Winner of the Outstanding Research Student Award

Semester 2, 2008

 Congratulations to Jian E Peng

 winner of the Outstanding Research Student Award

The title of her paper was ‘Willingness to communicate in English in Chinese EFL classroom’.

Jian E Peng began her PhD studies in Education in August 2006 upon obtaining her Master’s degree in TESOL from the University of Sydney in March 2006. She used to be a lecturer at the Medical College Shantou University in mainland China, teaching English for a number of years. Her research interests include second language acquisition, intercultural communication, and educational psychology. Her current research explores factors influencing Chinese university students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in English inside their language classroom, and the dynamic fluctuations of WTC over time and across situations.

Her supervisors are Dr Lindy Woodrow and Dr Aek Phakiti.

Click here to view photos taken at the Research Students' Forum on 30 October 2008.