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Nicole Chia Chi Keng Dr

Tutor

Office: 538
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, No.111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, Suzhou Industrial Park

Suzhou , Jiangsu, China 215123 Work: (0512) 8816-1327

Education:

  1. PhD, Educational Studies, The University of York, UK
  2. MA, TESOL, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

Biography:

Start Date at XJTLU: September 2009

Nicole completed her PhD at The University of York (UK).  Her research interests include English teaching methodology, language learning and teaching and education policy.  She also has an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Canterbury Christ Church College (UK). 

She has taught for 8 years, working with students of all ages from 2 to adult.  Whilst studying for her PhD in the UK, she worked for 2 years as an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Language) Tutor for City of York Council, teaching English to immigrants from Asia and East-Europe.

Before relocating to China, she worked at The University of York Careers Service, coordinating a Sino-British centre for enterprise and employability.

 

 

 

Publications:

 

Keng, C. (2009)  "When ideal met reality - ethical issues in an EFL research context" Paper presented at Education Research Group, The University of York, UK.

 

Keng, C. (2008)  "Communicative Language Teaching in Taiwan: A study of its implementations and the problems faced" Paper presented at British Educational Research Association (BREA) Annual Conference, UK.

 

Keng, C. (2008)  "Practical approaches in EFL teaching: implementations and resistances in Communicative Language Teaching" Paper presented at East Asian Learners Conference, University of Portsmouth, UK.


Keng, C. (2008)  "When public meets private: exploring the reality of secondary EFL in Taiwan" Paper presented at Cutting Edges Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

 

Keng, C. (2008)  "Implementing and resisting changes in EFLT teaching in Taiwan" Conference proceedings, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece.

 

Keng, C. (2007)  Book Review “Combing Methods in Educational and Social Research” in Education Research Journal.

 

Keng, C. (2007)  “Implementing and resisting changes in EFL teaching in Taiwan”  Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Education at Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece.