Education:
EdD Candidate
University of Macau - Macau S.A.R., China
MA in Curriculum and Instruction, August 2015
University of Macau - Macau S.A.R., China
BA in English Language and Literature, August 2013
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies - Guangzhou, China
Profile:
Lisa (Peisha Wu)
joined the English Language Center (ELC) of Shantou Univesity (STU) in 2015. In
the past two and a half years, she has taught three different undergraduate courses
at the ELC with different focuses on speaking, reading, listening and
intercultural communication to students of diverse majors. She also teaches
English composition in the Department of English to students studying English
as a double major. Currently, she serves as the advisor for the Writing Studio of
the Center of Independent Language Learning, training tutors for carrying
writing consultations and writing workshops.
Apart from her teaching and services at STU, Lisa has
given academic presentations on her research in second language writing at
international conferences in Cambodia, Thailand, Macau and Hong Kong.
Academic research and publications:
Publications
Wu, P., & Yu, S. Understanding the use of meditational
means in academic writing: A case study of a novice EFL academic writer. Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics.
[SSCI].
Conference Presentations
Wu, P. (2017, July). Understanding Teachers' Agency in Using Rubrics as a Mediational Means
in Teaching and Assessing EFL College Writing. Roundtable presented at
Symposium of Second Language Writing 2017 at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,
Thailand.
Wu, P. (2017, June). Mediational Means of an EFL Novice Writer in Graduate-level
Academic Writing. Paper presented at CAES International Conference 2017 at
the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Wu, P. (2016, September). Mediational Means of an EFL Experienced Learner of Writing in
her PhD study. Paper presented at 2016 International Conference on Teaching
and Researching EFL Writing at Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan,
China.
Wu, P. (2016, June). Three EFL Writers’ Mediational Means in Graduate Academic Writing. Paper presented at the 2016 English Language Teaching Conference at University
of Macau, Macau S.A.R., China.
Wu, P. (2016, February). An Exploratory Study on EFL Graduate Writers’ Writing Strategies. Paper presented at the 12th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English
Language Teaching in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
