Name: SUN Xiaoqin

Title: Professor of English

Address: 513 Shuyuan Building #19

Phone number: 186-5710-1957

Email: aliceirminger@qq.com

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Language, Literacy and Culture, University of California at Berkeley, California, USA

M.A., English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education, University of the Pacific, California, USA

   M.A., English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, China

   B.A., English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University, China

EMPLOYMENT

Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

State University of New York, Oswego, New York, USA

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA

University of Notre Dame, Belmont, California, USA

Patten University, Oakland, California, USA

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

 RESEARCH EXPERTISE AND TEACHING INTERESTS

1)     Cross-cultural language and literacy research, development, and instructional theories and strategies

2)     Multiple language (including both second language and foreign language) learners, their self-regulated learning (motivation and autonomous learning) in the technology assisted and mediated environment.

3)     Theories and development of quality instructional materials, their leveling criteria, and multimodality.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND GRANTS FUNDED PROJECTS:

Theories and Strategies of Leveling English Learning Materials in a self-access language learning laboratory à Funded by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, China

Bilingual Teacher Pathway Program à Funded by the Federal Department of Education, USA

A Survey of International Perspectives on Language Materials in the ESL/EFL Context, China English Education, China.

Assessment Issues with ELL Learners, The Reading Teacher, USA

The Authentic Bilingual Assessment System, American Education Research Association, USA

The Chinese-English Authentic Bilingual Assessment System, National Association for Bilingual Education, USA

COURSES TAUGHT:

Selected courses taught in US universities:

Language and Literacy Development (K-5, and 6-12).

Psycholinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Language Assessment for ESL/EFL Learners

Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English

Introduction to Linguistics

Cross-cultural Communication and Effective Language Instruction

Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching

Theories and Instructional Strategies in Helping Struggling Readers

Response to Intervention – Theories, Standards, and Practices

Literacy Development in Content Areas

Selected Courses taught in Chinese Universities:

College English (I, II, III, & IV)

Comprehensive English (III & IV)

Advanced Readings In Education

Instructional Materials and Evaluation

Language Assessment and Evaluation

Second Language Acquisition