Position: Lecturer in Chinese Studies & Head of Chinese

Email: s.wang@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: 01248 382117 (2117 internal)

Location: Room 409, New Arts Building

Since I started to teach as a language teacher in Higher Education (Northwest University, Xi’an, China) in 1999, my goal has been to help students to develop their linguistic, intellectual, practical, creative thinking and to encourage their personal development. In 2002, I moved to Beijing after my first MA degree in Literature. I taught undergraduates and postgraduates EFL and CFL in North China University of Technology. In 2004, I went to London to read my second MA degree in Education and later taught Chinese in different institutions in the UK for years. Between 2009 to 2011, I worked in Confucius Institute Headquarters & Hanban (Office of Chinese Language Council International, Ministry of Education, China) as a senior project officer. In 2014, I did my M.Phil. in Chinese Studies, University of Central Lancashire and later a PhD in Chinese Studies in Durham University. Before I joined Bangor University, I used to teach in Southampton University and other institutions in the UK and China. My taught students’ language level ranges from Chinese beginners to intermediate and advanced. In addition, I also teach degree modules on Chinese Studies (including Chinese culture, society, politics and literature); and postgraduate students (including PhD students) in the area of Chinese Studies and Translation Studies.

Undergraduate:

I teach a wide range of modules on Chinese Language, Chinese Studies (culture, history, literature and film) and translation between Chinese and English:

• LZC-1003 Chinese for Beginners 1 (Y1)
• LZC-1004 Chinese for Beginners 2 (Y1)
• LZC-2040 Chinese Language Skills (Y2)
• LZC-3040 & LZC-3030 Advanced Chinese Language Skills (Y4)
• LZC-3031 3-Language Project (2 maj/1 minor) (Y4)
• LXE-3444 (Target language) and LXE-3400 (English): UG dissertation in Chinese (Y4)
• LXC-1100 Introduction to Chinese Studies (Y1)- before 2019
• LXC-2200 Contemporary Chinese Studies (Y2)
• LXE-1600 Transnational Cultures (Y1)
• LXE-1700 Creating National Histories (Y1)
• International programme modules:
• - LXC-1700 Creating National Histories (S1) and LXC-1600 Transnational Cultures (S2) —Year 1
• - LXC-3041 Chinese Translation 1 (S1) and LXC-3042 Chinese Translation 2 (S2)

Postgraduate:

MA

• Commentary and Translation practice (English to Chinese) as parts of the module of LXM-4024 Working on a Translation Portfolio 
• Commentary and Translation practice (English to Chinese) as parts of the module of LXM 4025 Translation Studies Dissertations
• Chinese to English translation workshop as part of the module of LXM-4024 & LCM-4024 Working on a Translation Portfolio (S2)

PhD Supervision

Completed doctoral students:

• Mr. Jinquan Yu: 'Dylan Thomas in Chinese translation: a sociological analysis'  (2019)
• Mrs. Chunli Shen: 'Ideological Patterns in the Translations of Yan Lianke into English: Images of China, Gender and Politics' (2022)

I currently supervise/co-supervise the following PhD theses in a variety of disciplines:

• Miss. Yujuan Zou: ‘An analysis of place in David Hawkes’ translations of The Story of the Stone’
• Miss. Bixiao Lu: 'A Study of English Translation of Chinese Historical Classics (1840-1919): from the Perspective of Intercultural Communication'

Visiting Scholar:

Completed visiting scholars:

• Aug 2018- Jan 2019, Mrs. Fang Li, from Dongguan University of Technology, China
• Feb 2019- April 2019, Mr. Wei Yuan, from Henan University, China

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Head of Chinese
• Personal Tutor
• UG (Chinese) Dissertation Coordinator
• Assistant Director (the Confucius Institute at Bangor University)
• PhD internal examiner and PhD annual review chairperson

Teaching Qualifications and Awards:

2020-present, Award of Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (in Chinese Language teaching and Chinese Studies), UK

2019, Award of Teaching Fellowship, Bangor University, Wales, UK

2017-present, Award of Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (in Chinese Language teaching and Chinese Studies), UK

2004-present, Higher Education Teacher Qualification, Ministry of Education, China

2003-2004, Senior Lectureship, North China University of Technology, China

2002-2003, Lectureship, North China University of Technology, China

Other Professional Qualification/Membership/Certificate:

2020-preseent, Membership of Chinese Classics Bilinguials' Association, China

2018-present, Membership of the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS), UK

2017-present, Membership of the International Society for Science and Civilization on the Silk Road

2009-present, Membership of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching

2001-present, Membership of Translator’s Association of Shaanxi, China

2008, AQA & Edexcel Examiner for Chinese, UK

2007-present, British Airways Flag Awards Certificate for Mandarin/Chinese Accredited Examiner, UK

2004-present, Certificate of Mandarin Chinese Level (Level 1, highest level) , Ministry of Education, China

2004-present, Diploma of Educational Study for teachers (HE), Ministry of Education, China

2003-present, Certificate of Oral English Examiner for Beijing Municipal Government, China

I would be interested in hearing from students considering doing MPhil/PhD in Chinese Studies, which includes the areas of Sino-West Relations; Geopolitics; Images of China (Representations and Self-representations); Chinese films & documentaries; Western films & documentaries on China; and interdisciplinary study between Chinese Studies and Translation Studies