Lecturer

Name： Hong Yurong   Gender: female

Final Degree: M. A.     Professional Title: lecturer

Brief Introduction

Hong Yurong (1977--), born in Apr, 1977. After graduation from university with a B. A. in English education in 2000, she became a college English teacher in Tibet Nationalities Institute. In 2005, she obtained M. A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and began to work in NWU. She published about 10 academic papers, participated in about 9 programs about English teaching, culture and literature and co-edited 3 books on English learning with others. As a reward of her hard work, she was honored Excellent Teacher in 2006 to 2007 academic year. She also won Teaching Achievement Award of NWU twice and Teaching Achievement Award of Shaanxi Province once.   

Field of Research

College English teaching & English language culture and literature

Educational Background

9/2002---7/2005  M. A. in Foreign Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

               School of Foreign Languages, Northwest University

9/1996--- 7/2000 B.A. in English Education

                Department of Foreign Languages and Culture

                Baoji University of Arts and Science

Work Experience                                                                                                

7/2005---present   Lecturer

                 School of Foreign Languages, Northwest University

7/2000--- 9/2002   Teaching Assistant

                School of Foreign Languages, Tibet Nationalities Institute

Teaching

She has been teaching Intensive Reading, Listening, Spoken English for 7 years，while actively taking part in teaching reform. She also offered English writing, linguistics, and English culture and other courses for English minors and 3-year college students.

 Academic Programs

1. “The Test and Evaluation of Experiencing English teaching (No. 06BYY0220704)”, a branch program of “The Teaching Theory and Practice of Experiencing English”    approved by National Social Science Foundation, 2006.  

2. “Reformation of Teaching Model stressing the cultivation of Practical Abilities in Students (07KJY05)” approved by Office of Academic Affairs, NWU, 2007.

3. “Research and Practice on the Multi-dimensional and Multimodal College English Assessment Mode” (09KJY17) approved by Office of Academic Affairs, NWU,  2009.

4. “College English Teaching Team of NWU” (09KJT08) approved by Office of Academic Affairs, NWU, 2009.

5. “Discussions on the theme ‘Death’ in the Short Stories of Hemingway and Shen Cong wen (09L47)” approved by Xi’an Social Science Planned Research Topics Foundation.

6. “A Comparative Study of Cultural Values Reflected in Chinese and English Public Service Ads (09NW68)”, approved by Science Research Foundation, NWU, 2009.

7. “Cognitive and Pragmatic Study of English Euphemism (09NW65)” approved by Science Research Foundation, NWU, 2009.

8. “Research on the Construction and Management Mode of an Open Integrative Learner Autonomy Language Lab” (2012005), approved by 2012 Asset and Equipment Administrative Office NWU.

Publications (Papers)

1. Communicative English Teaching: A Sociolinguistic Perspectiv. Forum on Social Sciences. No. 4, August 2004.

2. The Application of the Schemata Theory in College English Listening Teaching. Journal of Northwest University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition). Vol. 36, May 2010.

3. A Survey on the Learning Style Preference of Tibetan EFL Learners in China.  US-China Foreign Language，Vol. 5, No. 4, April 2007.

4. A Survey of Studies on Learner Autonomy. Global Forum，No. 5, October 2007.

5. The Linguistic Characteristics of English Business Advertisements Targeted on Female Customers. Sino-US English Teaching, No. 5, May 2007.

6. Beauty in the Simplest Language--- An Analysis of James Joyce’s Lyrics. Journal of Sichuan Normal University (Social Sciences Edition), SI May 2007.

7. A Pragmatic Comparison of English and Chinese Numerical Idioms. Journal of Shandong University (philosophy and Social Sciences). SI December 2010.

8. On the Qualities of College English Teachers From the Perspective of Postmodernism. Journal of Northwest University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition),Vol. 40, October 2010.

9. On the Essential Qualities of Translators in Publicity Material Translation in the Context of Globalization. Journal of Tibet Nationalities Institute. No. 3, June, 2011.

10. Reality behind Absurdity. Overseas English. No. 10, October, 2011

Publications (Books)

1.       Conversations Skills in Business English,  World Books Press. May. 2007

5．Strategy Training of CET 4 New Items. Northwest University Press. Aug. 2007.

Honors and Awards

1. Second Prize: Teaching Achievement Award of Northwest University. 2007

2. 2006-2007 Excellent English Teacher. 2007

3．First Prize: Teaching Achievement Award of Northwest University. 2009

4．First Prize: Teaching Achievement Award of Shaanxi Province. 2009.