/literacy development, mutlilingual education and teaching Chinese as a first/second language has been well recognised by the media news such as the Lighthouse and the Sector https://thesector.com.au/2023/07/17/baby-talk-how-early-childhood-centres-can-help-multilingual-children/, and published in high-quality journals (Q1/Q2 ranking: e.g., International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, International journal of Educational Research, Infant Behavior and Development, and Lingua etc.). Fiona has over a decade of teaching and research exprience in language education across Australian and Hong Kong tertiary institutions. She has been a reviewer for academic journals such as Lingua, Early Childhood Research Quarterly and Acta Psychologica etc.
She is a founding member of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education (CRECE), Macquarie University; the Multilingualism Research Centre Management Committee member 2023; the Macquarie Early Career Researcher Showcase 2023 organising committee member.
Education/Academic qualification
Linguistics, PhD, City University of Hong Kong
Award Date: 15 Jul 2016
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Plotting the emergence of young children’s learning oriented talk in early childhood centres: an analysis of growth trajectories and individual differences (Toddler TaLK!).
Degotardi, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Djonov, E. (Chief Investigator), Sharma, M. (Chief Investigator), Sweller, N. (Chief Investigator), Zheng, F. (Associate Investigator) & Jacobson, S. (PhD Student)
15/02/21 → 14/02/23
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Conceptualising multilingual infants’ language learning in ECEC through a new ecobehavioural model
Zheng, Z., Degotardi, S. & Djonov, E., May 2026, In: Education Sciences. 16, 5, p. 1-16 16 p., 757.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining the position of multilingualism in Australian national early childhood education curriculum through a language-as-resource lens
Zheng, Z., 6 Jul 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supporting mature-aged early childhood students’ online learning in Australian higher education
Liu, J. & Zheng, Z., Jun 2026, In: Education Sciences. 16, 6, p. 1-15 15 p., 937.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism in early childhood education settings: a scoping review
Zheng, Z., Jul 2025, In: Education Sciences. 15, 7, p. 1-14 14 p., 849.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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What factors are associated with young children's language learning environment? a systematic review of Language Environment Analysis (LENA) measures
Zheng, Z., Degotardi, S., Sweller, N. & Djonov, E., 2025, In: Early Education and Development. 36, 6, p. 1247-1277 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Baby talk: how early childhood centres can help multilingual children
10/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research