Lecturer

Name: Zhao Yali

Qualification:　Master of Arts

Academic Title: Lecturer

Background Information:

Native of Xi’an, Shaanxi, born in 1971.

Educational Background:

1.Sept. 2006 – July 2007: MAI program in Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Master’s Degree;

2.Sept. 2003 – July 2006: Master’s program in Translation Studies, School of Foreign Languages of NWU, Master’s Degree;

3.Sept. 1991 – July 1995: School of Foreign Languages of NWU, Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature.

Working Experiences:

July 1995~ : assistant (till 2000) and lecturer in School of Foreign Languages of NWU.

Instructional Experiences:

Courses Offered: Comprehensive English; Extensive Reading; Listening Comprehension; Oral Expression; Advanced English; Translation; Teaching Methodology of the English Language.

Research Fields:

Translation Studies; Comparative Study of American & Chinese Culture; Pedagogy.

 Publications:

 Works:

Chat in English with Doctor Sun. ---- (IV.)  (Xidian University Publishing House, 2001.), as one of the co-authors;

Research Papers:

1.A Destined Loner---- A Reading of Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms                                     Journal of Northwest University, Supplementary Issue, 1997

2.The Enlightenment Given by Accessibility Hierarchy to SLA Methodology                                     Foreign Language Education, Supplementary Issue, 2004

3.On the Methods to Deal with Cultural Differences in Translation------ From the Perspective of Reception Aesthetics         

 Journal of Northwest University, Supplementary Issue, 2006

4.The Effects of the Negative Transfer of Chinese on Oral Expression of English Majors, (Journal of Northwest University, 2010.)

5.Classification of Public Signs in Tourist Resorts and Suggestions to the C-E Translation.（Overseas English, Nov.2011.）

Research Projects:

Participants of several research projects of varied funds, including the project funded by Shaanxi Education Commission entitled “Cross-Cultural Comparison of Textual Structures and Writing of English & Chinese From the Perspective of Rhetoric.” (as the second participant. 2009-2010.)

Academic Award:

Second Prize of the Teachers’ Lecture Contest by School of Adult Education, Northwest University in 2009