DU Yao

Lecturer
Address: Dept. of Foreign Languages, UCAS, 19A Yuquan Rd., Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Office: Room 215 Humanities Building
Email:
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Research Interests

Cognitive Linguistics

Education

Visiting Student Researcher, Linguistics Department, University of California,Berkeley, 2012-2013

Ph.D, Language Institute, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2011-2015

MA, National Research Center for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2009-2011

BA, School of International Communication, Beijing International Studies University, 2005-2009

Work Experience

UCAS, Beijing (07/2015 – ) – Lecturer

Teaching Area(s)

“Reading & Writing” non-English major postgraduate students

“Listening & Speaking” non-English major postgraduate students

“English A” non-English major graduate students

Xiong Jingya

 

Research Interests:

Modern and contemporary British and American literature and theories

Education:

Tsinghua University (PhD)

King’s College London, University of London (visiting PhD Candidate)

Beijing International Studies University (MA)

Beijing International Studies University (BA)

Selected Publications:

“Critic Leavis as ‘Anti-Philosopher’: Relations among Literary Criticism, Philosophy and Literary Theory.” English and American Literary Studies 23(2015): 361-372.

“Leavis’s Poetic Theories Reflected by His Criticism of Eliot’s Poems.” on Foreign Language Studies 33(2013):40-46.

 
 
MENG Yanli
 
Lecturer
Address: Dept. of Foreign Languages, UCAS, 19A Yuquan Rd., Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Office: Room 204 Humanities Building
Phone: 86-10-88256078
Email:
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Research Interests

Systemic functional linguistics, Multimodal discourse analysis

 

Education

Peking University, Beijing

Ph. D., Linguistics, June 2012

Jilin University, Changchun

MA, Linguistics, June 2006

Jilin University, Changchun

BA, Business English, June 2003

 

Work Experience

Henan University, Kaifeng (08/2007 – 07/2006) – Assistant Professor

Job responsibilities include:

Taught two English-major undergraduate courses “English intensive reading” and “English extensive reading” and a master’s course “English speaking and listening”;

Supervised 4 BA theses;

Evaluated the answer sheets of the National College Entrance Examination in 2007.

 

Teaching Area(s)

English A program, Sociolinguistics

 

Selected Publications

I. Books / Book Chapters

2010  Multimodality in CDs attached to English textbooks. In Li, S. and Gao, Y. (Ed.) Language Learning and New Technologies. Peking University Press. Pp. 267-276

2010  A Comparison of Visual Communication between Chinese and English Advertisements. In Fang, Y. and Wu, Canzhong (Ed.) Challenges to Systemic Functional Linguistics: Theory and Practice. Published by the 36th ISFC Organizing Committee. Pp.208-212

II. Papers

2009   A Sememe Model on Visual-Verbal Relations and Analysis of Chinese Newspaper Advertisements. Journal of Chinese Sociolinguistics, (1): 116-137

2009   An Analysis of Attitude in English Résumés. Linguistic Research, (7) 99-108

 
 
   
 
JIN Hui
 
Associate Professor
Address: Dept. of Foreign Languages, UCAS, 19A Yuquan Rd., Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Office: Room 205 Humanities Building
Phone: 86-10-88256509
Email:
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Research Interests

Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Poetics

Education

Beijing Foreign Studies University

Ph.D. candidate, Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Poetics, 09/2016-present

Beijing Foreign Studies University

  M.A., Cognitive Linguistics, 09/2003-07/2005

Ji Lin Normal University

B.A., English Education, 09/1999-07/2003

Work Experience

Dept. of Foreign Languages, UCAS, Beijing

  07/2005 – present: Teaching Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor

   

Teaching Area(s)

ESL/ESP programs for undergraduates, master students and Ph.D. candidates

Selected Publications

Jin Hui. Rethinking Chomsky’s Universal Grammar-- Comments on the debate

triggered by the two articles from Scientific American. Journal of Xi’An

International Studies University, 2018 (in press).

Jin Hui. On translation strategies of place names loaded with cultural information.

Chinese Science & Technology Translation Journal, 2016 (4):44-47.

Jin Hui, Lian Xian. The application of Cognitive Linguistics to foreign language test

formulation. China Examinations, 2015 (7): 18-24.

Jin Hui. A cognitive study of the Chinese motion verb “lai” – From the perspective of

Motion Event. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2015 (12):

17-23.

Jin Hui. On the syntactic position of adverbs – A cognitive perspective. Modern

Foreign Language Education and Research, 2013: 263-267.

Jin Hui & Peng Gong. The use of first person pronouns by native English writers and Chinese Writers in academic writing.

In Weir, G.R.S. & Ishikawa, M.(Eds.) . Corpus, ICT, and Language Education. University of Strathclyde Publishing. 2010: 31-40.

   
 
 
PENG Yu
 
Lecturer
Address: Dept. of Foreign Languages, UCAS, 19A Yuquan Rd., Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Office: Room 219 Humanities Building
Phone: 86-10-88256514
Email:
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Research Interests

Translation/interpretation studies

 

Education

Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang,

BA, English language and literature, July 1993

Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing

MA, Translation theory and practice, April 2005

 

Work Experience

Xinyu College, Jiangxi (07/1993-07/2002) assistant professor, lecturer

UCAS, Beijing (04/2005- ) lecturer

 

Teaching Area(s)

English reading, listening, speaking and writing classes

English/Chinese translation

English/Chinese interpretation

 

Selected Publications

I. Books / Book Chapters

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Bidding Documents (trans)

Shi Li Dian, Revolution in a Chinese Village (trans)

Designs on Nature (trans)

Fairy Lake (trans)

II. Papers

Comparative Study of the Two Versions of Teahouse from the Perspective of Register Theory, FIT World Congress, 2008

Enhancing Non-English Major Graduate Students’ Communication Proficiency by Interpreting Training, Non-English Major Graduate English Teaching and Research, 2009, Remin University of China Press