吳宜儒博士 

 

Awards and Fellowships

2019 Advising College Student Research Award for computer-assisted language learning research, Private Chinese Culture University

2019 Teaching Innovation and Teaching Material Development Award for Language laboratory class, Private Chinese Culture University

2018 Teaching Innovation and Teaching Material Development Award for English composition class, Private Chinese Culture University

2016 Research Advance Award for computer-assisted language learning research, Private Chinese Culture University

2015 Excellence in Teaching Award for Freshman general classes, Center for General Education, National Taiwan University

2012-2014 Two Years of Studying Abroad Fellowship for doctoral students in the field of Social Science, Ministry of Education of Taiwan, Taiwan

2013 Graduate Dean’s Advancement to Doctoral Candidate Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara

2010–2012 Block Grants Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

2009 Outstanding Incoming Students Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Professional Experience

Aug. 2016–Present Assistant Professor, Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University

Aug. 2017–Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Feb. 2016–Aug. 2016 Assistant Professor, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Aug. 2012–Feb. 2016 Project Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

March 2015–June 2015 Instructor, Language Center, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

March 2015 Instructor, English language and culture learning program for Chiba University in Japan, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Sep. 2010¬–June 2011 Research Assistant, Department of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Sep. 2009–June 2010 Teaching Assistant, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Sep. 2008–June 2009 Research Assistant, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Feb. 2009–June 2009 Part-time English Teacher, Upper Darby High School, USA

Sep. 2008–Jan. 2009 Part-time English Teacher, Nationalities Service Center, USA

Sep. 2008–Jan. 2009 Part-time Chinese Teacher, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Sep. 2006–Jan. 2007 Part-time English Teacher, Fanghe Junior High School, Taiwan

June. 2005–June. 2007 Part-time staff, Phoebe’s Children’s English School

 

Specialties

Teaching Specialty:

College English Language Classes: English for specific purposes, legal English, medical and beauty English, workplace English, academic writing and presentation

ESP Classes/Applied Linguistics/Linguistics: English for specific purposes, corpus linguistics, sociocultural linguistics, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, syntax,

TESOL, computer assisted language learning, mobile assisted language learning

 

Research Specialty:

ESP/Applied Linguistics: English for specific purposes, English for legal purposes, English for medical purposes, corpus linguistics, forensic linguistics, discourse analysis, conversational analysis, language socialization,

TESOL related: computer-assisted language learning, mobile-assisted language learning, academic writing, vocabulary learning, English for specific purposes Publications Journal Articles Published papers:

(1) Wu, Y-j.* (2021). Discovering Collocations via Data-driven Learning in L2 Writing. Language Learning & Technology, 25

(2). (SSCI) (first author and corresponding author) (2) Wu, Y.-J. A., Lan, Y.-J.*, Huang, S.-B. P., & Lin, Y.-T. R. (2019). Enhancing Medical Students’ Communicative Skills in a 3D Virtual World. Educational Technology & Society, 22(4), 18-32. (SSCI) (first author)

(3) Wu, Y.-J. A.,* Hong, J.-C., & Huang, S.-B. P., (accept). Using a Game-Based Mobile Application to Learn Medical Academic Vocabulary: Learning Effects and Learners’ Perceptions. Taiwan International ESP Journal (SCOPUS) (first author and corresponding author)

(4) Wu, W.C.V. & Ou Yang, F.C. & Wu, Y. J. A. (2020). Using a game-based mobile app to enhance vocabulary acquisition for English language learners. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 18(3). (SCOPUS, EI, ESCI) (third author)

(5) Wu, Y-j. * (2018). From a “Sesame Street” Model TA to a university TA: Investigation of an International Teaching Assistant’s (ITA)’s second language socialization over time. Language Education & Assessment, 1(2), 76-93 (peer-reviewed international journal published by Castledown publisher). (first author and corresponding author)

(6) Wu, Y. J.* (2016). “The effects of utilizing corpus resources to correct collocation errors in L2 writing – Students’ performance, corpus use and perceptions.” CALL communities and culture–short papers from EUROCALL 2016 (peer-reviewed paper taken as book chapter) (first author and corresponding author)

 

Research Grants

2018 Discovering the Collocation Use of Change of State Verbs through Data-Driven Learning: Students’ use, performance and attitude (Research project sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology 107.08.01~ 108. 10.31)

