外国语学院学术讲座
讲座时间：2019年3月11日（星期一）上午10:00—12:00
讲座地点：外国语学院崇远楼二楼201教室
讲座题目： Genre and Rhetoric Differences in English and Chinese Academic Writing
讲座专家： 加拿大纪念大学 Dr. Xuemei Li副教授
讲座内容简介：
主讲人将围绕英语写作文体的分类和修辞探讨跨文化交流中存在的差异，指出英语写作教学中存在的问题，帮助中国学生提高对英语写作类型和修辞运用的意识。基于自身多年的教学和研究经验，主讲人将为国内英语写作的教与学提出切实可行的积极建议。
The author discusses genre and rhetoric issues in English-as-an-Additional-Language (EAL) academic writing through personal narrative of writing in Chinese and English and analysis of current writing instructions in China’s high schools and universities. The goal is to lead up to discussions of the cross-cultural differences in rhetoric and genre classification, the deficiencies in writing instruction, and the concerns with the academic contexts across borders and disciplines. The author presents pedagogical considerations on how to view students’ writing and their potentials when definitions of text types and evaluation criteria are different, when students’ past curriculum focus and acquired skills are different, and when multiple sets of ‘norms’ encounter and differences in post-secondary education exist. Raising genre and rhetoric awareness early in students’ tertiary studies and communication between instructors/professors and EAL students are recommended.
Dr. Xuemei Li教授简介：
Dr. Xuemei Li 是加拿大纪念大学教育学院副教授。研究领域涉及二语教学和课程设置、尤其是二语写作和移民子女的语言发展等。在上述领域出版和发表了众多的学术论文和专著，其中《Teaching ESL in Canada》一书由Oxford University Press（牛津大学出版社）出版。同时，她还承担了Comparative and International Education 等数家学术期刊的编审工作。
Dr. Xuemei Li is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Her research interests include TESL/TEFL curriculum and methodology, second/additional language writing, ESL support in schools and communities, migration and newcomer integration, and identity issues in additional language contexts. She teaches, supervises, and publishes in these areas. Dr Li’s nationally-funded projects investigate language and social support for newcomers (immigrant, refugee, & international student) in Canada. She also explores EAP (English for Academic Purposes) writing instruction and teacher education in Chinese universities.
Dr. Li has published many articles and books in the above areas in journals such as Journal of Language, Identity and Education, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Comparative and International Education, Asian EFL Journal, TESL Canada Journal. She has a book, Teaching ESL in Canada, published with Oxford University Press. In addition, she serves on the editorial board of Journal of Comparative and International Education and review board of several journals. She is the President of TESL-Newfoundland and serves on the Board of Directors in TESL Canada. Her research findings are reflected in the Newfoundland Premier’s Task Force Report (2017) and she serves on the Multicultural Education Advisory Board.
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