Teaching

Before research, I was a classroom teacher, first in test preparation and then as head of an English department in Beijing, and that history still shapes how I teach and what I ask of theory.

National Institute of Education, NTU (2026–)

• ALS10A Academic Discourse Skills, tutorial groups

Graduate courses

• EDUC711 Special Topic: Translanguaging, Simon Fraser University
• EDUC825 Second Language Learning and Education, Simon Fraser University

Undergraduate courses

• ENG3266 Classroom Discourse Analysis, The Education University of Hong Kong
• ENG1376 English for Academic Purposes 1, The Education University of Hong Kong
• ENG1777 English for Academic Purposes 2, The Education University of Hong Kong
• EDUC326 Creating Positive Learning Communities, Simon Fraser University
• EDUC471 Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice, Simon Fraser University
• EDUC100W Academic Writing, Simon Fraser University

Earlier teaching

• 2012–2016 International school teacher (later head of English), Beijing 21st Century International School
• 2009–2012 Language training teacher, Beijing New Oriental Education and Technology Group

Teaching awards

• Outstanding Demo Class Award (2016), Division of Education, Beijing Municipal Government
• Second Prize, Xi Hua Cup Classroom Teaching Competition (2012)
• Second Prize, National Teaching Competition (2011), New Oriental Education Group

Professional development workshops

• Translanguaging and GenAI in Translation, student teachers, University of South China, Hengyang (November 2024)
• Translanguaging and GenAI in the Language Classroom, teachers of Beijing 21st Century International School (July 2024)
• Traversing Between Academic and Teaching Life, online, Brazilian applied linguistics association (December 2020)