2018 ICNALE (The International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of English) A collaborative data collection project of controlled essays and speeches produced by learners of English in 10 countries and areas in Asia, led by Dr. Shin Ishikawa in Kobe University, Japan. (107. 09.01~ 108. 02.01)

Book Chapters Wu, Y. J. (2016). “The effects of utilizing corpus resources to correct collocation errors in L2 writing – Students’ performance, corpus use and perceptions. “CALL communities and culture–short papers from EUROCALL 2016 (peer-reviewed paper taken as book chapter)

Thesis and Dissertation Wu, Y. J. (2015). Utilizing Corpus Resources Accompanied by Other Consultation Resources In Enhancing Collocation Accuracy and Collocation Richness in L2 Writing. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Wu, Y. J. (2012). The Second-Language Socialization of an International Student from Taiwan to Becoming a Teaching Assistant for Undergraduate Classes in a U.S. University. MA Thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

 

Conference Papers

2019 European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Wu, Y. J., Tsai, C. T., Huang, T. Y. & Liu, Z. Y. (2019). “The Use of Data-Driven Learning in Legal Vocabulary Learning of International Law” (Conference paper to be presented in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, August 2019).

2019 XXth International CALL Research Conference Wu, Y. J. & Tsai, A. (2019). “The Effects of Paper-based Corpus Concordance in Enhancing the Learning of Legal Vocabulary in International Law” (Conference paper presented in The Education University of Hong Kong, China, July 2019).

2019 1st Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) Research Exchange and Sharing Workshop Wu, Y. J. & Lan, Y.J. (2019). Discovering the Effects of 3D Immersive Experience in Enhancing Oral Communication of Students in College of Medicine (Conference paper presented in The Education University of Hong Kong, China, July 2019).

2019 2nd Pan-Pacific TELL conference Wu, Y. J. & Lan, Y.J. (2019). Discovering the Effects of 3D immersive Experience in Enhancing Healthcare Workers-Patient Communication of Students in College of Medicine (Conference paper presented in National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, June 2019).

2018 GLoCALL 2018 Conference & 15th ChinaCALL Conference 2018 Wu, Y. J. (2018). “Discovering Patterns and Ideas through Data-Driven Learning in Writing: Students’ Use, Performance and Attitude” (Invited symposium organized by Hsien-Chin Liou and co-presented with Chao, Y. C., Lan, Y. J., Liaw, M. L., Liou, H. C., Wu, W. C., in Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, August 2018).

2018 13th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference Wu, Y. J. (2018). “Learning the Collocation Use of Change of State Verbs through Corpus Consultation- Learners' Use and Performance” (Conference paper presented in University of Cambridge, U.K., July 2018).

2018 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching Wu, Y. J. (2018). “Discovering Patterns and Ideas through Data-Driven Learning in Writing: Students’ Use, Performance and Attitude” (Conference paper presented in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, May 2018).

2018 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning Wu, Y. J. (2018). “The Effects of Discovering Patterns and Ideas through Data-Driven Learning in Writing: Students’ Performance and Attitude” (Conference paper presented in National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, May 2018)

2017 XVIIIth International CALL Research Conference Wu, Y. J. (2017). “Coordination of Concordancers and Dictionaries in Self-correcting Collocation Errors in EFL Writing” (Conference paper presented in University of California, Berkeley, U.S., July 2017).

2017 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning Wu, Y. J. (2017). “Technology-mediated Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) for the Net Generation” (Invited symposium organized by Shao-ting Alan Hung and co-presented with Hung, S, T., Huang, H. T., Liao, H. C., in National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, May 2017)

2017 International Conference on English Teaching and Learning Wu, Y. J. (2017). “Direct and indirect data-driven learning of noun-verb collocations: Comparing learners’ performance, attitudes and corpus use” (Conference paper presented in National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, May 2017)

2016 European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning Wu, Y. J. (2016). “The Effects of Utilizing Corpus Resources to Correct Collocation Errors in L2 Writing- Students’ Performance, Corpus Use and Perceptions” (Conference paper presented in Limassol, Cyprus, August 2016).

2016 International English Teaching and Learning Conference Wu, Y. J. (2016). “Coordination of corpus resources and online reference tools in enhancing collocation usage in L2 writing.” (Conference paper presented in National Taichung University of Education, Taichung, Taiwan, June 2016).

