Yang Lifang
Dr. Yang is a Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the School of English and International Studies and a researcher at the National Research Centre for Foreign Language Teaching Materials, Beijing Foreign Studies University. She has received two national and two provincial awards for excellence in teaching. Her research interests include language testing and assessment, materials development, and second language learning and teaching. In these areas, she has published extensively and has led and completed, as well as is currently leading, a number of high-level research projects.
TITLE/POSITION: Professor
EMAIL: yanglifang@bfsu.edu.cn
DEGREES PhD, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2006 MA, English Linguistics, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2003 BA, English Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2000
ACADEMIC POSITIONS Professor, September 2025 - present Associate Professor, September 2017- August 2025 Lecturer, July 2006 - August 2017
TEACHING Introduction to Linguistics Research Methods in Linguistics Sociolinguistics Reading Critically: Language & Culture
RESEARCH INTERESTS Language teaching and assessment; Materials development; Second language learning and teaching
RESEARCH PROJECTS Ministry of Education Planning Project: “Research on the Design of New-form Foreign Language Textbooks Integrating Multiple Competence Goals” (2024-2025) Ministry of Education Industry-University Cooperation Collaborative Education Project: “Research on the Development and Application of New-form College English Textbooks” (2022-2024) Beijing Social Science Foundation Project: “Research on the Assessment Scheme of Foreign Language Communication Competence for Beijing’s International Talents” (2019-2022) Project of Beijing Foreign Studies University’s Fundamental Research Funds: “Application of the Composite Construct Integrating Language Competence, Critical Thinking Ability, and Intercultural Communication Competence in Language Testing” (2018-2020) Project of Beijing Foreign Studies University’s Undergraduate Teaching Reform: “Exploring a New Teaching Model for English Major Knowledge Courses: Cultivating Critical Thinking and Innovative Abilities” (2018-2020) Project of Beijing’s Colleges and Universities Young Talents Program: “Research on the Current Situation and Development of Students’ Abilities in English Subject of Beijing’s Basic Education” (2013-2016)
ACADEMIC SERVICES Secretary-General of the Specialized Committee on Foreign Language Teaching Materials Research, China Association for Comparative Study of Chinese and Foreign Languages and Cultures
SCHOLARLY WORKS Books: - Yang, L. (2024). New Developments in English Language Teaching Research: Curriculum Materials, Pedagogy, and Assessment. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. - Yang, L. (2023). Research on New-form Foreign Language Teaching Materials. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. - Yang, L. (2013). Exploration of the Construct of English Proficiency Testing for College Students. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. - Yang, L., & Yang, H. (2023). College English: Listening and Speaking Course 4 (2nd ed.). Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. - Yang, L., & Hu, J. (2022). Over to You College English: Integrated Course 3A. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. - Jin, L., Yang, L., et al. (2023). New Standard College English: Integrated Course 3 (3rd ed.). Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. - Hu, J., & Yang, L. (2021). Over to You College English: Viewing, Listening, and Speaking Course 3A. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. Journal Articles: - Yang, L., Yu, G. & Hu, M. (2025). Animation videos in a computer-based listening-Speaking integrated task: An eye-tracking and mixed-methods study on test-taking processes. Language Assessment Quarterly, 22(4-5), 400-428. - Sun, Y., & Yang, L. (2025). Focusing on the goal of building a leading country in education, and innovating the discipline of foreign languages and literatures. Foreign Language World, (3), 2-6. - Yang, L., & Sun, Y. (2024). A practical study on the writing of multiple competence-oriented college English textbooks. Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, (2), 50-60. - Yang, L. (2024). New-form materials for college English teaching: Connotations, principles of development and core features. Foreign Language World, (1), 57-64. - Yang, L. (2023). Validating language test tasks with an integrated construct of critical thinking ability and intercultural competence: From test-takers’ perspective. Foreign Languages in China, (5), 57-68. - Yang, L. (2023). A study of formative assessment activities in college English textbooks. Foreign Language Education in China, (4), 82-89. - Yang, L., & Wang, T. (2022). Validation of a language test task with a multi-dimensional construct: Rating results and processes. Foreign Language World, (6), 81-89. - Yang, L., & Wang, T. (2022). A visual analysis of research on classroom assessment in foreign language teaching (2008-2020). Foreign Language Education in China, (2), 34-41. - Yang, L. (2018). Developing language test tasks with an integrated construct of critical thinking ability and intercultural communication competence. Foreign Language World, (2), 49-56. - Yang, L., & Wang, W. (2017). A study of the transfer of coherence features by Chinese secondary EFL learners: From the perspective of the difference between English temporality and Chinese spatiality. Foreign Languages in China, (1), 68-76. - Yang, L. (2017). An overview of research on individual difference factors in child SLA. Foreign Languages Research, (6), 60-65. - Yang, L. (2017). A study of the quotation features in English speeches by Chinese college students. Foreign Language Education, (2), 55-59. - Yang, L. (2017). Key issues in child L2 learning: Advantages, patterns and methods. Foreign Language Research, (1), 97-103. - Yang, L., & Wang, L. (2016). A study of the syntactic complexity of English essays by Chinese secondary EFL learners. Foreign Language and Literature, (6), 143-149. - Yang, L. (2015). Designing a micro lecture for the motivating phase of POA teaching process. Foreign Language Education in China, (4), 3-9. - Yang, L. (2015). The cognitive features of reading classroom questioning and critical thinking development. Foreign Languages in China, (2), 68-79.
AWARDS & HONOURS National First-Class Undergraduate Course for Reading Critically: Language and Culture, awarded by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2023 National First-Class Undergraduate Course (online) for Introduction to Linguistics (ranked 2nd), awarded by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 2020 Beijing Award for Distinguished Teachers in Higher Education, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, 2021 First Prize, Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award (ranked 4th), Beijing Municipal Education Commission, 2018 Distinguished Teacher Award, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2021 First Prize, Excellent Undergraduate Education Award, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2024, 2020 Outstanding Young Teacher, Support Program for Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Talents, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2018 First Prize, Excellent Teaching Achievement Award (ranked 4th), Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2017 First Prize, Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2024 First Prize, Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, annually awarded, 2017-2025 Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in China, 2024, 2025
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