Staff Profile

Education-wise:

I. Master's in Education (Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages), Beijing Language and Culture University.

II. Bachelor's in Arts (Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages) , Beijing Language and Culture University.

Work-wise:

I. Three-year Chinese and English teaching in Turkey and one-year Chinese teaching in Edinburgh, UK.

II. Two-year Chinese teaching in College of Online Education, Beijing Language and Culture University.

Currently:

I. Chinese Elementary 2 LPC1103 - University Wide Language Programme.

II. Mandarin Clubs in Valley Gardens Middle School, Hexham Middle School and St. Mary's Catholic High School.

III. Cultural workshops and course, e.g. 8-Taichi Course, Chinese Painting Workshops etc..

Previously:

HSK; Business Chinese; Integrate Chinese of elementary and advanced levels; Chinese Listening and Speaking.

My research focuses mainly on:

I. Second Language Acquistion

II. Discourse/Text Analysis

III. Chinese Teaching Pedagogy (online and offline)

Research Outcomes:

I. Master's Dissertation:

A Study on the Acquisition Process of Oral Narrative Discourse Cohesion Devices for Intermediate and Advanced Chinese Learners.

II. Forums and Conferences:

i. Interactive Research of Grammar Exercises in Online Integrate Chinese Classroom, the 17th International Conference of Chinese as the Second Language, Jul. 2021.

ii. Interactive Research of Grammar Exercises in Online Integrate Chinese Classroom, the 2nd Forum of International Chinese Education Development, Jul. 2021.