2014 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Meeting Wu, Y. J. (2014). “Utilizing Corpora to Enhance Collocation Accuracy and Richness in L2 Writing" (Conference paper presented in Portland, Oregon, USA, March 2014).

2014 TESOL Convention Conference Papers Wu, Y.J. (2014). “The Second-Language Socialization of an International Teaching Assistant” (Conference paper presented in Portland, Oregon, USA, March 2014).

2014 The 31st International Conference on English Teaching and Learning Wu, Y.J. (2014). “Corpus Consultation and Collocation Learning in L2 Writing” (Conference paper presented at Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, May 2014).

2012 Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture at UCLA Wu, Y.J. (2012). “From a Sesame Street Model TA to a University TA: Investigation of an International Teaching Assistant’s (ITA’s) Professional Identity and Second-Language Socialization over Time” (Poster paper presented at University of California, Los Angeles, USA, May 2012).

2011 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Meeting Wu, Y.J. (2011). “Studying abroad and crossing borders: an analysis of how international students account for ‘school misconduct’” (Conference paper presented in Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 2011).

2010 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Meeting Wu, Y.J. & Tsai, C.T. (2010). “Think and Argue Like a Lawyer: How Questioning in a Mock Trial Helps Mock Attorneys Become Real Legal Personae” (Conference paper presented in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 2010).

2009 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Meeting Wu, Y.J. & Tsai, C.T. (2009). “Argue the Best or Lose the Case: An Analysis of Question Types Used By Supreme Court Justices During Oral Arguments” (Conference paper presented at Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2009).

 

Invited Talks

2019 Speaker of the symposium “Meet the Editor of Language Learning Technology, Professor Dorothy Chun: CALL for the Future” (speakers: Dr. Dorothy Chun, Dr. Dr. Hao-Ran Howard Chen, Dr. Gi-Zen Liu, Dr. Yu-Ju Karey Lan, Dr. Shao-Ting Alan Hung, Dr. Heng-Tsung Danny Huang, Dr. Hsin-Tzu Tommy Chen, Dr. Yi-ju Ariel Wu) with National Taiwan Normal University in National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 Speaker of the talk “Research and Teaching in EGP/ESP” for faculty of the Center of General Education, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Speaker of the workshop “Curriculum design and teaching material development for English for Specific Purposes for students from College of Medicine at National Taiwan University” organized for faculty members of the Department of English Languages and Literature, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Speaker of the talk “CALL and ESP: Theory and Practice” for faculty of the Center of General Education, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Speaker of the talk “Writing Grant Proposals for the Ministry of Science and Technology” for faculty members of the Department of English Languages and Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Speaker of the workshop “Use of CALL in Freshman English Teaching- A Case of Data-Driven Learning” for faculty of the Department of English Languages and Literature, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Speaker at the forum “English for Specific Purposes,” Private Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2016 Speaker of the talk “The effects of utilizing corpus resources into English writing” for faculty members of the Department of English Languages and Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2016 Speaker of the workshop “English for Academic Purposes in Freshman English teaching” organized for faculty members of the Center of General Education, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

2016 Speaker of the academic writing course offered in the master program (Digital Contents & Technologies) “Utilization of Corpus Resources in Academic Writing,” National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 Speaker of the workshop “Learn Knowledge or Acquire Knowledge? The Introduction of Collocation in English Writing and Corpus Consultation,” organized for senior high school English teachers at Hsin Tien Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 Speaker of the workshop sponsored by the project “Cooperative Project of Universities Assisting Senior High Schools to Advance English Language Teaching,” sponsored by the Minister of Science and Technology. Topic: Corpus Use in Enhancing Students’ English Listening Comprehension at New Taipei Municipal Shuang-Xi High School, Taipei, Taiwan

2014 Speaker of the talk entitled “Enjoying English Learning and Enhancing Reading Comprehension,” given to share English-learning experiences with senior high school students at Taipei Jingwen High School, Taipei, Taiwan

 

