Overview
Since I started my teaching career in Higher Education back in 1999, my main objective has always been to assist students in enhancing their language proficiency, critical thinking skills, practical expertise, and overall intellectual abilities. Alongside this, I strive to support their personal growth and development, including their future employability.
After completing my first MA degree in Literature in Xi'an (China), I relocated to Beijing in 2002. During my time as a Senior Lecturer at North China University of Technology (Beijing, China), I had the opportunity to teach both undergraduate and postgraduate students. In 2004, I pursued a second MA degree in Education in London, and subsequently spent several years teaching Chinese at various institutions in the UK.
Before joining Bangor University in 2016, I taught at Southampton University. Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of teaching students at different levels of proficiency in the Chinese language, from beginners to intermediate and advanced levels. I have also taught modules on various aspects of Chinese Studies to undergraduate and postgraduate students, including those pursuing PhD programmes in Chinese Studies and Translation Studies.
Additional Contact Information
Position: Head of Chinese & Lecturer in Chinese Studies
Email: s.wang@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: 01248 382117 (2117 internal)
Location: Room 409, New Arts Building
Qualifications
- PhD: Chinese Studies (VISUALISING CHINA THROUGH THE LENS OF THE WEST)
University of Durham,
Teaching and Supervision
Undergraduate:
I teach a wide range of modules on Chinese Language, Chinese Studies (culture, history, literature and film) and translation between Chinese and English:
- LZC-1003 Chinese for Beginners 1 (Y1)
- LZC-1004 Chinese for Beginners 2 (Y1)
- LZC-2040 Chinese Language Skills (Y2)
- LZC-3040 & LZC-3030 Advanced Chinese Language Skills (Y4)
- LZC-3031 3-Language Project (2 maj/1 minor) (Y4)
- LXE-3444 (Target language) and LXE-3400 (English): UG dissertation in Chinese (Y4)
- LXC-1100 Introduction to Chinese Studies (Y1)- 2016-2019
- LXC-2200 Contemporary Chinese Studies (Y2)
- LXE-2012 Identities in World Cinema (Y2)
- LXE-1600 Transnational Cultures (Y1)
- LXE-1700 Creating National Histories (Y1)
- International programme modules: LXC-1700 Creating National Histories (S1) and LXC-1600 Transnational Cultures (S2) —Year 1
Postgraduate:
MA
- Commentary and Translation practice (English to Chinese) as parts of the module of LXM-4024 Working on a Translation Portfolio
- Commentary and Translation practice (English to Chinese) as parts of the module of LXM 4025 Translation Studies Dissertations
- Chinese to English translation workshop as part of the module of LXM-4024 & LCM-4024 Working on a Translation Portfolio (S2)
PhD Supervision
Completed doctoral students:
- Mr. Jinquan Yu: 'Dylan Thomas in Chinese translation: a sociological analysis' (2019)
- Mrs. Chunli Shen: 'Ideological Patterns in the Translations of Yan Lianke into English: Images of China, Gender and Politics' (2022)
- Ms. Yujuan Zou: ' Space and Translation: Fictional Spaces in David Hawkes' The story of the Stone (2023)
Current PhD student(s) under supervision:
- Miss. Bixiao Lu: 'English Translation of Chinese Historical Classics (1840-1919)'
Visiting Scholar:
Completed visiting scholars:
- Aug 2018- Jan 2019, Mrs. Fang Li, from Dongguan University of Technology, China
- Feb 2019- April 2019, Mr. Wei Yuan, from Henan University, China
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I would be interested in hearing from students considering doing MPhil/PhD in Chinese Studies, which includes the areas of Sino-West Relations; Geopolitics; Images of China (Representations and Self-representations); Chinese films & documentaries; Western films & documentaries on China; and interdisciplinary study between Chinese Studies and Translation Studies
Publications
2023
- PublishedBook review for the textbook- Advanced Modern Chinese: Learning Through Contemporary Film 《高级汉语读本:当代中国电影赏析》
Wang, S., 1 Jan 2023, In: Advanced Modern Chinese 高级汉语读本 Learning through Contemporary Film 当代中国电影赏析.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
2022
- PublishedBook review for the book of Brand China in the Media: Transformation of Identities
Wang, S., 29 Jun 2022, In: Global Media and China. 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review - PublishedTurning Red’s portrayal of ancestor worship highlights an important part of Chinese culture
Wang, S., 24 Mar 2022, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
2021
- PublishedThe language of ‘China threat’: a case study of the BBC television documentary series ‘The Chinese Are Coming’
Wang, S. (Contributor) & Wei, W. (Editor), 22 Mar 2021, China's Contemporary Image and Rhetoric Practice - Routledge Studies in Chinese Discourse Analysis. 1st ed. London & New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis, p. 96-136 40 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2012
- Published剑桥美国文学史
Wang, S. (Translator), Sun, H. (Translator) & Bercovitch, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2012, 1st ed. Beijing: Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press. 905 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review - PublishedThe Cambridge History of American Literature （Volume 7: Prose Writing, 1940–1990)- the Chinese Edition《剑桥美国文学史(第七卷修订版)1940年-1990年
Wang, S. (Translator), Sun, H. (Translator) & Bercovitch, S., 1 Jan 2012, 1st ed. Beijing: Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press. 905 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
2002
- PublishedUnderstanding the American Women Movement through American Women History
Wang, S. & Gu, S. (Editor), 1 May 2002, In: International Journal of Foreign Languages Teaching and Research. 7-5628-1263-2, p. 49-51
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2001
- PublishedHow to Keep Readers Hooked？
Wang, S., 20 May 2001, In: Journal of Northwest University. 31, p. 211-213
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2023
- Tradition and Innovation, within and beyond campus: Conference on Chinese Language Teaching in UK Universities 2023
Attendance at seminar on Chinese Language Teaching in UK Universities 2023 was successfully held at the University of Glasgow, organised by CLEC-UK and co-sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
28 Oct 2023
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker) - Localization and Globalization in Translation: Opportunities and Challenges
Keynote speaker at the unveiling ceremony of the 'Cultural Translation and Foreign Translation Research Centre', University of Science and Technology Liaoning, China
11 May 2023
Links:
- https://twitter.com/Shasha_Wang/status/1658771749893464064
- https://www.ustl.edu.cn/international/info/1019/1406.htm
- Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) (External organisation)
Membership of the QAA (The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK) Advisory Group for the Area Studies Subject 2024 Benchmark Statement, UK.
Appointed to the Advisory Group for the review of the Area Studies Subject Benchmark Statement on 26th January 2023: The QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Area Studies defines what can be expected of a graduate in the subject, in terms of what they might know, do and understand at the end of their studies. Subject Benchmark Statements are an established part of the quality assurance arrangements in UK higher education, but not a regulatory requirement. They are sector-owned reference points, developed and written by academics on behalf of their subject. Subject Benchmark Statements also describe the nature and characteristics of awards in a particular subject or area. Subject Benchmark Statements are published in QAA's capacity as an expert quality body on behalf of the higher education sector.
