Lydia Wu

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor

英语语言教学中心

MA TESOL [Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages], University of Nottingham Ningbo China

CELTA [Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults], Cambridge English

PRC Teaching Certificate (English language)

TCSOL Certificate (Chinese language)

Lydia joined CELE as an EAP [English for Academic Purposes] Tutor in 2020. Her work as a language teacher began in 2012. She has taught both English and Chinese languages at a variety of levels including secondary school, undergraduate, postgraduate and adult. As well as EAP, she has taught EFL [English as a Foreign Language], CFL [Chinese as a Foreign Language] and IELTS test preparation. At UNNC she has taught English to pre-sessional masters students and first year undergraduates. Her experience of teaching both English and Chinese has provided valuable insights which help her UNNC students to learn more effectively.

Preliminary Year RWAC [Reading and Writing in Academic Contexts]

Preliminary Year OCS [Oral Communication Skills]

Pre-sessional RWRS [Reading, Writing and Research Skills]

• Comparative study of English and Mandarin Chinese
• Teaching English to Chinese learners, especially the effectiveness of English grammar learning methods