Zhou Yan

author: time:2018-08-22

(Last Name + First Name)

Degree PhD(Dalhousie University, Canada)

Title Professor

Email zhouyan@bfsu.edu.cn

Taught Courses Foreign Language Education: Theories, Concepts and Issues; Qualitative Studies; FL Education and Civil Society

Research Areas Teacher education and professional development; language teaching and learning; Curriculum development

Education 1993-1997: Dalhousie University, Canada, PhD
1985-1987: University of Missouri-Kansas City, MA
1973-1977: Beijing Foreign Studies University, BA


Academic Titles Member of China Association of Foreign Language Education under National Association of Higher Education; Member of the Academic Assessment Committee of Foreign Language Teaching; Member of Evaluation Committee for Scholarship for Returning Scholars from Overseas

Overseas Experience June 2011: Institute of Education, London University, Senior Visiting Scholar
July 2007: Penn State University Summer School, USA
1993-1997: Dalhousie University, Canada, PhD
1985-1987: University of Missouri-Kansas City, MA


Publications 2011 【Editor】Working in the Spirit of Educational
Commitment: In Memory of the Educational Life of the Early Generations of Teachers at BFSU, Beijing: FLTRP
2014 “Learning for Its Application: A Review of the Goal and Its Achievement in College English Teaching,Foreign Languages and Their Teaching(1),1st author. Dalian.
2014 “On the Role of the Teacher in a Foreign Class.” Foreign Language Teaching: Theory and Practice (1).
1st author. Shanghai. 30-33.
2013 “Teachers’Roles as the ‘Significant Others’ in
a Chinese EFL Classroom.” Foreign Languages in China(6),1st Author, 96-102. Beijing.
2012 “Understanding Teachers’ Ways of Knowing: A Case Study of a Summer Workshop,” Foreign Languages and Their Teaching,Vol.262. 1st author. Dalian. 6-10.
2011 “The Development of English Learning Motivation among Advanced Learners: A Longitudinal Study of
5 Universities.” Foreign Language Teaching and Research.1st author. Beijing. 251-260.
2009 “The Development of English Learning Motivation among Learners in the First Two Years of University Studies: A Longitudinal Study of 5 Universities.” Foreign Language Teaching and Research. 1st author. Beijing.
2008 “A Study of Models for Professional Development among Chinese University Teachers of English.” Foreign Language Teaching: Theory and Practice, Shanghai.40-47.
2008 “Growing through Interactions: A Study on the Conditions and Process for Foreign Language Teachers’ Professional Development.” Foreign Language Research, 1st author, Nanjing. 51-55.                                        2007 “Foreign Language Education and Teachers’ Professional Development through Teaching, Classroom Teaching for English Majors at BFSU: Beliefs and Practice, Anhui Educational Press. 1-11。


Research Projects 2009-201:Constructing Theories of Foreign Language Education with the Chinese Characteristics:An Empirical Study of the Training of Foreign Language Users in New China, A Key Research Project for Research Base for Social Sciences and Humanities under MOE;
2009-2011:A Study of the Professional Development System for High School Teachers of English in Beijing, A Joint Project between Beijing Committee of Education and BFSU;
2008-2009:A Study of the Outstanding Tradition of Foreign Language Education at BFSU, A Project for Educational Reforms under Beijing Committee of Education;
2001-2005 A Study of Models for Professional Development of University Teachers of English, A General Project of NSSFC.


Invited Lectures 2013.7 Lecture series at Centers for Professional Development of Teachers at BFSU and SEIS
1.Working in the spirit of educational commitment: A study of the outstanding tradition of foreign language education at BFSU
2.Foreign language teaching and higher education
3.Multiple roles of a teacher in the language classroom 2012.11 Teachers and teaching objectives: The two
critical conditions for effective teaching in TEFL context, A High-level Forum on Foreign Language Education, Beijing.
2009.12 Understanding teachers’ways of knowing: Promoting a positive learning environment for in-service teachers, A High-level Forum on Foreign Language Teaching and Education, Chongqing.


Keynote Speeches 2012.10 “Seeking a concurrent development between teachers
and students in the process of foreign language education” The 4th ELT Symposium for China’s Institutes Attached to Universities.
2011.8 “Establishing a common East-Asian Framework for English language Teaching and Assessment: To do it or Not?” The 5th National Symposium for ELT in Japan, Fukuoka
2008/6 “Optimizing the limited resources for university
teacher development,”The 5th National Conference
on English Language Teaching,Beijing.




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