Ji LIU                                              

Associate Professor of English                        

College of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Normal University

15 Yucai Road, Guilin, China 541004

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Research Interests

Intercultural Rhetoric

Discourse Analysis

Academic Writing  

English Education

Academic Employment

      Associate Professor (December 2009 – Present), College of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Normal University      

      MA Supervisor (July 2013 – Present), College of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Normal University

      Lecturer (December 2000 – December 2009), College of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Normal University

      Graduate Instructor (July 1995 – December 2000)

Education

Visiting Scholar (October 2017 – October 20018), Intercultural Rhetoric (Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoye, You), College of the Liberal Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Ph.D. (September 2010 – June 2015), English Language and Literature, (Supervisor: Prof. Huhua Ouyang), Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Visiting Scholar (September 2008 – June 2009) , Contrastive Rhetoric ( Supervisor: Prof. Huhua Ouyang), Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

M.A. (September 1999 – June 2002), English Language and Literature, (Supervisor: Prof. Shaozhong, Liu),College of Foreign Studies, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, China

B.A. (September 1991– June 1995), English Language and Literature, Department of English, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Awards, Honors, Grants

Guangxi Normal University Teaching Achievement Award (Second Prize) for project “Implementing the Two Courses and Four Levels Teaching Mode in the Construction of First-Class Courses for English Majors in Normal Colleges”, 2023 (with Shao Tongchong)

China Scholarship Council Grant for visiting scholar in the United States of America, 2017.

Chinese Language Resource Protection Fund Grant for project “Ethnic Language Investigation”, funded by the National Language Committee, P. R. China, 2016, (with He Yancheng), US$14,400

Guangxi Higher Education Teaching Reform Grant for project “Cultivating Critical Thinking Ability in English Major Students”, funded by Guangxi Education Department, Nanning, China, 2015 (with Shao Tongchong), US$3,000

PhD Research Initiative Grant for project “The Acceptance of Citing Authority (Yingjing Judian) in the West,” Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China, 2015, US$2,500

Guangxi Normal University Grant for domestic visiting scholar, 2008.

Best Coach Award, “CCTV Cup” English Speaking Contest, Guangxi Final, 2006.

Publications

Journal Articles

“Tracing Cultures Behind the Struggling Experience of a Chinese High School Student Writing Application Letters in English.” Theory and Practice in Language Studies 2. 5 (2012):1048-56.

“Atkinson的二语习得社会认知视角及其启示[Atkinson’s Socio-cognitive Approach to SLA and Its Implication].” 广西师范大学学报 [Journal of Guangxi Normal University] 45.1 (2009): 89-93.

“从一项调查看中国大学生英语长句写作状况[A Study of Long Sentence Writing by Chinese Advanced English Learners].” 山东外语教学[Shandong Foreign Language Teaching Journal] 1 (2009):7-11.

“双关语的语用学阐释 [Understanding Puns: A Pragmatic Perspective].” 广西师范大学学报(语言学专刊)[Journal of Guangxi Normal University（Special Issue）] (2004): 84-9.

“Probing into Sino-American Cross-National Marriage Failures: An Intercultural Perspective.” 广西师范大学学报[Journal of Guangxi Normal University]1 (2002): 140-45.

“合作原则研究中的两个问题 [Two Problems in the Research of Cooperative Principle and Its Maxims].” 四川外国语学院学报 [Journal of Sichuan International Studies University] 18.5 (2002): 105-07.

Book Reviews and Notes

“Communicating beyond language: Everyday encounters with diversity.” Language in Society 44 (2015): 450-51. (with Huhua Ouyang)

“Face, communication and social interaction.” Language in Society 41 (2012):150-51. (with Huhua Ouyang)

“Social psychology and discourse.” Language in Society 41 (2012):148-49. (with Huhua Ouyang)

Unpublished Dissertations

Logos Absence or Taoist Wisdom? An Intercultural Exploration of Citing Authority in Chinese Argumentative Discourse.” PhD Dissertation, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China, 2015.

Presentations

Invited Lectures

“Cultural Elements in Tour Commentary: A Discourse Approach” Guilin Tourist Guide Association, Guilin, China, December 15, 2023.

“Going Beyond Textual Analysis: Ethnography as a New Approach to Writing Research.” Guangxi Teachers Education University, Nanning, China, November 12, 2016.

“Monologue or Dialogue: Difference between Chinese and Western Argumentative Writing and Its Implications on EFL writing.” Guangxi Teachers Education University, Nanning, China, November 13, 2016.

“Classroom Discourse of Chinese Middle School EFL Teachers: Features, Problems, and Strategies.” Tengxian Middle School, Wuzhou, China, December 2, 2016.

Conference Presentations

“Cannot, Will not, or Dare Not? An Ethnographic Inquiry into Chinese EFL Learners’ Resistance in Writing Two-sided Argumentative Essay.” Speech Presented at the 69th Annual Convention Conference on College Composition and Communication, Kansas City, Missouri, March 15, 2018.

“Ethical Appeal or Logical Appeal? A Contrastive Study of Full-Score Chinese Gaokao Essays and SAT Essays.” Speech (Co-Authored with Huhua Ouyang) Presented at the 8th National EFL Writing Teaching and Research Conference, Jinan, China. October 13, 2012.

Teaching

Guangxi Normal University, 1995-Present

Graduate Courses

Cross-Cultural Studies

Academic Writing

Discourse Analysis

Undergraduate Courses

Language and Culture

Intercultural Communication

Research methods and Academic Writing

Contrastive Studies on English and Chinese

Comparative Studies on Chinese and Western Cultures

Introduction to General Linguistics

Introductory English Writing

Intermediate English Writing

English Practical Writing 

Service

Guangxi college entrance examination English subject evaluator.

MA Thesis external examiner.

Teacher Trainer (Guangxi National-Level Teacher Training Plan, Guangxi Provincial-Level Teacher Training Plan, 2016-2017) 

Guangxi Normal University Teaching Supervisory Committee (2016-present)

College of Foreign Studies Academic Committee, Guangxi Normal University (2016-2019)

Head coach and organizer of the First China Model ASEAN Meeting, Guangxi Normal University, September 25-28, 2016.

Coach of Provincial and National “CCTV Cup” English Speaking Contest, 2004, 2005, 2006.