Teaching and Research Areas

Courses taught: English Phonetics, College English Course, English for Postgraduates, Course Design for English Postgraduates

Research areas: Classroom Teaching Management, Methodology, Vocabulary and Dictionary, Oral English Teaching and Research, The art of Public Speaking.

Professional Positions

1997- Associate Professor, Wuhan University

1991-1997 Lecturer, Wuhan University

1988-1991 Lecturer, Jishou University

1983-1986 English teacher, Jishou University

Awards:

2006 Excellent Tutor of CCTV-Cup English Speaking Contest, attending 2007 London ESU Cultural Seminar: Shakespeare and his Stage in Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London.

2007 Excellent Tutor of CCTV-Cup English Speaking Contest, awarded A Cultural Tour to Singapore & Malaysia  

2008 Excellent Tutor of CCTV-Cup English Speaking Contest, awarded A Cultural Tour to Australia and New Zealand.

Academic Exchanges

1998-1999. Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Education, Sydney University

Selected Publications

Books and Book Chapters:

· New Integrated English for Postgraduates（Wuhan: Wuhan University Press 2021）ed. by Dingjuan Xu, and Changsong You, etc.

· New Integrated English for Postgraduates（Wuhan: Wuhan University Press 2017）ed. by Dingjuan Xu, and Changsong You, etc.

·The Wind Beneath Her Wings（Wuhan: Wuhan University Press 2009）ed. by Yan Hou.

·College English Vocabulary Handbook (Band 6) (Wuhan University Press 2005) ed. by Zhengzheng Zhang, etc

·College English Vocabulary Handbook (Band 4) (Wuhan University Press 2005) ed. by Zhengzheng Zhang, etc

·Reading·Reflection·Research: Reading for Postgraduates (Wuhan University Press 2006) ed. by Dingjuan Xu, etc.

·New Zealand—The Long White Cloud  (Wuhan University Press 2003) ed. by Yan Hou

·Topic-Based 30 Cases in CET-SET Training (Book II) (Wuhan University Press 2003) written by Yan Hou

·Topic-Based 30 Cases in CET-SET Training (Book I) (Wuhan University Press 2002) written by Yan Hou

Journal Articles:

·‘An Analysis of Postgraduate English Course’ ，Wuhan University Journal，（2007）

·‘Training of the Contestant for the Year 2006 CCTV-Cup’，Link & Think Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press（2007）

·‘2007 London ESU Globe Education Cultural Seminar and Reflections on English Teaching’ Wuhan University Journal，（2007）

·‘2007 ESU & Globe Education Cultural Seminar’Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press （2007）

·‘Efficiency in College English Classroom Teaching’ Wuhan University Journal，（2008）

·‘A Survey and Analysis of College English Elective Courses’Wuhan University Journal， （2011）