https://www.qaa.ac.uk//en/home
26 Jan 2023 →
Links:
Activity: Membership of network (Member)
2022
- Reinventing the Belt and Road
31 Oct 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - The 20th Party Congress Beyond the Personnel Changes
26 Oct 2022
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Research, Impact and Engagement: Interdisciplinary Approaches
19 Oct 2022
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Women’s Practice in Contemporary Chinese Film Industry: Female Film Programmer on the Rise
20 May 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Taiwan-Hong Kong (dis)connection: physical and digital social movements in HK and Taiwan
19 May 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Confucian China in a Changing World Cultural Order
13 May 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Ref 2021
12 May 2022
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Taiwan Studies Lecture Series: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth? Assessing the Risk of Conflict in the Taiwan Strait
12 May 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Translation as social justice: translation policies and practices in NGOs
Translation and Transcultural Studies Research Seminars
11 May 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Charities and Leverhulme Trust, Research Project Grants
3 May 2022
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Roundtable on Literary Translation
26 Apr 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China’s Rise
4 Apr 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Show, Tell and Celebrate: new language resources and machine translation at Language Technology Unit, Bangor University
25 Mar 2022
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Chinese Studies Seminar: WHAT THEY SAID? PEOPLE’S DAILY AND STRAITS TIMES DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
23 Mar 2022
Links:
Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Organiser) - WALES-CHINA SCHOOLS FORUM
Presented topic: Teaching Chinese in HEI during the Covid-19 pandemic period and beyond: challenges and chances
22 Mar 2022
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
2021
- Inaugural Hongmen dialogue conference on “Research and Practice of Teaching Chinese as an International Language from a Comparative Perspective”
4 Dec 2021
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - International Seminar: Western Media Representations about China
25 Nov 2021
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Digital Accessibility
17 Nov 2021
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - UK relations with China
4 Nov 2021
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Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - QA1
My compiled QA1 form (for BA Chinese programmes) has been identified by the Quality Enhancement Group (out of 80 completed QA1 forms across the university) as an exemplar of good practice, Bangor University, UK
26 Oct 2021
Activity: Other (Contributor) - China and the West: Cultural Dialogues
China and the West: Cultural Dialogues
22 Oct 2021
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Festival of Chinese Translation: James Legg and his translation of Chinese Classics
22 Jun 2021
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Festival of Chinese Translation: Philosophy of Translation, Confucius Institute at Aberdeen University, UK
8 Jun 2021
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Routledge (Publisher)
Book review for the text book- Advanced Modern Chinese: Learning Through Contemporary Film 《高级汉语读本:当代中国电影赏析》
20 May 2021 – 9 Jun 2021
Links:
Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer) - Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Routledge book review request for the book Advanced Modern Chinese: Learning through Contemporary Film (to be published)
20 May 2021 – 10 Jun 2021
Activity: Editorial activity (Peer reviewer) - Research Impact Session: So, you think impact isn’t for you?
17 Mar 2021
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
2020
- Images of China through the lens of British TV documentaries
11 Dec 2020
Links:
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - China as a Rising Military Power: Developments, Dynamics, Downsides, and Dangers
China as a Rising Military Power: Developments, Dynamics, Downsides, and Dangers
30 Nov 2020
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Slogan Politics: Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy Concepts
Slogan Politics: Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy Concepts
30 Nov 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Performing Chinese identity: East Asian stand-up comedians in France
Performing Chinese identity:
East Asian stand-up comedians in France
25 Nov 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - China’s Engagement and Relations with Iran
China’s Engagement and Relations with Iran
24 Nov 2020
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Xi Jinping’s Counter-Reformation: The Reassertion of Ideological Governance in Contemporary China'
Xi Jinping’s Counter-Reformation: The Reassertion of Ideological Governance in Contemporary China'
23 Nov 2020
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - How are translations really received?
How are translations really received?
19 Nov 2020
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Undogmatic Commitment: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in post-Mao China
Undogmatic Commitment: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in post-Mao China
18 Nov 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - What Explains the Resilience of Chinese Communist Party Rule?
What Explains the Resilience of Chinese Communist Party Rule?
