Yan Deng

Yan Deng was born in Hunan and raised in Guangdong. She holds two degrees from Chinese universities and later earned a second master’s degree from the University of Edinburgh. She also completed her CELTA training in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Yan has taught English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at various institutions, including the Reading Academy at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, where she received Recognised Teacher Status from the University of Reading. Prior to joining Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, she served as an adjunct lecturer at Beijing Normal University.

Actively engaged in both language education and philosophy, Yan has presented her academic work across China, Japan, and Thailand, including at a leading philosophy conference hosted by Peking University. Her main interests lie in curriculum and assessment design in language teaching, as well as ethical philosophy.

EAP Teaching and Learning

Second Language Assessment

Comparative Philosophy

Language Lecturer, XJTLU, 2021-Present

-Internal Moderator for EAP117

-Lead Internal Moderator for EAP111

-Internal Moderator for EAP203

Adjunct Lecturer, Beijing Normal University, 2020-2021

Lecturer, Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology, 2017-2020

CS for all levels

EAP Foundation

EAP Core Pathway

ESAP (Engineering) @ Taicang Campus