Articles (Selected)

• Huang, S., & Wong, B. E. (2026). AI adaptive learning systems and multidimensional engagement in online Physical Education: large effects. Retos, 80, 1008-1027. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v80.119205
• Yu, S. & Wong, B, E, (2026). Preparing Chinese higher vocational students to succeed in a globalized and multicultural world: Enhancing their oral English competence and intercultural competence.  Acta Psychologica, Vol. 263, 106253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106253
• Yu, F. & Wong B. E. (2025) Confucian Culture: The Scapegoat of Chinese EFL Students’ Unwillingness to Communicate. 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature® The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, Vol 31(1), 339-357; March 2025 http://doi.org/10.17576/3L-2025-3101-22
• Qiannan Liu, Bee Eng Wong, Richard Peter Bailey (2025).  Task-based material design in Japanese tour guide courses: fostering adaptability and sustainable learning. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol. 14, No. 4, August 2025, pp. 3234~3248 ISSN: 2252-8822, DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v14i4.31736
• Miao Xiong, Nee Nee Chan, Bee Eng Wong, Xiaomin Xie and Na Meng (2025). Investigating Cognitive Flexibility and Innovation in Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning: The Role of Openness to Learning and Peer Feedback Quality in Vocational Education.  Frontiers in Psychology (section Educational Psychology) Vol. 16.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1691422
• Yu, S., Wong, B. E. & Poulova, P. (2025).  Artificial Intelligence in Second Language Acquisition: Enhancing Teacher Self-Efficacy Through Tacit and Explicit Knowledge Sharing. Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Technology, Vol. (5), 475-486. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37965/jait.2025.0812
• Lee Sze Seau Jill, Shirley Tan, Hazita Azman, Wong Bee Eng and Nadia Samsudin (2025) Designing Pedagogy for Multimodal Oral Presentation Skills through a Responsive Case Study.  International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research Vol. 24, No. 9, pp. 252-279, September 2025 https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.24.9.13
• Yu, S. & Wong, B. E. (2024).  Role of English language teaching methods in enhancing English language learning at Chinese vocational colleges: Mediating influence of intercultural communicative competence.  Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development 2024, vx(ix), 9380. https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd.vxix.9380 
• Meng, X. & Wong, B. E. (2024). Anxiety Sentiment Evaluation and Coping Strategies in English Audio-visual Smart Classroom Based on Artificial Intelligence. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, 22 (2), 24, 9917-9927.
• Liu, W. & Wong, B. E. (2024). Influencing Factors of Blended Learning Adaptability of Journalism Majors.  Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 809-817.  https://doi.org/10.70082/esiculture.vi.2210 
• Mahdun, M., Chan, M. Y., Yap, N. T., Wong, B. E & Mohd Kasim, Z. (2023). Overpassivisation in L2 Acquisition: An Examination of L1 Malay ESL Tertiary Students’ Passivisation of Intransitive Verbs in English. Pertanika JSSH Vol. 31(3).  September 2023
• Mahdun, M., Chan, M. Y., Yap, N. T., Mohd Kasim, Z., & Wong, B. E. (2022). Production Errors and Interlanguage Development Patterns of L1 Malay ESL Learners in the Acquisition of the English Passive. Issues in Language Studies, 11(1), 74-90. https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.4023.2022
• Wong, B. E. & Ho, S. W. (2021). A Targeted English Language for Specific Purposes Development Program for the Workplace. In Chiper, S. & Zorbas, V. (Eds), Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language Pedagogy (pp. 62-73). Generis Publishing
• Malaiappan, V. & Wong, B. E. (2020). Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Malaysian L1 Tamil Speakers. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 28 (1), 121-142; ISSN: 0128-7702; eISSN: 2231-8534
• Quek, S. T. & Wong, B. E. (2020). Is that different from the? Journal of Studies in Education, 10 (3), 21 pp. ISSN 2162-6952
• Kwan, Erica Lee Yin and Wong, Bee Eng (2016). Acquisition of the present perfect and the simple past by Malaysian Chinese ESL learners. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 24 (2). pp. 867-888. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534
