Teaching & mentoring
Guest lecture · LING421 Corpus Linguistics · Lancaster University · Instructor: Professor Paul Baker
Designed and delivered a two-hour workshop for 38 participants, combining explanation with hands-on practice. Demonstrated how corpus methods can scale up metaphor analysis from close reading to the systematic examination of larger discourse datasets.
Delivered a postgraduate lecture on discourse and argumentation for LING421 Corpus Linguistics. Used real research examples to demonstrate concordance, keyword, collocation and discourse analysis. Co-marked 38 postgraduate coursework submissions and provided written feedback.
Supported hands-on workshops for mixed cohorts of 68–88 students, researchers and practitioners. Topics included corpus-based discourse analysis, corpus building, online communication, semantic annotation and data visualisation, with practical LancsBox demonstrations.
Supported postgraduate modules in Theories of Translation and Translation Studies, and the undergraduate module Translation and Chinese Society. Designed seminars using authentic Chinese-English media texts and contributed to coursework and examination assessment.
Teaching approach
Applying theories and methods to real-world communication challenges.
Recognising diverse educational backgrounds and creating accessible learning environments.
Scaffolded learning, critical discussion and constructive feedback.