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Course Staff

Li Xia

MA in English Language and Literature; PhD in Social Psychology; Professor in the College of Foreign Languages, Nankai University; Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK; Lecturer of National Open Online course The Bible and Western Civilization; Course designer and Instructor of the course Journey of Effective Teaching offered by National Online Training Center for Higher Education Teachers of China. Teaching specialties: cross cultural communication; teacher development. Research interests: TESL, cross cultural communication, teaching methodology. Awards & scholarships: First Prize (twice, as the first team leader in 2018; the 2nd team leader in 2013), the Teaching Achievement Awards of the Municipality of Tianjin, China; leader of the Excellent Teaching Team of the Municipality of Tianjin, China (2018); leader of the Excellent Teaching Team of Nankai University in 2019; First Prize (twice, in 2017 and 2013 respectively), Excellent Teaching Achievement Awards of Nankai University; leader of the Excellent Teaching Team of Nankai University in 2016; 3 National Top-quality Awards for making online open courses (Christianity and Western Civilization and College English) in 2016, 2010 and 2013 respectively; the Charm Class Award of Nankai University in 2015; the Outstanding Teacher Award of Nankai University in 2014.

 Tang Lei

MA in English Language and Literature; PhD candidate in Social Psychology; Associate Professor in the College of Foreign Languages, Nankai University; Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK; Instructor of the course Journey of Effective Teaching offered by National Online Training Center for Higher Education Teachers of China. Teaching specialties: critical thinking development, blended learning, teacher development. Research interests: TESL, teaching pedagogies of higher education, social psychology. Awards & scholarships: “Excellent Young Teacher” Award of the First Education and Teaching Awards of Nankai University (2019); First Prize (as the second team leader), the Eighth Teaching Achievement Awards of the Municipality of Tianjin, China (2018); Second member of the Excellent Teaching Team of the Municipality of Tianjin, China (2018); First Prize, First National Micro-Course Contest of Foreign Languages in China (2015); Fulbright scholarship for foreign language teaching assistantship in the United States (2011). Professional development: completion of English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) Trainer Development Course from the British Council (2018); completion of Innovative Pedagogies and Curriculum Design Skills Development Course from The Higher Education Academy, UK (2017); Professional Development in the TESOL Program from the University of Victoria, Canada (2014).

Shi Yu

MA in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics ; Lecturer in the College of Foreign Languages, Nankai University; Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK; Instructor of the course Journey of Effective Teaching offered by National Online Training Center for Higher Education Teachers of China. Teaching specialties: integrated English, critical thinking development, intercultural communication, EAP. Research interests: TESL. Awards & scholarships: First Prize (as a team member), the Eighth Teaching Achievement Awards of the Municipality of Tianjin, China (2018); Fulbright Scholarship for Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship in the United States (2016). Professional development: completion of Advanced Training-the Trainer Program on Intercultural Communication from the Intercultural Communication Institute, USA (2019); completion of English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) Trainer Development Course from the British Council (2018); Completion of Innovative Pedagogie and Curriculum Design Skills Development Workshop from The Higher Education Academy, UK (2015).

 Cui Xiaohong

Master of English and American Literature, associate professor, School of Foreign Languages, Nankai University. Teaching major: Comprehensive English and Western fantasy literature. Research interests: British and American literature and teaching methods. Awards and Scholarships: First Prize of the 8th Tianjin Teaching Achievement Award (team Member)(2018); Member of The Excellent Teaching Team in Tianjin, China (2018); Professional Development of excellent teaching team members in Nankai University in 2019: Complete the teaching development course of The University of Liverpool in the UK (2017).

Xiao Yun

Master of Economics, Master of Teaching English as a Second Language, Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Nankai University, Convener of the Pre-school training program of the Joint Graduate School of Nankai University and University of Glasgow. Teaching Expertise: Specialized English (ESP). Research interests :ESP, Teacher development. Awards and scholarships: First prize of the 8th Tianjin Teaching Achievement Award (team member)(2018); Nankai University Jingye Teacher Award second prize (2011).

Liang Jing

Master lecturer in English Teaching, School of Foreign Languages, Nankai University (2008-2017) Teaching expertise: academic learning strategies and skills, academic listening and speaking Research interests :TESL, Language classroom Teaching method Awards and Scholarship: Second Prize in the 11th College Teaching Competition of Tianjin (2012) Excellence Award of the first SFLEP National Foreign Language Teaching Competition (2010) Professional Development :EMI(English as the Language of Instruction) Training Certificate (issued by British Council in China)(2016).