Contacts

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✉ ytliu@cityu.edu.mo
⌨ S503室
 

Academic Qualifications 學歷:

Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships 專業會員資格:

Member, American Association for Applied Linguistics

Member, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Academic Experience 學術經歷:

2024 – present, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau

2022 – 2024, Post Doc Fellow, School of Foreign Languages, East China Normal University

2016 & 2019, Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

2012-2015, Teaching Assistant, Educational Linguistics & Language Assessment, University of Pennsylvania

2014, Editor-in-Chief, Working Papers in Educational Linguistics

2012 – 2014, Contact Editor, Working Papers in Educational Linguistics

Peer Reviewer for the following journals:

• Asia Pacific Journal of Education
• International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
• Ethnography Forum
• Linguistic Society of Japan
• TESOL Quarterly
• Reading Research Quarterly
• Sage Open
• Language and Education
• International Journal of Multilingualism

Courses Taught 任教科目:

Graduate Courses:

Teaching languages to young learners: approaches, pedagogies and techniques

Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking for Applied Linguistics

Introduction to SLA

Data Collection and Analysis in SLA

Undergraduate Courses:

English Listening

English Reading

Advanced English Reading

Research Area / Research Interests 研究方向:

EFL teaching, Teaching English to young language learners, task-based teaching and learning, Language policy and planning, teacher education, professional development

Recent Major Publications (recent 5 years) 主要成果與著作 (近五年):

Zhang, H., Liu, Y., Zhang, L. & Li, J. (expected in 2027). Step by Step (English listening textbook series for English majors). ECNU Press.

Butler, Y. G. & Liu, Y. (expected in 2025). Developmental trajectories of discourse features by age and learning environments. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching.

Bi, X., & Liu, Y. (special issue 2024 accepted). Multilingual Teachers’ Identity Construction, Transformation and Professional Development in Secondary Education: A Case Study of Experienced French Teachers. Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice.

Liu, Y. (forthcoming). The craft of making academic posters and videos. In T. Jin & H. Zhang (Eds.) Introduction to ‘smart’ research methods in foreign language teaching. Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

Butler, Y. G. Liu, Y., Kim, H. & Kang, K. (2024). The development of the use of articles in oral narratives among young English learners in China. In D. Karoulla-Vrikki & L. Lopriore (Eds.) Oracy acquisition and development in early second language learning: voices from diverse international contexts. Multilingual Matters.

Butler, Y. G., & Liu, Y. (2019). The role of peers in young learners’ English learning: A longitudinal case study in China. In M. Sato & S. Loewen (Eds.) Evidence-based second language pedagogy: a collection of instructed second language acquisition studies (pp. 145-167). New York, NY: Routledge.

Butler, Y. G., Kim, H., Kang, K. I., Liu, Y. (2018). “Tasks” appearing in primary school textbooks. ELT Journal, 72 (3), 285-295.

Research Projects (recent 5 years) 研究項目(近五年):

Dialect maintenance from a migrant perspective

The development of non-English foreign language programs & the sustainability of its teacher training