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Dr Yan Zhao received her Masters (2005) and PhD (2011) degrees in Applied Linguistics from Warwick University, UK. Since joining Xijiao-Liverpool University in 2013, Yan has taught Linguistics modules to undergraduate students. She has also taught Research Methods and Discourse Analysis to MA TESOL students. In Feb. 2015, Yan published her monograph Second Language Creative Writers: Identities and Writing Processes (with the UK academic publisher Multilingual Matters). Yan has also published at peer-reviewed international journals including New Writing: International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing; Asian EFL, Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Asian ESP and the top CSSCI journal Modern Foreign Languages (现代外语). Yan is interested in second language writing studies, discourse analysis, and second language motivation and identities studies. She is particularly interested in using creative writing as resources and medium for learning. In Oct. 2023, Yan successfully completed her National Social Science Fund project (as the PI, 17CYY020) which is A Case Study of A Multi-dimensional, Identity-driven Second Language (L2) Pedagogical Model. The monograph that comes out of the above NSSFC project is due to be published towards the end of 2024.
Research interests
Discourse Analysis, L2 creative writing, L2 identity, L2 academic writing
Experience
Assistant Professor, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University-2013 to present
EAP tutor, Coventry FoundationCampus - 2013 to 2013
EAP tutor, Coventry University - 2012 to 2012
EAP tutor, Southampton University - 2012 to 2012
Teaching
LNG408 Discourse Analysis
LNG406 Research Methods
LNG103 Introduction to Linguistics
LNG107 Introduction to Linguistics: Spoken and Written Discourse
Awards and honours
2021-2022 苏州工业园区2021-2022年度优秀教育工作者
2017年科教创新区高端人才集聚工程-科教骨干人才
2019 HIGHLY COMMENDED for the 2018/19 Annual XJTLU Learning and Teaching Awards for THE MOST INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICE
2010 Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme, Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme
2010 Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The University of Warwick
2009 Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme, Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme
2009 Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The University of Warwick
2008 Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme, Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme
2008 Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The University of Warwick
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. , University of Warwick, - 2011
M.A. , The University of Warwick, - 2006
B.A. , Beijing Language and Culture University, - 2005
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A Case Study of A Multi-dimensional, Identity-driven L2 Pedagogical Model
Zhao, Y., Zhang, Q., Xu, R. & Zhang, W.
1/07/17 → 30/06/23
Project: Governmental Research Project
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以二语认同为导向的多维外语教学模式研究: 国家社科基金青年项目“以二语认同为导向的多维外语教学模式研究”（项目批准号 17CYY020）结题成果
Translated title of the contribution :A Case Study of A Multi-dimensional, Identity-driven Second Language (L2) Pedagogical Model: NSSFC project ( 17CYY020) major research outcome Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review
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English screenwriting as an alternative medium for language learning in a Chinese university EFL classroom
Zhao, Y., 2022, International Perspectives on Creative Writing in Second Language Education. Routledge, p. 109-131Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Translanguaging and identity construction as a resource for learning in the EAP classrooms in China
Zhao, Y. & Zhang, Q., 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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超语及认同建构作为双语者的学习手段
Translated title of the contribution :Translanguaging and Identity Construction as a Resource for Learning in a Bilingual Classroom Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Screenplays as a pedagogical medium for cultivating EFL learners’ metapragmatic awareness of speech acts in spoken english
Zhao, Y. & Liu, J., 18 Oct 2019, Literature, Spoken Language and Speaking Skills in Second Language Learning. Cambridge University Press, p. 118-148 31 p.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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