Innovation in Language Learning

Sujing Xu is currently Teaching Associate in Mandarin Chinese at the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies. Prior to her teaching role at University of Nottingham, she taught at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China from 2006 until 2011.

Sujing is passionate about teaching and has taught Mandarin language modules for learners from beginners’ level to the advanced level. Currently, she is the convenor and tutor for the following Mandarin modules: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners, Mandarin for the Advanced Level, Mandarin Discourse Skills for Language Professionals. Besides Mandarin language teaching, Sujing also co-teaches the content module Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages with colleagues.

Sujing’s current research projects focus on blended learning and creativity in foreign languages teaching and learning. She recently collaborated with colleagues Dr Neil Hughes and Dr Lan Lo to develop and apply the blended learning model MIRACLE (an acronym for mode, integration, research, asynchronicity, challenges, learners and evaluation) for the course of Mandarin for Beginners here at University of Nottingham. She has also been actively attending and presenting papers at conferences to share good practice in modern languages teaching.

Sujing is the co-author of the following articles:
Neil Hughes, Lan Lo & Sujing Xu (2017): Blended Chinese language learning design: an integrative review and synthesis of the literature, The Language Learning Journal, Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2017.1280526

Andrew White & Sujing Xu (2012): A critique of China’s cultural policy and the development of its cultural and creative industries: the case of Shanghai, Cultural Trends, Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2012.698558

Areas of expertise: Foreign language learning and teaching