Biography

Gang Yao is currently a lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University, China. He holds a PhD (funded by China Scholarship Council†) in Applied Linguistics from the University of Murcia (Spain). He is a member of the Spanish Association for Corpus Linguistics (AELINCO). His research interests include corpus linguistics, Spanish as a Foreign Language, and academic discourse. He has published articles in several journals such as Ibérica and Research in Corpus Linguistics. He also serves as reviewer for various journals such as Journal of Spanish Language Teaching and Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics.


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Interests
  • Corpus linguistics
  • Spanish as a Foreign Language
  • Academic discourse
  • Statistics
Education
  • PhD in Applied Linguistics, 2022

    Universidad de Murcia (Spain)

  • MA in Spanish Language & Literature, 2018

    Shanghai International Studies University (China)

  • MA in Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, 2017

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain)

  • BA in Spanish Language & Literature, 2015

    Heilongjiang University (China)

Publications

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Teaching Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Department of Hispanic and Lusophone Studies
Lecturer in Spanish
Department of Hispanic and Lusophone Studies
Aug 2022 – Present Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing
Taught courses such as Modern Spanish, Extensive reading, Spanish conversation
 
 
 
 
 
Language training institute affiliated to Shanghai International Studies University
Part-time Spanish teacher
Language training institute affiliated to Shanghai International Studies University
Oct 2015 – Jun 2016 Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai
Taught basic-level Spanish to university students
 
 
 
 
 
Department of International Education affiliated to Heilongjiang University
Part-time Spanish teacher
Department of International Education affiliated to Heilongjiang University
Oct 2014 – Jun 2015 Heilongjiang University, Harbin
Taught basic-level Spanish to Korean middle schoolers.

Skills

R

10%

Python

10%

Statistics

70%

Chinese

Native (PSC二甲)

English

7.5 (IELTS)

Spanish

Excellent (EEE-4); C1 (DELE); Good (EEE-8)

Accomplish­ments

Courses

Python for Natural Language Processing (Python4NLP)
The Python4NLP summer school targets both computer science and humanities (in particular linguistics) students and aims to give them the ability to collect, process and analyse textual data.
V4Py: Gentle Introduction to Natural Language Processing and Corpus Linguistics
In this training school the main goal is to know the basic programming concepts while using Python NLTK, the leading Python library suite for human language data.
IV Curso Escribir Ciencia en Inglés: Curso Práctico sobre Redacción Científica. La Redacción de Propuestas Académicas y de Financiación
Una exploración de la relación entre ciencia, comunicación y lenguaje, una aproximación a la redacción de documentos científicos en inglés, que permita mejorar la competencia como escritores en lengua inglesa y las competencias transversales para las actividades de investigación.
DataCamp
Python Fundamentals Track
This track covers the Python basics, such as how to clean real-world data ready for analysis, use data visualization libraries, how to write Python functions, how to store, manipulate, and explore data using NumPy, and how to visualize data using Matplotlib, manipulate DataFrames and dictionaries using pandas, and write functions and list comprehension.
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Get a practical introduction to the methodology of corpus linguistics for researchers in the social sciences and humanities.
Statistics and Data Visualisation for Corpus Linguistics
The summer school offers a practical introduction to the statistical procedures used for the analysis language corpora. The curriculum provides an overview of the main statistical procedures used in the field of corpus linguistics together with simple examples of application of these methods.
This Specialization covers research methods, design and statistical analysis for social science research questions.

Contact

  • No 2 Xisanhuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100089
  • Enter Main Building and take the stairs to Office 217A on Floor 2 (right hand)