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Gao Xiaofang

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Short Bio.

GAO Xiaofang (Ph. D., Professor, Deputy Dean)

  1. Born in Feb. 1965, Enshi County, Hubei Province;

  2. 1982.9-1986.7 B.A., Department of English, Central China Normal University;

  3. 1986.9-1988.7 M.A., Department of English, Central China Normal University;

  4. 1988.10-Date Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University;

  5. 1995.9-1996.10 M.Ed., Center for International Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;

  6. 2002.9-2005.7 Ph. D., Speech Department, Communication University of China.

Teaching Courses and Academic Fields

Teaching courses:Comprehensive English; Pragmatics & Communication (undergraduate)

Pragmatics; Discourse Analysis (graduate)

Academic fields:Pragmatics; Discourse Analysis; History of English Language Education in China; Cross-Cultural Communication; Social Linguistics

Academic Research and Others：

Publications (2004- )

  1. Contrastive Analysis of Hedges in a Sample of Chinese and English Molecular Biology Papers [J],Psychological Reports(SSCI), 2004 (5).

  2. Foreign Language Educational Practice in the Chinese Yuan Dynasty [J],Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 2005 (2).

  3. Foreign Language Education in Government Schools in the Qing Dynasty of China[M]. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2007.

  4. Teacher Immediacy Scales: Testing for Validity across Cultures [J],Communication Education(USA), 2007 (2).

  5. A Further Test of Immediacy-Learning Models: A Cross-Cultural Investigation [J],Journal of Intercultural Communication Research(USA), 2007 (1).

  6. English Pragmatics[M]. Wuhan: Huazhong Normal University Press, 2008.

  7. An Etymological Study on Terms Relating to “Foreign Language” [J],Academic Research, 2009 (3).

  8. Integrated Skills of English: A New Course(Book 5, Student’s Book). Wuhan: Central China Normal University Press, 2011.

  9. Integrated Skills of English: A New Course(Book 5, Teacher’s Book). Wuhan: Central China Normal University Press, 2011.

  10. Negative Pragmatic Transfer in Chinese Students’ Complimentary Speech Acts [J],Psychological Reports（USA, SSCI），2012（1）.

  11. A Post-Practicum Exploration of Microteaching Practice in Pre-Service Teacher Education in a Normal University [A],Proceedings of the Second Northeast Asia International Symposium on Language, Literature and Translation[C] (CPCI-SSH). Georgia: The American Scholars Press, USA, 2012.

  12. A Study on Language Factors Affecting Speech Production in College English Learning [A] ,Proceedings of the Second Northeast Asia International Symposium on Language, Literature and Translation[C] (CPCI-SSH). Georgia: The American Scholars Press, USA, 2012.

  13. Foreign Language Education Planning in Modern Chinese History [A], Zhao Ronghui (Ed.)Foreign Languages in the Perspective of National Strategy[C]. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2012.

  14. Language Standardization in China (translation),Language Situation in China (2005), Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, Germany, 2012.

  15. Standardization of Scientific Terms in China (translation),Language Situation in China (2005), Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, Germany, 2012.

  16. A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Movie Poster [A],Proceedings of the 2ndAnnual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics（L3 2013）[C] (CPCI-SSH). Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore, 2013.

  17. Interpretation of Movie Posters from the Perspective of Multimodal Discourse Analysis [J],GSTF Journal of Education, Singapore, 2013 (1).

  18. Assessing Instruments and Their Application in Empirical Studies of Interlanguage Pragmatics in China [A],Proceedings of the Third Northeast Asia International Symposium on Language, Literature and Translation[C] (CPCI-SSH),Georgia: The American Scholars Press, U.S.A., 2014.

  19. Investigating Business English Majors’ Pragmatic Failures: From Speech Acts in Business Context Perspective [A],Proceedings of the Third Northeast Asia International Symposium on Language, Literature and Translation[C] (CPCI-SSH),Georgia: The American Scholars Press, U.S.A., 2014.

  20. Interpretation of the Representational Meaning of Movie Posters from the Perspective of Multi-model Discourse Analysis [A],Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication,Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, Volume 3[C] (CPCI-SSH), Atlantis Press, France, , 2014.

  21. Blended Learning Mode: How Well Are Our English Language Learners Adapted [A]Proceedings of the 3ndAnnual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics[C] (CPCI-SSH). Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore, 2014.

  22. Interpreting the Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphor in Nobel Speeches in Literature,GSTF Journal of Education, Singapore, 2015 (3), 2015.

  23. ‘How to speak decently as a player?’ A Pragmatic Analysis of Hedges in Postgame Interviews [A],Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics[C] (EBSCO), Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore, 2015.

  24. Varieties of English, Pedagogic Practice and Implications,Proceedings of the 4th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics[C] (EBSCO). Global Science and Technology Forum, Singapore, 2015.

Projects and awards:Having hosted and participated in more than 20 research projects sponsored by the national, provincial and university funds; having received 25 awards and honors for excellence in both teaching and research.