Profile

Yvette is a PhD student at the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick. Her research project is supervised by Prof Tony Liddicoat and Prof Richard Smith. Her research interests include intercultural communication and language pedagogy, sociocultural theories, dialogic pedagogy, pre-service language teacher education, teacher cognition, reflective practice, mentoring, linguistic landscape.

She supports teaching delivery of the MA TESOL module ET9B8:Sociolinguistics of English as a Global Language. She is also working as an Intercultural Training Facilitator with Student Opportunity. She also supervises MA TESOL dissertations.

2024 News

New appointments

Yvette has been nominated and appointed as a Fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy for 24/25.

Yvette has been selected and appointed to the committee of International Association for Language and Intercultural Communication for 24-27.

Invited speech at Festival of PGR Research

Yvette was invited to join a panel on 'overcoming challenges during your PhD' at Festival of PGR Research organized by Doctoral College in May.

Workshop on interdisciplinarity funded by BAAL Researcher Development Workshop Fund

Yvette and Dr. Joana Almeida delivered a BAAL-funded workshop titled “How to Use an Interdisciplinary Approach in Applied Linguistics Research?” in May.

Public engagement talk at #PintOfScience

Yvette gave a talk "Demystifying Modern Language Education" in May, reshaping public perception of language as symbolic power. https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/from-our-lives-to-our-minds

June! GTA professional development workshop

Yvette and Yanyan will launch and organize GTA Tips & Tricks Workshop: "Developing interactional competence in teaching" for Warwick Postgraduate Teaching Community, in June.

Research culture project

Yvette joined the project team in April to organize, investigate and evaluate “Countering silos and hierarchies through peer-to-peer research-in-progress conversations” funded by “Enhancing Research Culture Fund”.

Conference presentation

Yvette gave a presentation on "From theory to practice: prospective language teachers' professional learning of intercultural teaching in and through reflective practice" at Cultnet annual meeting in April.

Yvette gave a presentation on “Essentialist Challenges in Intercultural Teaching for Diversity in Practice” at the #IAIE International Association of Intercultural Education Conference in March.

Academic Background

2021-now PhD ELT and Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick

2019-2020 MA TESOL, University of Warwick, Distinction

2015-2019 BA Japanese and English, Beijing Language and Culture University

Professional Activities

2024 Designer & Organizer, GTA Tips & Tricks Workshop: Developing interactional competence in teaching. Academic Development Centre

2024 Project assistant, “Enhancing Research Culture Fund” project: “Countering silos and hierarchies through peer-to-peer research-in-progress conversations”. Enhancing Research Culture Fund

2024 PGR Teacher Champion

2023-2024 Postgraduate Student Representative, the University Research Governance and Ethics Committee

2023-2025 Intercultural Training Facilitator, Student Opportunity, University of Warwick

2023-2024 Managing Editor, ELTED Journal

2022-2023 PGR Development Officer, Doctoral College, University of Warwick

2021-now Convenor of Language, Culture, Matters Seminar Series, Department of Applied Linguistics

2021-2022 Chair, 24th Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics, Department of Applied Linguistics

Research Projects

2024 Project assistant, “Countering silos and hierarchies through peer-to-peer research-in-progress conversations”

2023-2024 Principal investigator, Towards an Inclusive Library Landscape, Monash Warwick Alliance Student-led Activity Fund

2022-2023 Research assistant, Research on Language Teacher Professional Development, UK-China EMaDA Research and Materials Development Awards by British Council, Department of Applied Linguistics

2022 July Managing Linguistic Landscape Signs: Multilingualism in leaflets in Coventry Central Library, Multilingualism and Diversity Programme

Publications

Peer reviewed journal paper

Wang, Y. Y. (2023) Navigating theory and practice in intercultural language teaching: Challenges faced by a pre-service language teacher in enacting an interpretive perspective in classroom interaction. Intercultural Communication Education, 6(2), 53–72. https://doi.org/10.29140/ice.v6n2.893

British Council Research Project Commissioned reports

Liddicoat, Anthony J., Neil Murray, Penny Mosavian, Steve Mann, Annamaria Pinter, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) Research on the evolution of educational ecology and construction of a professional learning community (PLC) for English teachers’ development under the Rural Revitalisation Strategy. Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick.

Liddicoat, Anthony J., Neil Murray, Steve Mann, Annamaria Pinter, Penny Mosavian, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) EMaDA: Supporting sustainable English teacher CPD in Yunnan Province: Overview report. Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick.

Liddicoat, Anthony J., Steve Mann, Annamaria Pinter, Neil Murray, Penny Mosavian, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) Research on development of cross-regional English teaching and research communities in bordering minority areas through systematic support for expert teacher workshops. Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick.

Liddicoat, Anthony J., Steve Mann, Penny Mosavian, Neil Murray, Annamaria Pinter, Meifang Zhuo, Yvette Yitong Wang, Xiaofang Lu (2023) Research into core curriculum design of postgraduate core courses for prospective English teachers in Southwest China. Report to the British Council. Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick.

Professional development materials

Wang, Yvette Yitong, Meifang Zhuo, Maricarmen Gamero Mujica, Xiaofang Lu, Annamaria Pinter and Steve Mann (2023) PLC guide. Report to the British Council (Companion volume). Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick.

Book Reviews

Wang, Y. (2022). Language management and its impact: The policies and practices of confucius institutes: (routledge studies in applied linguistics), by linda mingfang li, new York/Abingdon, routledge, 2019, 193 pp., £29.59, ISBN 13: 978-0-367-58415-3 (paperback) and 987-1-138-48001-8 (hardback). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2022.2136882

Teaching

Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick

2023/24 Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sociolinguistics of English as a Global Language

2022/23 Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant, the Intercultural Pragmatics short course for students from Hong Kong Metropolitan University

2022/23 Associate Tutor, MSc Research Methods

2022/23 Dissertation Supervisor, MA TESOL Programme

2022/23 Guest lecturer, MA Specialism in Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning

2021/22 Associate Tutor, MA Research Methods

Award

2023 14-18 August (funded by Doctoral College) Cumberland Lodge Annual Postgraduate Conference: Life Beyond the PhD 2023.

Conferences and Presentations

2024 14 May Demystifying modern language education, at Pint of Science.

2024 17-19 April From theory to practice: prospective language teachers' professional learning of intercultural teaching in and through reflective practice, at Cultnet annual meeting.

2024 26-28 March Essentialist Challenges in Intercultural Teaching for Diversity in Practice, at the International Association of Intercultural Education Conference.

2023 8 March A Case Study of a Pre-service Language Teacher's Classroom Practice of Intercultural Language Teaching: Challenges in Knowledge Building, Language, Culture, Matters seminar series, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick

2022 13 July Managing Linguistic Landscape Signs: Multilingualism in leaflets in Coventry Central Library, EUROTPIA Multilingualism and Diversity Student Conference

2022 22-23 April How can we teach culture in ELT classrooms? An intercultural perspective on English language teaching and learning, ELT Research in Action Conference (online), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain