Li REN English Instructor renl@sustech.edu.cn
Staff Bio
Educational background:
2012 Ph.D. with research focus on English/Chinese bilingual education,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?English Department, National Institute of Education,
?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2007 M.A. Linguistics and Applied Linguistics/TESOL,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?School of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
2004 B.A. English Language and Literature,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?School of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Selected teaching and research experience:
2019- present, English instructor, Center for Language Education, SUSTech, China
2016-2017, Chinese instructor, Gavilan College, California, US.
2012-2013, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola University Maryland, Maryland, US.
2011-2012, Visiting Scholar, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US.
2005-2007, English instructor, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
2005-2007, Translator and Editor, Institute of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Selected publications:
Hu, G, & Ren, L.. (2017). Language Ideologies, Social Capital, and Interaction Strategies: An Ethnographic Case Study of Family Language Policy in Singapore. In J. Macalister & S. H. Mirvahedi (Eds.), Family Language Policies in Multilingual World: Opportunities, Challenges and Consequences (pp.195-216). New York & London: Routledge.
Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2014). An ethnographic multiple-case study of mother-child interaction strategies in Singapore-based Chinese families. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 24, 274-300.
Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2013). Prolepsis, syncretism, and synergy in early language and literacy practices: A case study of family language policy in Singapore. Language Policy, 12(1), 63-83.
Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2013). A comparative study of family social capital and literacy practices in Singapore. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 13, 98-130.
Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2010, July). A comparative study of mother-child interaction strategies in Singapore. Paper presented at the 18th international conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, Kobe, Japan.
Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2009, October). A review of early literacy practices at home. Paper presented at the Asian Conference on Education 2009, Osaka, Japan.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (2007). Yuyan jiaoxue: Cong yufa dao yufa jineng [Teaching language: From grammar to grammaring] (L. Ren, Trans.). Beijing, China: Beijing Normal University Press.
Courses taught at SUSTech:
SUSTech English II
English for Graduate Studies