Dr ZENG Simin works as lecturer at Center for Language Education, Southern University of Science and Technology. She holds a PhD in second language education from the University of Cambridge. She is interested in researching language and education from the sociocultural approach.
Educational
PhD in Education (Second Language Education), University of Cambridge, 2012-2017
MPhil in Education (Second Language Education), University of Cambridge, 2011-2012
BA in English Language and Literature, Xiamen University, 2007-2011
Experience
Lecturer June 2023 -
Center for Language Education, Southern University of Science and Technology
Assistant professor 2018 - 2023
School of Humanities and Social Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)
Undergraduate supervisor 2014-2016
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Projects
China Foreign Language Education Fund: “Computerized dynamic assessment of English speaking based on UniLearn”, primary investigator, 2020-2022
Shenzhen Educational Science Fund: “Developing computerized dynamic assessment for the teaching of college English speaking and listening”, primary investigator, 2020-2022
Publications
Zeng, S. (in press): Book review: Insights into Senior Foreign Language Education, International Review of Education.
Zeng, S. (2023). Exploring the Association of Learning a Foreign Language with Cognitive Improvement of Older Chinese Adults. A Case Study. In Formenti, L., Galimberti, A. & Del Negro, G.
(Eds). New seeds for a world to come. Policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning. Proceedings of the 10th ESREA Triennial Conference. Milano: Ledizioni.
Zeng, S. (2022): Book review: Third age learners of foreign languages, Studies in the Education of Adults, 55(1).
Zeng, S., & Evans, M. (2022). Self-repair in EFL learners’ speech in two contrasting institutional school settings in China: An activity theory informed analysis. System, Volume105.
Zeng, S. (2019). Pragmatics . In C. Chen & G. Morris (Eds.), How Language Works: A Brief Introduction to Linguistics. London: Macmillan.