Research Interests
Corpus linguistics, Second language acquisition, Language Testing
Education
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, MSc, Chinese-English Translating and Interpreting, November 2013
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, MSc, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, November 2012
Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China, BA, Business English, June 2007
Work Experience
GUCAS, Beijing, China, (04/2014 – present), Assistant Lecturer.
Elite Linguistics Company, Edinburgh, UK, (04/2013-10/2013), Freelance Interpreter
Tianjin Nankai Xiangyu School, Tianjin, China, (07/2007-07/2011), Secondary School English Teacher
Teaching Area(s)
College English
Papers
Peng Du. Linking Adverbials in the Academic Writing of Chinese Learners: A Corpus-based Study, 2013, Abstract book of the 7th International Corpus Linguistics Conference.
III. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Peng Du. “Linking Adverbials in the Academic Writing of Chinese Learners: A Corpus-based Study”, Paper presented in the 7th International Corpus Linguistics Conference, Lancaster, July 2013