Linke Chen

Dr. Linke Chen is a language lecturer at MLC. Prior to joining XJTLU in 2024, she worked for Jiangnan University as a Japanese teacher. Linke holds a PhD from Hitotsubashi University in Japan, where she focused her research on Japanese education and contrastive analysis of Japanese and Chinese. Linke’s current research interests include second language acquisition, Japanese grammar study, etc. Her recent publications have appeared in internationally reputable journals, including Journal of Sports and Science, Journal of Japanese language education, among others.

Chinese-Japanese comparative linguistics; Japanese Language Education

Jul. 2018-Dec. 2023       Lecturer, School of Foreign Studies, Jiangnan University, China

Mar. 2015-Apr. 2015      Practice Teacher, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Soochow University, Taiwan, China

Mar. 2014-Apr. 2014      Practice Teacher, Department of Japanese, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam

Jul. 2014-Jun. 2018       Lecturer, Chiyoda International Language Academy, Japan (Part-time Job)

Instructor Award

Dec. 2022   Third prize, Instructor Award, The 5th “People's China Cup (人民中国杯)” Translation Contest (Japanese to Chinese)

Jan. 2022  Third prize, Instructor Award, The 2021 Sasakawa Cup National Japanese-Language Essay Competition

Dec. 2021  Third prize, Instructor Award, The 4th “People's China Cup(人民中国杯)” Translation Contest (Japanese to Chinese)

Oct. 2019  Teacher Award of High Honor, The 3rd “Long-xing Cup (龙行杯)” Japanese Speech Contest for College Students in Jiangsu

Teaching Award

Oct. 2021  Special prize, The 2nd “Taihu Bay Cup (太湖湾杯)” Japanese Teaching Contest

Nov. 2021  Third prize, The 12th SFLEP (外教社杯) Foreign Language Teaching Contest for Japanese Micro-lecture in Jiangsu