16 Nov 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Non-professional subtitling and translation studies: a matter of convergence
Non-professional subtitling and translation studies: a matter of convergence
12 Nov 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - Why Understanding Chinese Politics is Important to all China-related Careers
Why Understanding Chinese Politics is Important to all China-related Careers
11 Nov 2020
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - The Invention of the Han Race
The invention of the Han Race
9 Nov 2020
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant) - The EU's struggle to come to terms with US-China great power competition
The EU's struggle to come to terms with US-China great power competition
4 Nov 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - China Straddling the Persian Gulf
China Straddling the Persian Gulf
3 Nov 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - What Is Xi Fighting? The Dynamics of Corruption in Post-Mao China
What Is Xi Fighting? The Dynamics of Corruption in Post-Mao China
2 Nov 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - ‘Moving Your Language Teaching Online’ Toolkit: Launch Event
‘Moving Your Language Teaching Online’ Toolkit: Launch Event
30 Oct 2020
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Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Semiotic Patterns in Cultural Evolution
Semiotic Patterns in Cultural Evolution
28 Oct 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Semiotic Patterns in Cultural Evolution
Semiotic Patterns in Cultural Evolution
28 Oct 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Contentious Politics in China under Xi Jinping’s rule
26 Oct 2020
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Discourse and Social Change: 2020 Discourse Analysis Studies International Conference
24 Oct 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - China's Vision of International Order, Institute for Peace & Diplomacy
29 Jul 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Routledge Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
Book chapter review request for the (proposed) book chapter: Chinese Straight Wives’ Risks in Mixed-orientation Marriages: An Intersectional Rhetorical Analysis of Online Narratives
15 Jul 2020 – 28 Jul 2020
Activity: Editorial activity (Peer reviewer) - Laozi: the law governing all laws
9 Jul 2020
Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)
2019
- Approaches and Methods of Teaching Modern Foreign Languages
6 Jun 2019
Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)
2018
- Intercultural Communications, Translation, and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages
9 Jun 2018 – 10 Jun 2018
Links:
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
2017
- Silk Road Symposium
15 Jun 2017
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
2016
- BBC Academy Conference
1 Nov 2016
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - International Symposium: Chinese Narrative at the Crossroads of Cultures
13 Oct 2016
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant) - Dynamic China: British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies Annual Conference 2016
Presented paper on the Images of China in BBC TV Documentary: The Chinese Are
Coming
23 Jun 2016
Activity: Invited talk (Speaker) - Corporate Governance in the Chinese Banking Industry
10 May 2016
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
2015
- New Explorations into Methods and Sources for Chinese Studies: the Complete Library of Four Treasuries and Beyond
21 Sep 2015
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
2014
- International Symposium: MOOCs (Massive Online Learning Courses) in the Arts and Humanities: Opportunities, Challenges and Implications Across UK Higher Education
25 Apr 2014
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
Other Information
Administrative Responsibilities:
- Head of Chinese
- Personal Tutor
- UG (Chinese) Dissertation Coordinator
- Assistant Director (the Confucius Institute at Bangor University)
- PhD internal examiner and PhD annual review chairperson
- Unibuddy (for Modern Languages)
Teaching Qualifications and Awards:
2020-present, Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK
2019, Award of Teaching Fellowship of the Year, Bangor University, Wales, UK
2017-present, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK
2004-present, Higher Education Teacher Qualification, Ministry of Education, China
2003-2004, Senior Lectureship, North China University of Technology, China
2002-2003, Lectureship, North China University of Technology, China
Other Professional Qualification/Membership/Certificate:
June- July 2024, External Examiner for the PhD thesis: Development of Vocational Education in Wu-Ling Ethnic Areas: An Analytical Study, in SanXia University, China
August 2023- present, Membership in the Professional Committee of Knowledge Translation of the Society for the Comparative Study of Chinese and Foreign Languages and Cultures, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
May 2023- present, External Consultant for MA Translation Studies programme, University of Science and Technology, China
Jan 2023- Dec 2023, Membership of the QAA (The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK) Advisory Group for the Area Studies Subject 2024 Benchmark Statement, UK
Oct 2022- Sept 2026, External Examiner for Chinese UG programme, the University of Aberdeen
March 2021, invited as the Examiner/Judge at the 2021 Mandarin Teaching Championship- Wales Competition
2020-present, Membership of Chinese Classics Bilinguials'Association, China
2018-present, Membership of the British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS), UK
2017-present, Membership of the International Society for Science and Civilization on the Silk Road
2009-present, Membership of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching
2001-present, Membership of Translator’s Association of Shaanxi, China
2008, AQA & Edexcel Examiner for Chinese, UK
2007-present, British Airways Flag Awards Certificate for Mandarin/Chinese Accredited Examiner, UK
2004-present, Certificate of Mandarin Chinese Level (Level 1, highest level), Ministry of Education, China
2004-present, Diploma of Educational Study for teachers (HE), Ministry of Education, China
2003-present, Certificate of Oral English Examiner for Beijing Municipal Government, China