Dr Shanru Yang

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Tutor

Centre for English Language Education

PhD in Applied Linguistics (Newcastle University, UK)

MA in English Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)

BA in English (China University of Geosciences, Beijing)

Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training in Social Sciences, Newcastle University

Certificate in Research Training in Ethnography, Language and Communication, KCL

AFHEA

After completing my Master’s degree at Beijing Foreign Studies University, I moved to the UK to study at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University. My doctoral research focused on Discourse Markers in Chinese College EFL Teacher Talk, using a multi-layered analytical approach. I demonstrated Research Methods and taught Mandarin as a Teaching Assistant at the Doctoral Training Centre. I also taught undergraduate module ‘Classroom Skills for TESOL’ at Northumbria University.

After my graduation, I started teaching at the International Pathway Programme in the University for the Creative Arts, UK. I was responsible for the designing and teaching of EAP courses to support international students in Art and Design.

I recently joined CELE as an EAP tutor and enjoy my life here!

Undergraduate:

English in Specific Academic Contexts

Year 1 Academic Oral Presentations

Postgraduate: INS Academic Advising Service

Classroom interaction, academic spoken discourse, mixed methods research, corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, linguistic ethnography, English learning and teaching in Higher Education.

2014

Yang, S. and Walsh, S. 2014. Classroom Discourse. In K.P. Schneider & A. Barron (Eds.), Pragmatics of Discourse (pp. 463-490). Handbooks of Pragmatics Series. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Yang, S. 2014. Interaction and Codability: A Multi-layered Analytical Approach to Discourse Markers in Teacher’s Spoken Discourse.  In Romero-Trillo (Ed.), Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2014: New empirical and theoretical paradigms (pp. 291-313). Berlin: Springer.  

2012

Yang, S. 2012. Discourse markers? An area of confusion. Philologica Urcitana, 7: 37-44.

2011

Yang, S. 2011. Investigating discourse markers in pedagogical settings: A literature review. The Annual Review of Education, Communication, and Language Sciences (ARECLS), 8: 95-108.

2015

Yang, S. 2015. Academic Spoken Discourse: The Synergy of CL and CA. Paper Presented at International Ethnomethodology & Conversation Analysis Doctoral Network Event, 20-21 April, Nottingham University, UK.

2014

Yang, S. 2014. Discourse Markers and Classroom Interaction in Higher Education. Paper Accepted at British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, 4-6 September, Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK.

Yang, S. 2014. Exploring Higher Education Academic Discourse: Discourse Markers and Classroom Interaction. Paper Presented at 7^th Biennial Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Conference, 19-21 June, Newcastle University, UK.

2013                                                                                             

Yang, S. 2013. Interaction and Codability: Multi-layered Annotation to Discourse Markers in Chinese College EFL Teacher Talk. Individual Paper at British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference, 5-7 September, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

Walsh, S. and Yang, S. 2013. Applying Conversation Analysis and Corpus Linguistics to Investigate Higher Education Classroom Interaction: The Case of Discourse Markers. Paper at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, 16-19 March, Dallas, U.S.

2012

Walsh, S. and Yang, S. 2012. Multi-layered Approach to Discourse Markers in Higher Education Spoken Discourse. Paper presented at 2nd Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction (NORDISCO) Conference, 21-23 November, Linköping University, Sweden.

Yang, S. 2012. Discourse Markers in Academic Spoken Discourse. Paper presented at Cutting Edges Research: Competing Discourses, 6 July, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Yang, S. and Walsh, S. 2012. Applying a Multi-layered Approach to Discourse Markers in Higher Education Teacher Talk. Paper Presented at 6^th Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies Conference, 21-22 June, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Walsh, S. and Yang, S. 2012. Investigating Discourse Markers in Classroom Interaction. Paper Presented at IVACS annual symposium, January, Faculty of English & Literature, University of Cambridge, UK.