TIANFENG SUN
School of Translation Studies, Shandong University (Weihai)
180 WenhuaXilu, Weihai, Shandong, P. R. China
Tel: +86-15953876326
Email: suntianfeng@sdu.edu.cn
BIOGRAPHY
Education
Sept. 2014-Present Ph.D in Applied Linguistics, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University (Jinan).
Research Proposal: Authorial Identity Construction in Academic Writing of Chinese EFL Novice Writers.
Sept. 2007-June 2010 M.A. in Applied Linguistics, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Shandong University (Jinan).
Honors Thesis: A Study of the Medium of Thought in the English Writing Processes of Chinese EFL Students.
Sept. 1998-June 2002 B.A. in English Studies, Department of Foreign Languages, Shandong University (Weihai).
Thesis: Perplexity in the “Darkness”—Interpretingthe DarkImage in Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”.
Employment.
Sept. 2013-present Senior Lecturer, Department of English Studies, School of Translation Studies, Shandong University (Weihai).
Sept. 2003-June 2013 Lecturer in English, Department of College English, School of College Foreign Languages, Shandong University (Weihai).
Sept. 2002-June 2003 Assistant Instructor, Department of College English, School of College Foreign Languages, Shandong University (Weihai).
RESEARCH
Research Interests
Second language writing; voice and identity in written discourse,cross-cultural differences in academic writing; rhetoric and composition; English for academic purposes; writing assessment.
Publications
Books
Intercultural Communication. Ed. Yaoyun Zhu and Tianfeng Sun. Jinan: Shandong University Press, forthcoming in 2017.
Journal Articles
“A Study on Citation Features in Academic Writings of English Major Postgraduates” Junju Wang, Kai Yang, &Tianfeng Sun. Foreign Language World (forthcoming)
“A Study of Listening Autonomous Learning and Oral English Competence Development for Chinese College Students” Xiaomei Chang, WenfengJia&Tianfeng Sun. Foreign Language and Literature. 2014, 30(4).
“Factors Associated with English Speaking Anxiety—An Empirical Study in English Debate Class”Tianfeng Sun. The Guide of Science & Education. 2013, 12.
Conference Presentations
“Medium of Thought Patterns in the English Writing Processes of Chinese Student Writers”. Paper presented in the 2014 International Conference on Teaching and Researching EFL Writing, Lanzhou, China, September 19-21, 2014.
Grants in Aid
“A Study on Citation Features and Academic English Writing Competence Development of Chinese Postgraduate Students” Teaching and Researching Project Fund of Shandong University (Weihai), December, 2016.
“Constructing the Writing Test Scale of New Test for English Majors (TEM) Grade 8” The Ministry of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund, June, 2016.
TEACHING
Courses Taught (Postgraduates):
Semester Course Number Course Title
Fall 2017 G910006 (MA course) Academic English
Fall2016 G910009 (PhD course) Academic English Writing
Courses Taught (Undergraduates):
Semester Course Number Course Title
Fall 2017 ENG 26331370 Business English
Summer 2017 ENG 26331420 English Public Speaking
Spring 2017 ENG 26320080 English ListeningⅡ
Training Course TOEFL Writing
Training Course IELTS Writing
Fall 2016 ENG 26331370 Business English
Spring 2016 ENG 26320060 English ListeningⅡ
Fall 2015 ENG 26320660 Advanced English
Fall 2014 ENG 26320020 Integrated EnglishⅠ
Spring 2014 ENG 92909000 Academic English Writing
ENG 92946000 English Debate
Courses Taught (International Students):
Semester Course Number Course Title
Fall 2014 CHN 2683106910 Business Chinese
CHA 2683104710 Intermediate Chinese Writing
PUBLIC WORK
Honors/Awards
May2016 First Prize in Teaching Listening and SpeakingCourse in the 7th SELFP National Foreign Language Teaching Contest Shandong Division.
May 2015 First Prize in Teaching English Major Course in the 6th SELFP National Foreign Language Teaching Contest Shandong Division.
Sept. 2013 First Prize in Teaching College Integrated Course in the 4th SELFP National Foreign Language Teaching Contest Shandong Division.