Service

2019 Co-organizer and Host of the symposium “Meet the Editor of LLT, Professor Dorothy Chun: CALL for the Future” (speakers: Dr. Dorothy Chun, Dr. Dr. Hao-Ran Howard Chen, Dr. Gi-Zen Liu, Dr. Yu-Ju Karey Lan, Dr. Shao-Ting Alan Hung, Dr. Heng-Tsung Danny Huang, Dr. Hsin-Tzu Tommy Chen, Dr. Yi-ju Ariel Wu) with National Taiwan Normal University in National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 Co-organizer of the symposium “Bridging Teaching and Research in Technology-Enhanced Classrooms” (speakers: Dr. Phil Hubbard and Dr. Meei-Ling Liaw) with National Taiwan Normal University

2019 Reviewer of journals, including ReCALL, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Language Teaching Research, Asian ESP Journal

2019 Keynote Speaker Host of the 2019/28th ETA International Symposium on English Teaching and Book Fair (keynote speaker: Dr. Linda Bradley) co-organized by the English Teacher Association of Taiwan & Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University

2019 Conference Abstract Reviewer of the 2019/28th ETA International Symposium on English Teaching and Book Fair co-organized by the English Teacher Association of Taiwan & the Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University

2019 Committee member of the master thesis committees in National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

2019 Committee member of the master thesis committee in Private Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan 2019 Advisory Scholar of the program “Multiple elective courses for English subject” offered in Taipei Municipal First Girls' Senior High School 2019 Test Grader of the English subject for General Scholastic Ability, Taiwan 2018- Present Editor in Chief of the Hwa Kang English Journal, Chinese Culture University

2018 Keynote Speaker Host of the Hwa Kang Conference on English Language & Literature (keynote speaker: Dr. Alex Boulton) organized by the Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Reviewer of journals, including ReCALL, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Taiwan International ESP Journal, Asian ESP Journal

2018 Conference Abstract Reviewer of the Hwa Kang Conference on English Language & Literature organized by the Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Co-organizer of the workshop “Meet the Editor of ReCALL- Publications in CALL Journals” (speaker: Dr. Alex Boulton) with the Department of English in National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Committee member of the master thesis committee in Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

2018 Judge of the National English Debate Contest for Senior High School Students in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan

2018 Judge of the National English Movie Dubbing Contest for Vocational High School Students in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Moderator of the Hwa Kang Conference on English Language & Literature organized by the Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Conference Abstract Reviewer of the Hwa Kang Conference on English Language & Literature organized by the Department and Graduate Institute of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Judge of the National English Debate Contest for Senior High School Students in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan

2016 Coordinator of the Honors Program (English for Academic Purposes) at the Foreign Language Center, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

2016 Curriculum developer of the Foreign Language at Workplace program at Foreign Language Center, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

2016 Committee member of the master thesis committee, master program in English studies, Feng Chia University, Taichung

2016 Committee member of the master thesis committee, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 Organizer and Instructor of the program “I-Chiba @ NTU: English Culture and Language Learning” designed for University Students at Chiba University from Japan visiting National Taiwan University (2015)

2015 Organizer and Moderator of the workshop “Unlock the Language Coach in Open Big Data–Introducing Linggle and Write Ahead” for the series of “Freshman English Teaching Sharing” (speaker: Dr. Jason S. Chang) by Freshman English Committee at National Taiwan University, Taipei

2015 Teacher Trainer for the project “Cooperative Project of Universities Assisting Senior High Schools to Advance English Language Teaching,” sponsored by the Minister of Science and Technology. Topic: Corpus Use in Enhancing Students’ English Listening Comprehension at New Taipei Municipal Shuang-Xi High School, Taipei

2015 Committee Member of the “Freshman English Committee” at Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University

2015 Test Grader of the English subject for the Joint College Entrance Exam, Taipei, Taiwan

2015 Test Grader of the English subject for General Scholastic Ability, Taipei, Taiwan

2014 Judge of the English Speech Contest organized at Central Police University (2014)

2013 Organizer and Moderator of the workshop “Computer-Assisted Language Learning¬¬–Corpus, Collocation, and English Writing” (speakers: Dr. David Wible, Dr. Hao-Ran Howard Chen, Dr. Posen Liao) for English Teaching Assistants in Taiwan sponsored by Fulbright Foundation

2009 Teacher, Researcher, and Coordinator, Welcoming Center at Philadelphia, the “English for Entrepreneurs” project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 2008 Project Coordinator and Researcher for University City Arts League “Mandarin Chinese program” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (2008).

2007-2008 Leader of the “Academic department” of the TESOL Student Association at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA