Education:
BA in English Language and Literature, June
1989
Sichuan International Studies University - Chongqing, China
Profile:
Li (Lily) Zhang embarked on her career as
an EFL teacher at Chongqing University in 1989, then joined the ELC of Shantou
University in 2000. She completed part of the MA courses in Applied Linguistics
and TESOL at the University of Leicester, U.K. in 2004, and worked subsequently
as an interpreter for a joint-venture pharmaceutical company in Leicestershire.
In 2011, she was selected to participate in a training program on Integrative
Thinking under the supervision of Professor Mihnea Moldoveanu at the University
of Toronto, Canada.
Lily won the Champion Coach Award in the 2013
“FLTRP Cup” English Public Speaking Contest in Beijing and the Top Best Coach
Award in the Guangdong Provincial Final of the same contest. She received the
Teaching Excellence Award of Shantou University in the 2009-2010 academic year.
Her research has focused on English learning and teaching (particularly
in speaking and writing, developing critical thinking and critical language
pedagogy in relation to ELF), and intercultural culture learning in the EFL
classroom. She believes that teaching requires deep understanding that can only
come when students internalize and actively apply knowledge in creative and
meaningful ways.
Academic research and publications:
Publications:
Peng, J., L. Zhang
& Y. Chen. (2017). The mediation of multimodal affordances on willingness
to communicate in the English as a foreign language classroom. TESOL Quarterly
(SSCI), 51(2), 302-331.
Zhang, L.,
Co-teaching for Building up Intercultural Communication Awareness and Competence,
TESOLANZ Newsletter, Vol.26, #1, April, 2017 (www.
Tesolanz.org.nz/Site/Publications/newsletter.aspx)
张立，2014，走过的路［A］。 《外研社杯全国英语演讲大赛2013》外语教学与研究出版社
张立，2013，基于整合思维理论视角的英语公共演讲［A］ 高校英语专业教学改革与发展 http://www.iresearch.ac.cn/hottopic/detail.php?PostID=8825
张立，2008，在EFL写作教学中中国大学生对同伴互评的认知［J］。四川外语大学学报24（4）：141-144。ISSN：1003-3831
Conference
Presentations:
Li, J., & L.
Zhang. (2017). Reshaping Classrooms and Thinking through Synchronous Video
Conferencing. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on
Linguistics and Language Research (ICLLR). Lisbon, Portugal.
Zhang, L. (2016).
Co-teaching for Building Intercultural Communication Awareness and Competence.
Paper presented at CLESOL 2016 Conference- Learners in Context: Bridging the
Gaps. Hamilton, New Zealand.
Zhang, L. (2016).
A Study on English Public Speaking with Integrative Thinking. Paper presented
at the STU International Conference on TESOL. Shantou, China.
Chasten, A &
Zhang, L. (2014). Intercultural Communication: More Than Culture Learning, More
Than Language Proficiency. Paper presented at ELT For The Next Generation TESOL
Convention 2014. Portland, Oregon, USA
Zhang, L. (2011).
Developing Integrative Thinking Skills in ESP Persuasive Speaking Class. Paper
presented at The 3rd International Conference on English for Special Purposes
in Asia. Xian, China
Research Project
Participation:
Participated in
Teaching College English Towards Intercultural Competence. (2013-2015)
