Mengqi Hu

Ms. Mengqi Hu is currently a language lecturer of School of Languages at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). Before coming to XJTLUs ELC, she was an English teacher in the higher education. Ms. Hu obtained her Master from the University of Durham, Translation Studies. She has taught a range of courses on Business English, English Proficiency, Intercultural Communications, EAP for Year 1 and Year 2 programmes and has supported Final Year Project, departmental modules lectures for more than 10 years.

She is interested in exploring student engagement and applying innovative uses of technology in both teaching and research. She believes that interactive and immersive VR technologies that can engage students with authentic learning environments will enhance both digital literacy and learning autonomy for all stakeholders.

• Higher Education Academy Fellowship
• CATTI China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters (level-3)
• National Oral English Contest Prize 1
• Tutoring Certificate for coaching students in Jiangsu Province’s English Proficiency Contest
• Certificate in Professional Studies with Distinction and Higher Education Fellowship in 2017
• National Certificate of Teaching EAP Certificate in 2018
• Distinction in Certificate Professional Studies in 2018
• 3rd prize on my manuscript at 3rd Annual Conference of Asia ESP & the 8th Chinese National Symposium on ESP in 2019
• CEAPA-BALEAP 2021 Presenter Certificate
• Warwick-BALEAP 2023 Presenter Certificate
• Certification of Competency in micro course titled “AI in Education: A Journey Through Future Classrooms on the International Institute of Online Education platform” in 2024
• Plymouth-BALEAP 2025 Presenter Certificate

• Taught SMO106 Seminar class for Business School stage 2 students.
• Taught FYP Workshops for Business School stage 4 students.
• Provided consultation for Business School PG students and the BUS303 FYP project.
• Taught EAP for Year 1 Built Environment, Year 2 EAP for Design Division, Year 1 Foundation EAP, Year 1 LAN005 and LAN006 about intercultural communications. Provided Final Year Project consultation for Design school’s ARC306, ARC406 and ARC408 modules, delivered departmental collaboration lectures to support ARC110 and ARC107 writing assessment.
• Taught 7 weeks of Pre-sessional English in 2023 as a full-time Reading and Writing teacher.

• As Principal Investigator, led and completed a TDF project No. TDF20/21-R22-148 as a Principal Investigator about VR technologies in immersive speaking environments (2022-2025)
• As Principal Investigator, led and completed a SURF project No.000000000563 about Generative AI tools in academic writing (2024)