Plenary Presentation by Professor Wang Qiang

About the speaker

Wang Qiang, (MA. MEd. PhD) Professor and director of the Centre for Foreign Language Education and Teacher Education in the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Beijing Normal University. She teaches Language Learning Theories and ELT Methodology to both undergraduate and post-graduate students. Her areas of interest include: curriculum development, teacher education and development, action research, second language acquisition, and ELT methodology. She has published quite extensively in the areas of ELT curriculum innovations, teacher training, and materials development in China. She has co-headed the National English Language Curriculum Design Project for Chinese Schools since 1999 and has involved in a number of research projects on English language teaching in China. She also sits on various ELT committees for promoting good practice and research in China.