Courses Taught：

B.A. courses: English Basic Writing, English Creative Writing, Language and Society, Academic Writing

M.Phil. Courses: English Teaching Research, Sociolinguistics, Methodology in Language Studies

Ph.D. courses: Language Acquisition Research, Theories and Approaches of Humanity Studies

Research Interests：second/ foreign language learning from sociocultural perspective，language policy in education，bilingual education and cross-cultural studies

Ø Academic experiences

2011 Luojia Emerging Young Scholars, Wuhan University

2010 ~ 2011 Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of California (Los Angeles)

2018 ~ 2019 Visiting Scholar, School of Education, University of New South Wales

Ø Awards

2000 Sen Hong Teacher’s Award, Wuhan University, 2000

2006 Ace Style International Limited Award, Hong Kong Baptist University

2006 Postgraduate Travel Award, Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics

2009 Awards for Excellence in Teaching (2nd Prize), School of Foreign Languages and Literature

2011 Awards for Excellent Class Advisor and Excellence in MPhil Supervision, School of Foreign Languages and Literature

2012 Awards for Excellence in MPhil Supervision, School of Foreign Languages and Literature

2012-2014 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes for Outstanding Research Paper on Teaching, Wuhan University

2013 Awards for Excellence in Teaching (2nd Prize), School of Foreign Languages and Literature  

2014-2016 Awards for Excellence in MPhil Supervision, School of Foreign Languages and Literature

2019 Grand Prize for Outstanding Research Paper on Teaching, Wuhan University

2020 1st Prize for Outstanding Research Paper on Teaching, Wuhan University

Ø Professional Community Service

Executive Member, International Alliance of Young Applied Linguistics Scholars

Member, Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (Asia TEFL)

Reviewer for Applied Linguistics, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Modern Language Journal, TESOL Journal, Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics

Publications：

Ø Scholarly books

Translated book: (2021). Sociocultural Theory and L2 Instructional Pragmatics. The Commercial Press.

(2014). Co-author, British Cultural Mentality. Wuhan University Press.

Monograph: (2012). Discourse Analysis in the English Language Classrooms and Scaffolding in Language Teaching. Wuhan University Press.

Textbooks：

Chief editor, (2018). A Guide to English Creative Writing and Appreciation. Wuhan University Press.

Chief editor, (2012). A Practical Guide to English Story Writing and Appreciation. Wuhan University Press.

First author, (2007). A Guide to Test for English Majors - Grade Eight: Practice Tests (TEM-8). Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Ø Journal Articles

1. (2021). A study of college students’ Mediated Development in blended teaching of English creative writing, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, Vol. 04, 136-146.

2. (2021). The Construction of Contingent Scaffolding in Teacher Discourse to Foster Critical Thinking from the Perspective of ZPD, Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages, 44(04), 115-124.  

3. (2021). Instructed concept appropriation for developing knowledge of second language academic discourse context. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 52: 1-14.  SSCI Q1

4. (2020). Examining College English Teachers’ TPACK Development through the Lens of Mediation. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, Vol. 5, 22-32.

5. (2019). The Complexity of Family Language Policy Decisions: The case of Cantonese and other regional Chinese varieties in Guangzhou, China. Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion. Vol 79, 63-78。SSCI and A&HCI

6. (2018). Self-regulated Learning in Classroom Interaction in a Summer English Programme，Foreign Language Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press.

7. (2017). Autonomy in scaffolding as learning in negotiation of meaning in a university language classroom. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, 40/4, 410-430, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.  ESCI

8. (2014). The influence of peer scaffolding on language output in an L2 collaborative task. Foreign Languages in China, 11(1), 43-50.

9. (2012). The construction of teacher scaffolding in ESL classroom discourse in interaction. Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 44(4), 572-584.

10. (2012). Scaffolding adult learners of English in learning target form in a Hong Kong EFL university classroom. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, Volume 6 (2), 127-144, London, UK: Routledge.  ESCI

11. (2011). Scaffolding in the second language learning of target forms in peer interaction, Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics, 34/4, 107-126.

12. (2010). Peer assistance in interactional repair by Chinese EFL students. HKBU Papers in Applied Language Studies, 14, 47-72, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Baptist University.

13. (2010). Interactional repair in Chinese EFL Learners’ conversations. Studies in Pragmatics, 3, 142-152, Beijing: Higher Education Press.

14. (2007). Scaffolding, ZPD and second language learning. HKBU Papers in Applied Language Studies, 11, 110-137, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Baptist University.

15. (2006). The sociolinguistic awareness of tertiary level students in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Language Awareness, 15/2, 97-109, Britain: Multilingual Matters Ltd.  SSCI

Ø Projects (Principal Investigator)

1. 01/2019 ~12/2021, Mediation in College Students’ EFL Learning from a Sociocultural Perspective. Principal Investigator, funded by the Humanities and Social Science Research Foundation of Chinese Ministry of Education. 19YJA740025

2. 2017-2020, Learning resources for English creative writing. Funded by Hubei Provincial Project on Reform of Education and Teaching, and Special Funds for Reform of Education and Teaching for the Central Universities in China (Wuhan University).

3. 2014–2018, Language policy in English education in Chinese universities. Funded by Hubei Provincial Department of Education, China

4. 2013–2015, The role of teacher discourse in scaffolding second language learning. Funded by Hubei Provincial Department of Education, China

5. 2020-2021, An intelligent recommendation system for English writing resources based on multiuser cloud platform. Funded by Special Grants in Humanities and Social Sciences, Wuhan University.

6. 2019-2021, Developing postgraduate students’ creativity through academic seminars. Funded by Graduate School of Wuhan University.

7. 2016–2018, Language Planning and Policy in Tertiary Education in China. Funded by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in China (Wuhan University).

8. 2015-2018, A Guide to English Creative Writing and Appreciation. Funded by Materials Planning for Undergraduate Courses in Wuhan University.

9. 2012–2015, Scaffolding as learning: Chinese students learning target forms in university classroom interactions. Funded by National Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in China (Wuhan University).

10. 2010-2012, Developing language learners’ ZPD in tertiary EFL classrooms. Funded by National Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in China (Wuhan University).