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ZHAN YING

Department / Course College of Letters International Studies and English Communication Program

Title / Position Associate Professor

Academic background
1.	2016/09～2021/09	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Kansai University │ Completed Doctor of Philosophy in Letters (English Linguistics)
2.	2004/10～2006/06	Master Course │ Department of English Langauge and Linguistics │ School of Critical Studies │ The University of Glasgow │ Completed Master of Philosophy
3.	1999/09～2003/06	Department of English Language │ School of Foreign Languages │ Hunan University │ Graduated Bachelor of Arts

Business career
1.	2024/04 ～	Associate Professor │ │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2024/04 ～ 2024/09	Lecturer │ │ Kansai University
3.	2023/04 ～ 2024/03	Lecturer │ │ Kansai University
4.	2022/04 ～ 2024/03	Lecturer │ │ Kwansei Gakuin University

Research activities
1.		The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
2.		The Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA)
3.		The Japanese Society for Mother Tongue, Heritage Language, and Bilingual Education (MHB）

Qualification and license
1.	2015/01	CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
2.	2006/11	Primary School Teaching License

Present specialized field
English linguistics, Foreign language education, Linguistics (Keyword：Multilingualism,multiliteracy, multicultural multilinguals, mother tongue education, family language policy (FLP), learner agency, emotion, learner wellbeing)

Books
1.	2023/06	Child Agency in Family Language Policy: Growing up Multilingual and Multiliterate │ ,pp.1-209

Papers
1.	2025	Children’s agency in literacy-based language practices: rethinking the field of family language policy │ Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development │ ,pp.1-27
2.	2021	The Role of Agency in the Language Choices of a Trilingual Two-Year-Old in Conversation With Monolingual Grandparents │ First Language, SAGE Journals │ 41 (1),pp.21-40
3.	2019	Cross-Linguistic Influence in an English-Japanese-Mandarin Trilingual Child’s Verb and Prepositional Phrase Constructions │ Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism │ 25,pp.19-43
4.	2018	Trilingual Competence of a Two-Year-Old: Language Awareness and Language Choice │ Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism │ 24,pp.49-69

Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/10/22	Child Agency in Langauge Practices: Becoming Multilingual Through Literacy
2.	2018/06	Cross-Linguistic Influence in Early Trilingual Acquisition of Prepositional Phrases in Mandarin Chinese
3.	2017/06	Language Choice of a Trilingual Two-Year-Old in Conversation With Monolingual Grandparents
4.	2017/05	Early Awareness of Language Choice in a Two-Year-Old Trilingual Child

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2025/04 ～ 2028/03	Child agency in literacy-based language practices: Reimagining the field of family language policy │ Early-Career Scientists

Subject
1.	Academic Presentation Ⅰ
2.	Academic Presentation Ⅱ
3.	Thesis Writing
4.	英語Ⅱ(Intermediate)
5.	英語Ⅱ(Intermediate)
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