Xigui Yang​

EDUCATION

The University of Georgia, Athens | AUG 2017—Present  

Research Master’s student in LDT; M.Ed degree anticipated in July 2018

Central China Normal University, China | SEPT 2008—JULY 2010 

Admitted with full scholarship; obtained MA degree in Education

Central China Normal University, China | SEPT 2004—JUNE 2008 

BA Degrees in English Language & Literature and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Spartanburg Prep School, SC | AUG 2015—JUNE 2017  

K-8 Mandarin Chinese teacher

Luohu Foreign Languages School, China | AUG 2010—AUG 2015 

High School (10-12 Grades) English teacher

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant at UGA, Athens | FALL 2017—Present  

Working as Graduate Student Research Assistant for the Global IDD Project, playing major part in literature review, evaluation, data analysis, drafting AECT proposal and CIS poster.

Experimental Class Teacher for National Project, China | 2013—2014  

Selected to be one of the two experimental class teachers for a national research project initiated by the Ministry of Education, implementing the research plan, collecting data and writing reports.

EFL conference presentation, China | 2014

Yang, Xigui. (2014). College English teachers’ use of metadiscourse. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on EFL in China held at Nanjing University.

 

PUBLICATION  

Yang, Xigui. (2014). On “… times as…as / … times more than”: A descriptive study based on COCA corpus. Luohu Education, 2013, No.1.

Yang, Xigui. (2009). How to enlarge students’ vocabulary size in intermediate stage. Central China Normal University Journal of Postgraduates, 2009, No.3.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2008-2010: Full scholarship for graduate students at CCNU

2008: First prize of “Excellent Bachelor’s Thesis in Hubei Province”

2007: National scholarship for undergraduate students in China

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SERVICES

AECT Volunteer | Nov. 2017

Set up equipment before the conference began; returned the equipment at the end of each day; offered in-time assistant to presenters and participants in roundtable sessions.

Global IDD Project Manager | Fall 2017—Present

Coordinating between the professors and other teammates, scheduling meetings, taking meeting notes, setting up IT tools for two courses.

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SKILLS

Design skills: Articulate Storyline, website design, photo editing, video editing

Technical skills: Microsoft Office apps, Google apps, survey tools, web-conferencing tools

Personal skills: project management, coordination, organization, communication

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