YANG SHUYI
APT 44, 319 Court Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240
shuyi-yang@uiowa.edu
3193599074
Education Background
Bachelor Degree：Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language, Beijing Language and
Culture University, Beijing, China.
Master Degree: Education Science, Beijing Language and Culture University, China.
PhD: Second Language Acquisition, first year, University of Iowa
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Academic Achievements
April 2012: The essay my advisor and I co-wrote, “ Chinese as a Second
Language Learners’ Comprehension of Noun-noun Combinations”, was
presented at the 3rd International Conference on Chinese Applied Linguistics.
August 2012: The essay my advisor and I co-wrote, “The Development on
Comprehension of Noun-Noun Compounds among Chinese L2 Learners,” was
presented at the 2nd International Conference on Chinese as a Second
Language Research and received high comments from many attending
scholars.
November 2012: My project "The Effect of Semantic Relation and L2
Proficiency on Comprehension of Chinese Noun-Noun Compounds" was
presented at the 1st Maryland International Conference on Chinese as a
Second Language. Another essay I co-wrote with my colleagues, “The
Research on Chinese Cultural Words Acquisition Based on Dual Coding
Theory”, was also presented in this conference.
December 2012: Another essay my advisor, my colleague and I co-wrote,
"The Research on Acquisition and Instruction of Chinese Noun-Noun
Compounds" was accepted into the colloquium Research on Chinese Applied
Linguistics (Beijing: The Commercial Press).
April 2014: My project "Research on Chinese as Second Language Learners’
Belief on Vocabulary Learning" was accepted by and presented on the 2014
SLA Graduate Student Symposium at University Wisconsin-Madison.
April 2014: My project "L1 Transfer and Chinese as Second Language
Learners' Comprehension of Noun-Noun Compounds" was accepted by and
presented on the 4th International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics
at University of Iowa.
April 2014: My project "Chinese Learners’ Attitudes toward Instructional
Strategies" was accepted by and presented on the 17th NCOLCTL Annual
Conference at Chicago.
Teaching Experience
August 2007: I tutored foreign students attending short-term intensive program
in The College of Intensive Chinese Training and 1-year program in The
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College of Advanced Chinese Training, who were learning Chinese as an
additional language.
May 2009: I completed my intern teaching at The College of Intensive
Chinese Training, Beijing Language and Culture University and received good
comments from both my professor and students.
June 2009: I took part in a United States-sponsored Chinese teaching
program, Harvard Beijing Academy, as a one-to-one tutor. My responsibilities
included helping each student complete assignments, introducing Chinese
culture, and explaining the significance of current events.
June 2011: I worked as a drill instructor and a one-to-one tutor in another
United States-sponsored Chinese teaching program, Columbia in Beijing.
August 2011-December 2012: I worked as a part-time teacher in the College
of Advanced Chinese Training at Beijing Language and Culture University.
My responsibilities included leading class exercises, such as listening and
speaking exercises, with elementary and pre-intermediate level students.
Other Skills and Achievements
PSC (Proficiency Test of Mandarin): grade 1 level b
HZC (Application of Chinese Character Proficiency Test): grade 1 level a
CATTI (China Accreditation Test for Translators and Interpreters): grade 3 certificate
2006-2008
First-class Integrated Scholarship at Beijing Language and Culture
University
2008-2009
Second-class Integrated Scholarship at Beijing Language and Culture
University
2011-2012
Graduate Student Science and Research Scholarship at Beijing
Language and Culture University
2011-2012
Graduate Student Integrated Scholarship at Beijing Language and
Culture University
2013
China National Graduate Student Fellowship
2014
President Fellowship at University of Iowa