Yanyan CHEN

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yanyan Chen

Affiliation: School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, China

Address: Room 401a Building 22, No. 381 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510641, P.R. China

E-mail: flcyy@scut.edu.cn

Cell Phone: +8613544333126

Personal Profile (Chinese): https://www2.scut.edu.cn/sfl/2022/0329/c35398a504870/page.htm

EDUCATION

Doctor’s Degree of Education, 2024, Dissertation Title: A Study on the Cross-linguistic Influence on Chinese-English Bilinguals’ Acquisition of Third Languages

Master’s Degree of Applied Linguistics, 2006, Thesis Title: A Systemic Functional Study on Presidential Inauguration Speeches

Bachelor’s Degree of English for Science and Technology, 2004, Thesis Title: Chinese English Learners' Motivation of Learning Third Languages

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor, 2019.12-present, School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology

Lecturer, 2010.12-2019.12, School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology

Teaching Assistant, 2006.12-2009.12, School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology

OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOITMENTS

2023.6-present, Supervisor of Master Students of Area and Regional Studies, South China University of Technology

2020.4-present, Supervisor of Master Students of Applied Linguistics, South China University of Technology

POSITIONS

2020.9-present, Coach of Model United Nation Union, South China University of Technology

2022.9-present, Director of the Department of Academic Post Graduates, School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology

2023.3-present, Director of the Center of Global Governance and International Organizations of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area

2023.9-present, Executive Director of Undergraduate Program of International Organizations and Global Governance, South China University of Technology

2024.11-present, Consultant of UNESCO program of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) - Quality Education

COMMITTEE SERVICE IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2021-present, Member, Association of Education Evaluation in Guangdong

GRANT RESEARCH PROJECTS

#1 Principal Investigator

(1) Cultivating Engineering University Students for Global Governance in Guangdong Province, Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project of Guangdong Province, Grant Number: GD23CWY07, 2023—present, active.

(2) Crisis Management of Online Learning Communities in Post-Pandemic Era, Guangdong Province Educational Science Planning Project (Higher Education), Grant Number: 2020GXJK375, 2020—present, active

(3) Construction and Application of International Organization Database, Student Research Project of South China University of Technology, 2021—2022, completion.

(4) Key University Research Fund Project “Teaching Multilingual New Words as Third Languages”, Grant Number: XYMS201910, 2019—2021, completion.

(5) Measuring and Cultivating “Belt-and-Road Initiative” Word Association Competence of Chinese Foreign Language Learners, Grant Number: GD17XWW05, 2017—2020, completion

(6) An Analysis of the Image Construction through Conceptual Metaphors, Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project of Guangzhou, Grant Number: 2016GZGJ69, 2016—2020, completion.

(7) Key University Research Fund Project “The Structure and Metaphor of Political News in Intercultural Crisis Communication”, 2016—2018, completion.

#2 Participant Researcher

(1) A Study on the Cognitive Construction Mechanism of English and Chinese Discourse in Telling Chinese Stories, National Social Science Fund, Grant Number: 21BYY052, 2021—present, active.

TEACHING COURSES

2023.3—2023.7, Lecturer, Introduction to Area and Regional Studies, Postgraduate Course

2023.3—2023.7, Lecturer, Introduction to the Frontiers of Foreign Language Education, Postgraduate Course

2023.3—2023.7, Lecturer, Major Topics in Foreign Language Education, Postgraduate Course

2023.3—2023.7, Lecturer, Major Topics in Area and Regional Studies, Postgraduate Course

2022.9—2022.12, Lecturer, Second Language Acquisition Research, Postgraduate Course

2020.3—2023.1, Lecturer, Zhuangzi’s Fables and Their Wisdom, Awarded as the First-Class Undergraduate Course by the Ministry of Education, Course Website in China: https://next.xuetangx.com/course/SCUT05011001848/1501762, Course Website in Korea: http://wwwdev.kmooc.kr/courses/course-v1:XuetangX+SCUTZFATW+2022_T1/about

2020.3—2021.1, Lecturer, Music and Culture in Englis, Awarded as the First-Class Undergraduate Course by the Ministry of Education, Course Website in China: https://next.xuetangx.com/course/SCUT05021000145/14768881?channel=i.area.manual_search;

PUBLICATION (Selected)

[1] Integrated English Coursebook of International Organizations [M], chief editor, in preparation.

