Cindy Lan's Resume

Lan Cheng
Beijing 100097 China

EDUCATION
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Sept. 1988 - July, 1992	Beijing Forestry University	Beijing
BA English for special purposes -

WORK EXPERIENCE
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July, 1992 - Present Senior High School English Teacher	the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	Beijing
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TRAINING

From July, 1999 to Nov. 2000, studied master refresher courses majored in English language and literature in Renmin University of China;
From July, 2003 to Aug. 2003, participated in the 3rd Asia-Pacific Teacher Training Workshop on Education for International Understanding toward a Culture of Peace supported by UNESCO;
From Aug. 2, 2004 to Aug. 13, 2004, completed a course of studies in English as a Second Language in the Canadian College of English Language in Vancouver, Canada;
From April to Aug.2007, attended training courses for middle-school key English teachers in Beijing held by Beijing Education Institute;

RESEARCH

1. Research into integrating information technology with English teaching:
 Since Feb. 2005, participated in the project of National Elementary and Secondary Teachers' Educational Technology Competency Building, named Head of English Department;
 In April 2005, won the first prize of Senior High English Group in the 3rd National Competition of Lesson Planning of Integrating IT with Subject;
 In Sept. 2005, gave lectures to all senior high school English teachers of Beijing on "integrating IT with senior high school English teaching";
2. Research into gifted education:
 From Sept. 2002 to Nov. 2005, in charge of the project of "effect of research-oriented learning on the English study of gifted children" under the project of "research-oriented learning and gifted education", which is the educational scientific research of Beijing;
 Participated and gave presentation in the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness held in Thailand, 2002;
 Participated and gave presentation in the 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness held in Taiwan, 2006;
3. Creative Research in Chinese School Education, which is the philosophy social scientific research project of the ministry of education.
 In Dec. 2007, won the first prize in the competition of classroom demonstration in the seminar of elementary and secondary English teaching reform;
4. Research into senior high school curriculum reform in Beijing
 In June 2007 , Directed Ms. Li Haiying, an English teacher from No. 81 High School to give a demonstration class during the teacher training workshop of senior high school curriculum reform;
 In Sept. 2007, gave a demonstration class to all the Senior 1 teachers of English of Beijing;

PUBLICATIONS

 In Aug. 2004, 3 lesson plans were included in the book of "Collection of Excellent Senior High School English Lesson Plans " by Higher Education Press;
 In Dec. 2004, edited "Guide to English Oral Test of College Entrance Examination " by International Culture Exchange Audio And Video Publishing House;
 In Jan. 2004, published "Exploration into Senior English Writing on the Internet" in the journal of "Integration of IT and Curriculum";
 In Jan. 2004, published "Techniques of English Writing in College Entrance Examination" in the newspaper of "21st Century Teens";

AWARDS AND HONORS

In Dec. 2006, honored as Excellent Young Intellectual of Beijing;
Since 2004, honored as Middle-school Key Teacher of Beijing City, Middle-school Key Teacher of Haidian District of Beijing and Leader of School Subject of Haidian District of Beijing;

OBJECTIVE

I plan to work through CELOP (Center for English Language and Orientation Programs), Boston University to do research in the field of teaching English as a foreign language, with the goal of improving my own language and teaching skills. Combining the teaching practice in Chinese Curriculum Reform, I would like to do some research into such areas as the actual effect of classroom activities, cultural awareness, and ways to work with varying levels of student intelligence and learning strategies.

Cindy Lan's Resume (Last updated January 7th 2008)