• Muhammad, Umar Aliyu and Yap, Ngee Thai and Chan, Mei Yuit and Wong, Bee Eng (2016). Identification of Nigerian English idioms: a methodological perspective. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 34 (4), 279-288. ISSN 1607-3614; ESSN: 1727-9461
• Tay, L. C., Chan, M. Y., Yap, N. T., Wong, B. E. (2016). Discourse Particles in Malaysian English What Do They Mean? Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 172, 479-509.
• Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Ho, S. W. & Wong, B. E. (2015). Delivering the ELEx Package: An English Language Experience Approach for Developing Undergraduates' Language Proficiency. Journal of Language and Communication, 2 (2), 119-132.
• Zuhana Mohd Zin & Wong B. E. (2014). Relationship between Critical Thinking       Disposition and Critical Reading Skills of Malaysian ESL Learners. In AEFL Journal, 16(3), 41-68. 
• Murad Alazzany, & Wong, B. E. (2014). Islam and Muslims in the New York Times: Two Versions, Two Camps. In Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 22 (Special Issue), 33-58.
• Tan, H. & Wong, B. E. (2014). Metadiscourse Use in the Persuasive Writing of Malaysian Undergraduate Students. English Language Teaching, 7(7), 26-39.  
• Zuhana Mohd Zin, Wong, B. E., & Shameem Rafik-Galea (2014). Critical Reading Ability and  its Relation to L2 Proficiency of Malaysian ESL Learners. In 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of      English Language  Studies, 20(2), 43-54.   
• Muneera Yahya Ali Muftah & Wong, B. E. (2014). Acquisition of the Verb Movement Parameter in English by Adult Arabic Speakers. In Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 22(1), 195-215.  
• Lee. G. I., Wong, B. E., Chan, S. H., & Mardziah Hayati Abdullah. (2014). Stance-Taking using Lexico-Grammatical Features in Argumentative Writing of Malaysian Undergraduates. In Journal  of Languages and Communication, 1(2), 113-124.
• Woon, C. P., Yap, N. T., Lim, H. W., & Wong, B. E. (2014). Measuring Grammatical Development in Bilingual Mandarin-English Speaking Children with a Sentence Repetition Task. In Journal of Education and Learning, 3(3), 144-157.
• Wong, B. E. & Teo, P. H. L. (2012). Elicited Imitation as a Measure of L2 English Learners’ Interlanguage Representation of Relative Clauses. In Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT), 9(1), 91-107.
• Wei, L. & Wong, B. E. (2012). A Corpus-Based Study on Snake Metaphors in Mandarin Chinese and British English. In GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 12(1), 311-324.
• Muuneera Yahya Ali Muftah & Wong, B. E. (2011). English Verb Movement Parameter in the Interlanguage of L1 Arabic Speakers. In The Linguistics Journal, 5(1), 25-168.   
• Karim Hajhashemi & Wong, B. E. (2010). A Validation Study of the Persian Version of McKenzie’s Multiple Intelligences Inventory to Measure Profiles of Pre-University Students. In Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 18(2), 343-355.   
• Wong, B. E. (2008). Wh-Questions in Malay: An Explanation for the Restriction of Extraction to Subject Position with Yang. In 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature – The South East Asian Journal of Language Studies, 14, 81-94.
• Wong, B. E. & Quek, S. T. (2007). Acquisition of the English Definite Articles by Chinese and Malay ESL Learners. In Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT), 4, 210-234.
• Mardziah Hayati Abdullah & Wong, B. E. (2006). Listening to the Ethnic Voice in ESL Learning. In The English Teacher, XXXV, 15-26.
• Wong, B. E. & Lim, S. N. (2006). Literacy in a Foreign Language: The Learning of French Pronouns by ESL Learners. In 3L Journal of Language Teaching, Linguistics and Literature, 12, 107-127.
• Wong, B. E. & Lim, S. N. (2006). The Acquisition of the French Passé Composé and the Imparfait by L1 Malay Speakers. In Jurnal Bahasa Jendela Alam, 4, 552-573.
• Wong, B. E. & Soong, L. C. (2005). The Nature of Auxiliary BE in the Interlanguage English of Chinese Speakers. In Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 9(1), 97-116.
• Wong, B. E. & Mardziah Hayati Abdullah. (2003). The Effects of Vocabulary Development on Text Comprehension. In The English Teacher, XXXII, 86-92.
• Muhammed Shahriar Haque & Wong, B. E. (2003). Do They really Use More Tag Questions? In Journal of Language Teaching, Linguistics & Literature, 8, 40-62.   
• Wong, B. E. (2002). Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Malay Speakers. In Journal of Pan- Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 6(1), 61-77.

