She has extensive teaching and research experience in second language learning and development, second language teaching methodology, curriculum development in EAP (English for Academic Purposes), CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), educational linguistics, and language and literacy education in the preparations of teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. Honglin Chen is a chief investigator on three Australian Research Council funded projects investigating relationships between literacy research, policy and practice, and provisions of community language programs in Australia.