Ø Teaching and Research Areas

Courses taught：Sociolinguistics, College English, Readings in Chinese Culture, Readings in Western Culture, British Society and Culture, American Society and Culture, English Listening and Speaking, English for Postgraduates

Research areas：English Teaching Methodology, Language and Society, Language Policy

Ø Professional Positions

Associate Professor since June 1993;

MA supervisor since Sept. 2000;

Director, College English Dept., School of Foreign Languages and Literature (April 2013 – Dec. 2016);

Deputy Dean, School of Foreign Languages and Literature (Dec. 2016 – Nov. 2020).

Ø Awards

1. First Prize for Teaching Achievements in Colleges and Universities in Hubei Province, Feb. 2018;

2. Second Prize for Teaching Achievements in Colleges and Universities in Hubei Province, Oct. 2005;

3. First Prize for Teaching Achievements in Wuhan University, Jan. 2017;

4. Second Prize for Teaching Achievements in Wuhan University, May 2014;

5. Second Prize for Teaching Achievements in Wuhan University, Mar. 2003.

Ø Academic Exchange

1. July 1995 – May 1996, PGDELT, NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;

2. August – September 2006, Training Program in English Teaching Methodology, University of Nevada, USA;

3. November – December 2018, Training Program in English Language Teaching, Swansea University, UK.

Ø Recent Publications

1. College English Reading 4, Wuhan University Press, Aug. 2019;

2. New Integrated English for Postgraduates, Wuhan University Press, Aug. 2017;

3. New English Course Listening and Speaking 2, Tsinghua University Press, April 2017;

4. New English Course Listening and Speaking (Teacher’s Book) 2, Tsinghua University Press, April 2017;

5. Cross-cultural Communication and English Language Teaching, Wuhan University Press, May 2016.

Ø Teaching and Research Projects

1. “A Study on the Model and Method of College English Graded Teaching”, Provincial Education Reform Project, completed in 2006;

2. “A Research on the Professional Development of College English Teachers in the Information Age of Education”, Provincial Education Reform Project, completed in 2013;

3. “A Study on the Relationship between Language and Culture in College English Education”, Provincial Education Reform Project, completed in 2018;

4. “Approaching the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips”, Translation Project of the Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences, granted in 2021.