Book Chapters (Selected)

• Wong, B. E. & Ho, S. W.  (2021).  A Targeted English Language for Specific Purposes Development  Program for the Workplace.  In Chiper, S. & Zorbas, V.  (Eds), Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language Pedagogy (pp. 62-73).  Generis Publishing  
• Lim, S. N. & Wong, B. E. (2013). Acquisition of the French Article System by L1 Chinese Speakers. In Yamato Eriko, S. N. Lim & K. U. Khoo (Eds), Studies on Foreign Languages and Cultures in Malaysia (pp. 1-17). Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
• Wong, B. E. (2012). Acquisition of English Tense and Agreement Morphology by Speakers of Malaysian Languages. In G. Mininni & A. Manuti (Eds.), Applied Psycholinguistics: Positive Effects and Ethical Perspectives (pp. 176-185). Milano, Italy: FrancoAngeli s.r. l.
• Wong, B. E., Ain Nazimah Abdullah & Rosli Talif (2011). The Use and Importance of English in the Malaysian Workplace. In Faiz Santhi Abdullah, Zalina Mohd Kasim & M. Y. Chan (Eds.), Recent Research Topics in Malaysian English Language Studies (pp. 50-69). Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
• Yap, N. T. & Wong, B. E. (2011). Interlanguage Representation of Copula-BE and Auxiliary-BE. In Faiz Santhi Abdullah, Zalina Mohd Kam & M. Y. Chan (Eds.), Recent Research Topics in Malaysian English Language Studies (pp. 236-249). Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
• Shameem Rafik-Galea & Wong, B. E. (2011). Vocabulary Learning Strategies among Adult Foreign Language Learners. In W. M. Chan, K. N. Chin & Titima Suthiwan (Eds.), Foreign Language Teaching in Asia and Beyond: Current Perspectives and Future Directions (pp. 145-188). New York: De Gruyter Mouton.
• Wong, B. E. & Chan, S. H. (2010). Acquisition of English Articles by L1 Speakers of [-article] Languages. In L. Scliar-Cabral (Ed.), Psycholinguistics: Scientific and Technological Challenges (pp. 208-219). Brasil: Editora Universitária da PUCRS.
• Vijay Kumar Mallan & Wong, B. E. (2009). Negotiating Appropriateness in the Second Language within A Dual Language Education Classroom Setting. Take 2. In R. Barnard & M. E. Torres-     Guzman, (Eds.), Creating Classroom of Learning: International Case Studies and Perspectives (pp. 70-87). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
• Wong, B. E. & Vijay Kumar Mallan (2009). Constructing Meaning in a Bilingual Learning Environment: Two Primary Classrooms in Malaysia. Take 1. In R. Barnard & M. E. Torres-Guzman (Eds.),    Creating Classroom of Learning: International Case Studies and Perspectives (pp. 127-139).  Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
• Wong, B. E. & Chan, S. H. (2008). Test Innovation and Implementation: A Critical Examination of the MUET Impact. In Faiz Sathi Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah & B. H. Tan (Eds.), Critical Perspectives on Language and Discourse in the New World Order (pp. 252-274). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Wong, B. E. (2008). Acquisition of the English Past Simple and Present Perfect by L1 Chinese and L1 Malay Speakers. In H. Gaudart (Ed.), Teaching of Grammar (pp. 39-55). Petaling Jaya: Sasbadi.
• Wong, B. E. & Liu, J. C. (2008). The Acquisition of Gender, Number and Case in English Personal Pronouns. In R. Jacobson (Ed.), The Pulse of a Malaysian University (pp. 101-119). New York: Peter Lang. (Reprinted)
• Wong, B. E. & Chan, S. H. (2007). Contemporary Malaysian English: Word Innovation through Morphological Processes. In J. Arabski (Ed.), Challenging Tasks for Psycholinguistics in the New Century (pp. 307-317). Katowice: Poland University of Silesia.
• Rosli Talif, Wong, B. E., Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, Sabariah Md Rashid & Jariah Mohd. Jan (2007). Corpora Analysis: Benefits towards ESL Learners’ Vocabulary Competence. In B. H. Tan, Washima Che Dan, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Noritah Omar, Faiz Sathi Abdullah & Rosli Talif (Eds.), Theoretical and Practical Orientations in Language and Literature Studies (pp. 114-131). Kuala Lumpur: Pearson Longman.
• Wong, B. E. (2006). Introduction to General Linguistics. In R. Jacobson (Ed.), Language and Language Use (pp. 1-11). Malaysia: Pearson Prentice Hall.
• Wong, B. E. (2006). English Syntax and Morphology. In R. Jacobson (Ed.), Language and  Language Use (pp. 22-32). Malaysia: Pearson Prentice Hall.
• Shameem Rafik-Galea & Wong, B. E. (2006). Vocabulary Learning Strategies among Adult Foreign Language Learners. In W. M. Chan, K. N. Chuin & Titima Suthiwan (Eds.), Foreign Language TeaWching in Asia and Beyond (pp. 145-188). Singapore: National University of Singapore.
• Soong, L. C. & Wong, B. E. (2005). The Nature of Copula BE in the Interlanguage English of L1 Chinese Learners. In B. E. Wong (Ed.), Second Language Acquisition: Selected Readings (pp. 19-46).  Petaling Jaya: Sasbadi.
• Wong, B. E. (2003). Acquisition of English Wh-Questions by L1 Speakers of Malay. In E. Morais (Ed.), Language Learning and Cognition (pp. 101-114). Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya Press.
• Wong, B. E., Tan, H. & Lee, G. I. (2003). Hedging in Report Writing: The Malaysian Experience. In Ambigapathy Pandian, Gitu Chakravarthy & P. Kell (Eds.), New Literacies, New Practices, New Times (pp. 186-193). Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.

 Books (Selected)

• Jacobson, R., Wong, B. E., Chan, S. H., Rosli Talif, Noritah Omar, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, & Sabariah Md Rashid (2006). Language and Language Use: Directions and Development of a BA English Programme.  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Pearson Prentice Hall.  (221 pages)
• Wong, B. E. (2005). Second Language Acquisition: Selected Readings. Petaling Jaya: Sasbadi.