Lecturer

Lin XU

Education Background

2009-present: Ph.D Candidate in English Literature at SHISU

2005-2006: MA from University of Wales, UK

2003-2007: MA from NWU, China

Work Experience

2007-present, Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, NWU

Education, Academic and Professional Training:

2012,3 – 2012,6, Staff and Faculty Training at English Department, Nanjing University.

Publications

Selected Essays:

1.        Study on pragmatic features of Fuzzy language and the Relationship with Context, Journal of Hunan Normal University, 2010

2 .        An Analysis on L1 Language Transfer in the Second Language Acquisition, Journal of Northwest Normal University, 2010

Books:

1.         Selected Passages for Translation Practice, XI’AN Jiaotong University Press, 2012

2.         Highlights of European Culture: Questions and Answers, China Renmin University Press, 2011

Major Courses Offered

College English

Research Projects

“Ecology and Ethics in Urbanization: Case Study on Novels by Jia Pingwa and Hardy” ( A grant from NWU, 2010)

Major Conferences

1.         “The first Symposium on Translation Theory & Foreign Language Teaching in Western China,” (2008,4)

2.         “Inaugural Meeting of WFCMS Specialty Committee of Translation and the First International Conference on Chinese Medicine and Chinese Culture Translation, Shanghai,” (2008,8)

3.         “The First Culture Translation Forum between East and West,” (2009, 4)