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Queen's University
 

Wei Yan

PicYanWei.jpgProgram of Study

Master of Education

Contact Information

Email: yan.wei@queensu.ca

Curriculum Vitae

 

Supervisor     

Dr. Liying Cheng

Biography

Wei Yan is a master’s student at the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. He holds an MA in English Language and Literature from Yonsei University, South Korea. His specialty was syntax and he wrote a thesis titled “A Comparative Study of English Passives and Chinese bei-Constructions.” He earned his BA in English Language from Yanbian University of Science & Technology, China. He has been a teacher of English as a foreign language for 5 years at both elementary school and university level. He also taught Chinese and Korean language to various age groups. Wei's current research interests lay in the area of predictive validity of large-scale tests like TOEFL and IELTS.

Research Interests

  • Large-scale testing
  • Teaching English as a second/foreign language
  • Curriculum design

Faculty of Education, Duncan McArthur Hall
Kingston, Ontario, Canada. K7M 5R7. 613.533.2000