Curriculum Vitae
Name: Xu, Yi (Last, First)
Nationality: Chinese
Sex: Female                                                           Birthday: 10th, Nov. 1978.                    
Email: xuyi@u.arizona.edu
Affiliation:  Interdisciplinary PhD Program in SLAT, University of Arizona/
                    English Department, U of A.
    

Education
May 2005-                   PhD student in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching.  Major: L2 Analysis; Minor: Pedagogy

Aug. 2003-May 2005  University of Arizona. M.A. English Language/Linguistics

Sept. 1997-June 2001 Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, P.R.China.  B.A. English for International Legal Studies; Minor: Law.

Professional Experience
Aug.2003-May 2005    1/2 Time Teaching Assistant  for the Writing Program at University of Arizona.

Oct. 2002-June 2003     Shanghai Neworld Training Center, P.R.C. Full-time English Teacher

July 2001-Sept. 2002     Shanghai Industrial & Commercial Foreign Languages Institute, P.R.C. Full-time English Teacher; Head Teacher

Researches & Publications
"Counting and Measuring of Eventualities in Chinese and English". Paper presented at 17th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, at Monterey Institute of International Studies. Paper to be published in NACCL-17 Proceedings.

"The Chinese Verbal Classifiers and the English Light Verb Construction". Paper to be presented at 2005 SLRF (Second Language Research Forum), at University of Columbia. 

"Traditional vs. Electronic Mode of Peer Editing".  Paper to be presented at 2006 TESOL Convention.

Professional Memberships
 Member of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Inc.
 Leader of Higher Education Interest Section in TESOL, Inc.

Honors
* 2004           Nominee for Ruth Gardner's Teaching Award at University of Arizona
* 2002          Outstanding Teacher Award at Shanghai I&C Foreign Languages Institute
* 2002          Model Teaching Plan at SH I&C Foreign Languages Institute
* 2001          Outstanding Graduate Award with 1st Prize Scholarship; Bachelor of Arts with Distinction.
* 1997-2000 Outstanding Student Award; GDUFS 2nd Prize Scholarship

Graduate Courses
SLAT Core Courses
LING 500(Linguistics);  ENGL 620 (Cultural Dimensions of SLA); ED P 541 (Statistical Methods in Education); SLAT 615 (SLA Theory); ENGL 596j (SLA Research); GER 587 (Testing in Foreign Language Programs); SLAT 596y(Proseminar).
L2 Analysis
ENGL 506 (Modern English Grammar); ENGL 612 (Advanced Grammatical Analysis); LING 504 (Advanced Syntax); CHN 519 (Modern Chinese Structures); LING 538 (Computational Linguistics).
Pedagogy
ENGL 613(Methods of TESOL);  FREN 581 (Technology and SLA); LRC 530 (Technology and Literacy); ENGL 693a (Applied ESL).
Others
ENGL 596j (Contrastive Rhetoric)