Position/Status
Research Associate
E-mail Address
tw403@cam.ac.uk
Phone
+ 44 (0)1223 767617
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Cambridge)
- Mphil (University of Cambridge)
- BA (Sun Yat-sen University China)
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
Profile
Tianyi completed her PhD in the Faculty of Education University of Cambridge after the completion of her MPhil in Research in Second Language Education. She currently works as a research associate for ERI Jinan project and focuses on education reform and teacher agency. Prior to joining ERI group she has researched and published on language learning motivation motivational intervention and multilingualism.
Before her postgraduate study Tianyi obtained her bachelor degree in English with particular focus on teaching Chinese as a foreign language at Sun Yat-sen University in China. She has also worked as a Chinese tutor for one year during her undergraduate study.
Academic Area/Links
- Education Reform and Innovation Research Network Faculty of Education
Research Topics
- Education reform
- Teacher agency
- Language learning motivation
- Multilingualism
- Motivational interventon
Current Research Project(s)
- Teacher Professional Development Programme in Jinan China
- Constructing L3 Selves: A Study of Undergraduate Learners' Motivation to Learn a Third Language in China PhD project
Teaching
- Undergraduate
- Supervisor for the undergraduate course ‘Language culture and literacy’
Principal and Recent Publications
Wang T. Ramdeo J. & McLaughlin C. (2021). Experiencing and experimenting: An exploration of teacher agency in an international collaborative teacher professional development programme using experiential learning Teaching and Teacher Education. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2021.103389
Wang T. & Fisher L. (2021). Using a dynamic Motivational Self System to investigate Chinese undergraduate learners’ motivation towards the learning of a LOTE: the role of the multilingual self. International Journal of Multilingualism. DOI:10.1080/14790718.2020.1863412
Wang T. (2020). An exploratory motivational intervention on the construction of Chinese undergraduates’ ideal LOTE and multilingual selves: The role of near peer role modeling. Language Teaching Research. DOI: 10.1177/1362168820940097
Wang T. & Liu Y. (2017). Dynamic L3 selves: A longitudinal study of five university L3 learners’ motivational trajectories in China. The Language Learning Journal. DOI:10.1080/09571736.2017.1375549