Suling Chen (PhD student)
Thesis title: A Foucauldian-informed Discourse Analysis of Creativity in College English Teaching in China
PhD supervisors:
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
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- University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Campus
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
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Background
Suling Chen currently is a Ph.D. researcher who specializes in creative teaching and teaching for creativity in language education, intercultural communication in second language education, and critical approaches to language teaching. Chen has experience working at the tertiary level of English education in China.
Qualifications
BA in English (Sichuan International Studies University)
MSc in TESOL (University of Edinburgh)
Currently: Ph.D. Education Candidate (University of Edinburgh)
Postgraduate teaching
Associated Tutor for The Sources of Knowledge: Understanding and Analysing Research Literature
Associated Tutor for Conceptualising research: Foundations, assumptions and praxis
Areas of interest for supervision
MSc Dissertation Supervisor
Research summary
- Creative teaching
- Teaching for creativity
- Creative learning
- Critical pedagogy
- Critical discourse analysis
- Multimodal critical discourse analysis
Current research interests
I am currently inquiring into the dominant discourse of creativity in English education at the tertiary level in the Chinese context, and the way it is established and sustained through examining the underlying ideologies and power relations.Past research interests
Washback in language testing (MSc TESOL dissertation)Current project grants
Co-holders of Student Experience Grant 2024-2025 for Critical Discourse Analysis Reading Group
Invited speaker
Suling, Chen. (2023). Methodological Challenges in Using China's Social Media Data. Rapid talk accepted by The 2023 BAAL SIG Language and New Media Research Seminar: New Dialogues and Frontiers
Organiser
First Critical Discourse Analysis Symposium 2024
Book Chapter:
Chen, S & Afida, H. (in press). Critical consciousness on X platform: perspectives of English users from China and Indonesia. In Redefining Language Education Through Critical Language Pedagogy. IGI global.
Book Review:
Suling Chen. (2022) Review of Understanding multimodal discourses in English language teaching textbooks: Implications for students and practitioners.
Journal link: http://www.elted.net/latest-volume.html
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