Short Bio.

GAO Xiaofang: deputy dean of school of foreign languages; professor; PhD, supervisor.

1.         1982.9-1986.7       B.A., Department of English, Central China Normal University ;

2.         1986.9 -1988.7       M.A., Department of English, Central China Normal University ;

3.         1988.10-Date  Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of English, School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University;

4.         1995.9 -1996.10  M .Ed., Center for International Studies, University of  Newcastle upon Tyne , UK ;

5.         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 2^nd Annual 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 3^nd Annual 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.

25.   Exploring the Expectation Differences of Teachers’ Roles in English MA Class Presentation, Teacher Development, 2016, 1(20), 92-105.

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 teaching and research.