I received my BA degree in Taiwan, continued my postgraduate diploma in English-Chinese, Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting at Newcastle University, and further was awarded my master degree in Translation Studies at University of Manchester. Since then, I had devoted myself to the tertiary education teaching EFL/ ESP programmes and Translation and Interpreting courses for more than a decade in Taiwan.
Teaching and research are my lifelong passions. My current PhD project aims to investigate English prepositions by using three cognitive linguistic approaches, including image schemas, frame semantics, and the prototype theory, to examine how they can contribute to EFL and Applied linguistics.
Teaching Award
- Best Teacher Award, General Education Centre, Chung-Yuan Christian University, 2011
- Best Teacher Award, Language Centre, Chung-Yuan Christian University, 2012
- Best Teacher Award, Language Centre, Chung-Yuan Christian University, 2013
- Best Teacher Award, General Education Centre, Chung-Yuan Christian University, 2014
- Best Teacher Award, Language Centre, Chung-Yuan Christian University, 2014
Translation Publications
- October 2005, Lorenz on Leadership (Source from: Air & Space Power Journal, Summer 2005) in National Defence Digest, Taiwan.
- November 2005, What Makes a Good CO? (Source from: Proceedings, April 2005) in National Defence Digest, Taiwan.
- December 2005, Leader Development and Education: Growing Leaders Now for the Future (Source from: Military Review, May-June 2005) in National Defence Digest, Taiwan.
Research Engagement
- MSc dissertation: A Survey of Community Interpreting in Taiwan
- Ongoing PhD thesis: False Friends vs. True Friends in Prepositions: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Meaning Comprehension in the EFL Context