[2] Exploring How STEM Students Are Needed for Sustainable Development Goals through Data Mining of UN Recruitment Posts [J], first author, in preparation.

[3] Unveiling Affordances of Synchronous Delivery in Online Content and Language Integrated Learning [J], first author, under review.

[4] Demand-side Analysis and Supply-side Reform of Cultivating International-Organization Employees via Science and Technology Universities [J], Academic Degrees & Graduate Education (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Indexed Core Journal), second author, accepted for publication.

[5] Supply-demand Dilemma of Cultivating Future Engineers for Global Governance and Supply-side Reform in Higher Education [J], first author, Educational Development Research (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Indexed Core Journal), accepted for publication.

[6] Chen, Yanyan & Lin, Li & Gong, Zihan & Tan, Wenwen. (2023). A Translanguaging Turn in Sentiment Analysis: Exploring the Role of Language, Culture, and Linguistics in Natural Language Processing. International Journal of Engineering and Technology. 15. 179-184. 10.7763/IJET.2023.V15.1243.

[7] Online Teacher-Student Interpersonal Management Under Crisis Conditions: A Sentiment Analysis Through Machine Learning [C], Symposium of International Conference on Cloud Computing, Big Data and Internet of Things (EI-indexed), first author, 2022.

[8] Nurturing University Students’ Core Competencies of Global Governance [N], Chinese Journal of Social Sciences, 2022.

[9] How does bilingual experience influence novel word learning? Evidence from comparing L1-L3 and L2-L3 cognate status [J]. Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI-indexed), 2022.

[10] Translanguaging/trans-semiotizing in Teacher-learner Interactions on Social Media: Making Learner Agency Visible and Achievable [J], System (SSCI-indexed), 2022.

[11] Language Distance and Second language effect in Chinese-English-Japanese trilingual vocabulary processing, Journal of Beijing International Studies University (Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences Comprehensive Evaluation AMI core journal), 2019.

[12] Teaching Multilingual New Words at Initial Stage through Pedagogic Translanguaging [C], Symposium on Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind in Multilingualism and the First Maritime Forum Young Scholars Workshop, first author 2019.

[13] How the Presentation of Semantic and Thematic Clustering Affects English Word Association Responses, Foreign Language World (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Indexed Core Journal), first author, 2018.

[14] The priming effect of Varied Language Contexts on English Association Responses [J]. Foreign Language Teaching (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Indexed Core Journal), second author, 2018.

[15] A Study on the Dynamic Development of Association Responses in the Clustered Teaching of Novel Words [J], Foreign Language Journal (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Indexed Core Journal), second author, 2018.

[16] Book Review: The Teaching Mode That Connects Theory and Practice: Introduction to 'The Theory of English Teaching Modes' [J], Research on Foreign Language Teaching in Primary Education, first author, 2017.

[17] Research on Word Association: Past, Present, and Future [J], Foreign Language Teaching Theory and Practice, corresponding author, 2016.

AWARDS (Selected)

(1) Couch of the 18th Model United Nations Conference of China, 2022-Best Performance Award in United Nations Environment Programme & Outstanding Delegation Award of First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

(2) Couch of the 17th Model United Nations Conference of China, 2021-Best Potential Award in United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization & Best Potential Award in World Health Organization

(3) Couch of 2023 Asian International Model United Nation Conference-Best School Delegation Award, Honorable Mention Award of United Nations Security Council, Best Crisis Response of United Nations Security Council, Honorable Mention Award of 1954 Geneva Conference

(4) Couch of 2022 Asian International Model United Nation Conference-Best Position Award of World Trade Organization, Best Potential Award of High Commission on Human Rights, Best Potential Award of World Trade Organization