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Yi-Lun Li, Vincent

A research-oriented language educator, with a linguistic background in discourse analysis, pragmatics, semantics, and second language acquisition. I graduated summa cum laude from the Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, and completed a master's thesis tackling disciplinary differences in the use of Chinese connectives. As a multifaceted language educator, I have an intense interest in applied linguistics, academic writing, language assessment and test item designing. I also have a full-time experience in English editing and developing competency-driven items for the Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students. Part-time jobs include English translation and the service as a designated interpreter at Taiwan High Prosecutors Office.

Education

M.A    Department of English - Linguistics Division, National Taiwan Normal University, Sept. 2008 - June 2014

  • 43rd in Linguistics according to QS World University Rankings 2019
  • graduated summa cum laude
  • Thesis title: The Use of Connectives in Chinese Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts (Grade: 92)
  • invited to give a talk at Academic Writing Education Center, National Taiwan University

B.A     Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Cheng Kung University, Sept. 2004 - June 2008

  • English Phonetics and Phonology (Grade: 84/83)
  • Semantics (Grade: 84/80)
  • Sociolinguistics (Grade: 86/86)
  • Syntax (93/82)

Journal/Conference Papers

  • 2019. Teaching Chinese metadiscourse in university lectures: The case of Jiushi. Chinese for Specific Purposes. Springer International Publishing AG. (to be published)
  • 2010. A corpus-based lexical semantic study of xin in Mandarin Chinese: The case of xinsi, xinxie, and xinli. Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation.
  • 2009. Meaning, function, and grammaticalization: The case of zaishuo. National Conference on Linguistics.

Honors/Awards

  • 2014. Cohesion and coherence in academic writing: The use of connectives in PhD abstracts. An invited talk at Academic Writing Education Center, National Taiwan University.
  • 2011. Professor Yang Ching-Mai Scholarship.

Qualifications

  • Designated Interpreter (Taiwan High Prosecutors Office)
  • Teacher Certificate of High School (Ministry of Education, Taiwan)
  • Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (Class of 2018, National Taiwan Normal University)
  • Test of English for International Communication (Gold Certificate)
  • General English Proficiency Test (High-Intermediate)

Professional Experience

English editor and translator / Omni-directional (Jan. 2018 - present)

  • proofreading and editing documents for graduate program application
  • Chinese to English translation 
  • fields including Arts, Computer Science, Management, Economics, Statistics, etc.

Research fellow / Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing (Nov. 2017 - Jan. 2018)

  • developed competency-driven test items in response to the 12-Year Basic Education Curricula
  • designed test items for the Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students
  • outlined question drafting handbook
  • chaired meetings for the review of test items under development
  • analyzed test items and drafted reports

Chief editor / Crowning English (July 2015 - Aug. 2017)

  • translated and glossed English novels for the class
  • edited test items for class review
  • arranged text recording schedule
  • reviewed and corrected students' composition
  • taught elementary reading class

English teacher / Nanshan High School (Aug. 2014 - Feb. 2015)

  • taught 11th graders (internship)
  • instructed the composition class for 11th and 12th graders (part-time)
  • instructed the class for the GEPT (part-time)
  • tutored high-achievers for the English speech competition (part-time)

Assistant secretary / Taiwan Reading Association (July 2009 - July 2011)

  • coordinated mail-shots and publicity tasks
  • typed, prepared, and collated reports
  • organized regular meetings
  • liaised with relevant organizations and clients
  • logged and processed bills and expenses

Teaching material writer / Wang-Jie English Cram School (Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2010)

  • devised teaching and learning materials for senior high school students (both general and vocational high school)
  • topics including vocabulary, grammar, sentence patterns, and composition
  • crafted simulation test items for junior high school students

Skills

linguistic research

  • qualitative and quantitative research
  • pragmatics, semantics, syntax, discourse analysis
  • theoretical and applied linguistics

translation

  • English and Chinese translation
  • proofreading
  • documents for graduate program application

teaching

  • second language pedagogy
  • academic reading and writing
  • test item development
  • textbook editing
  • general English and English for academic/specific purposes

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