Songyan Du

Dr Songyan Du is Assistant Professor in Translation and Interpreting. She obtained her MA in Language Studies from National University of Singapore and her PhD in Linguistics from Queen Mary University of London. Prior to joining XJTLU, she worked as Teaching Associate at the Department of Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London, and Course Convenor in London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership. Her research interests include audiovisual translation, multimodality, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics.

Audiovisual Translation

Multimodal Research

Discourse Analysis

Social Semiotics

Sociolinguistics

Lecturer, Translation and Interpreting - XJTLU, 2022-present

Course Convenor, London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership, 2021

Annotator, EMBEDDIA - Queen Mary University of London, 2020-2021

Teaching Associate, Linguistics - Queen Mary University of London, 2018

TRI201 Translation: Theory and Practice

TRI102 Introduction to Translation and Interpreting

Beyond Language: Multimodality in Theory and Practice

Language in the Media

Social Media and Multimodal Literacy

2021, London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership Fund for course organisation

2018-2021, Queen Mary University of London, Research Support Fund for conference presentations

2020, Queen Mary University of London, Postgraduate Research Fund for conference organisation

2020, Linguistics Association of Great Britain, Student Conference Sponsorship for conference organisation

2020, University College London, Advanced Core Training in Linguistics Fund for reading group organisation

2019, Queen Mary University of London, Doctoral College Initiative Fund for conference organisation

2019, Queen Mary University of London, Campus Community Fund for conference organisation

2018, Queen Mary University of London, GradFest Fund for seminar organisation