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Yvette Yitong Wang is a postgraduate researcher in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, supervised by Prof Tony Liddicoat and Prof Richard Smith. Her research focuses on intercultural communication, language pedagogy, sociocultural theory, and pre-service teacher education. She holds the Advance HE Associate Fellowship and is a Fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy. She has been appointed as a Monash-Warwick Alliance Associate and serves on the committee of the International Association for Language and Intercultural Communication.
Her educational background includes advanced studies at the University of Warwick, though specific prior degrees are not detailed in the text. Research interests include philosophical hermeneutics, linguistic landscapes, and dialogic pedagogy. Recent work explores ethical and methodological issues in intercultural language teacher education and the role of explanation in interdisciplinary research.
Wang has secured £1000 in WIHEA seed funding to develop intercultural training workshops for Graduate Teaching Assistants and has contributed to projects on teacher professional development in China. She has presented at conferences such as the International Conference on the Multilingual University and the Cultnet annual meeting, addressing topics like anti-essentialist discourses in language education.
- Awards: Advance HE Associate Fellowship, Warwick International Higher Education Academy Fellowship
- Grants: £1000 WIHEA seed fund for intercultural training workshops
- Teaching Roles: Guest Lecturer in PGCE Secondary English, Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant in Sociolinguistics
- Committees: Member of the IALIC committee, Managing Editor of the ELTED Journal
Her collaborative projects include research on rural English teacher development in China, funded by the British Council, and initiatives to counter academic silos through peer-to-peer research dialogues.
