Vincent Liang Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Employed as a Research Assistant in the Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre (AERC - https://education.unimelb.edu.au/aerc) focussing on two evaluative assessments:- The Teacher Capability Assessment Tool (TCAT)- The Assessment for Graduate Teaching (AfGT)My work responsibilities include: - data coding- descriptive analysis- ethics application- document revision

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Employed as a Research Assistant in the Languages and Literacies Education (LALE) Academic Group.Assisted in the subject of Learning Area Languages 1 (EDUC91107) in the Master of Teaching (Secondary) postgraduate course.My work responsibilities include:- lecture caption editing- video editing- interview transcripts editing

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

- Taught Chinese Year 4, Year 8 boys, Year 8 girls, Year 11 VET in Applied Languages and Year 12 Chinese Second Language.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pakenham, Victoria

- Taught Chinese First Language to Years 10-12 students- Designed Beaconhills Curriculum for Chinese First Language Units 1-4 - Acted as an International Learning Mentor to assist Head of International and Boarding- Tutored in House of McConchie- Substituted as a casual relief teacher to cover classes from Years 5-11

Brighton, Victoria, Australia

- Taught Chinese (Second Language/Advanced) to Years 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 students in 12 classes, 233 boys, 3 campuses- Participated in co-teaching Year 12 with Head of Chinese- Cooperated with Chinese language assistant in oral exam preparations for Year 12- Mentored in the Chinese debating club- Co-hosted a language corner program for general Chinese speaking skills- Participated in the coaching program and the buddy program

Thornbury, Victoria

- Assisted in the Virtual EAL New Arrivals Program (VNAP) which provides support for rural schools using virtual conferencing and digital tools- Assisted in-class activities, lesson preparation and other pedagogical duties- Assisted in timetable, data management and other administrative duties- Participated in parent-teacher interviews

Melbourne, Australia

- Taught 27 short courses of Mandarin Chinese to adult learners in 11 terms.- Customised lesson plans based to students' learning needs.

South Yarra, Australia

- Promoted & coordinated a number of social media channels: Wechat, Youku, Weibo, Sina blog, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Quora etc.;- Translated website contents (English to Chinese), company documents;- Interpreted in counselling conferences;- Assisted in PTE and IELTS contents development;- Marked students' writing & speaking assessments.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Education

Proposed Ph.D. title: Using Cultural-Historical Activity Theory as an analytical framework for investigating Content and Language.

Master Of Teaching (Secondary), Lote (Chinese) & Tesol, First Class 86.5/100

- VIT registered secondary teacher (Mandarin Chinese & EAL) since January 2020; - Awarded Suzanne and Geoffrey Dawson Scholarship in June.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Applied Linguistics, Second Class Honours Division A

Activities and Societies: - General committee member of Linguists Interpreting Nuanced Garbling (L.I.N.G.); - Member of Melbourne Applied.

Exchange Student, Italian Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Confucius Institute (Istituto Confucio di Padova) - Received a certificate of Italian language proficiency.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters, 84.4/100

- Scored 596/710 (91.5 percentile nationally in China) in the College English Test (CET) band 6; - Obtained Business English Certificate.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Hotel, Motel, And Restaurant Management, 83.7/100

Double degree in BBA.