Lecturer

                   Name:                  Wang Guodong

                   Gender:                   Male

                   Birth Date:              June 7th, 1978

                   Degree:                    Master of Arts

                   Professional Title:    lecturer

                  Research Area:     1. theories and practice of language teaching

                2. American studies

Profile

Wang Guodong, born in June, 1978, graduated from Xi’an International Studies University in 2000 and came to work in Northwest University as a College English teacher the same year. After earning his MA degree in 2005 and his lecturer’s title in 2006, he started working on his doctoral degree in World History in 2009, with research focus on theories and practice of language teaching and American studies. He has been teaching more than 400 classes per year ever since he worked full time in Northwest University. With fairly good teaching effect, he won the second prize in Teaching Contest for Junior Teachers in 2008. He has, after getting lecturer’s title, published 13 papers in academic journals, including 5 papers in core journals, presided 3 research projects of different levels, and participated in 8 other projects. He also coauthored 6 course books and more than 10 reference books for English Tests and English Skills.

Teaching Awards

1. Teaching Contest for Junior Teachers (Second Prize)  NWU  2008

2. Teacher of Excellence                               NWU  Academic Year of 2009-2010

Academic Papers Published in Core Journals

1.         Construction of On-line Autonomous Learning Effectiveness in College English Teaching[J]. China Educational Technology, 2011(2).

2.         Cognitive Context and Cognitive Paradigm of English Euphemisms[J]. Journal of Northwest University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2011(6).

3.         US-Saudi Relationship and Saudi Arabian Modernization[J]. Journal of Sichuan Normal University (Social Sciences Edition), 2011(1).

4.         An Analysis of American Black Islamic Movements[J]. The Religious Cultures in the World, 2011(4).

5.         American Strategic Interest of Petroleum and Saudi Arabian Economic Modernization[J]. Economic Herald, 2011(10).

Presided Projects

1.         A Research on Tourism Text of Buddhist Temple Tourism Resources in Xi’an­ --- A Perspective of Integration and Translation (Approved and Sponsored by Xi’an Municipal Social Sciences Fund, 2011)

2.         The Integration and Translation of Buddhism Tourism Text in Chang’an Buddhism Cultural Zone (Approved and Sponsored by Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education, 2011)

3.         A Cognitive Pragmatic Research on English Euphemisms (Approved and Sponsored by NWU Academic Research Fund, 2009)

Publications (Books)

Hotel English                             NWPU Press        2010

New Hope College English 1-3 (Teacher’s Book)              NWU Press    2008

New Hope College English 1-3 (Students’ Book)        NWU Press   2008

Arabian Upheaval---In-depth Observation On West Asia and North Africa   Xinhua Press  2012