Biography

Gang Yao is currently a lecturer at Beijing Foreign Studies University. He obtained his 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.

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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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All Journal articles Thesis
Metadiscourse use in Spanish academic writing: Exploring the interface of nativeness and expertise
The thesis examines the extent to which the factors of nativeness and expertise may affect the pattern of metadiscourse use in Spanish academic writing.
Gang Yao
PDF Project Library repository
Metadiscourse use in Spanish academic writing: Exploring the interface of nativeness and expertise
名词短语可及性等级理论在西班牙语关系从句中的实证研究
本文通过诱导性语料和自然产出语料考察中国西班牙语专业本科学生西班牙语关系从句习得模式。
姚刚, 赵俊楠
名词短语可及性等级理论在西班牙语关系从句中的实证研究
Book review of Corpus analysis in different genres: Academic discourse and learner corpora
A scholarly book review of María Luisa Carrió-Pastor’s edited volume on academic and learner discourses.
Gang Yao
PDF Cite Project
Book review of Corpus analysis in different genres: Academic discourse and learner corpora
Book review of Specialised English: New Directions in ESP and EAP Research and Practice
A scholarly review of Hyland and Wong’s edited volume on specialized English.
Gang Yao
PDF Cite Project DOI
Book review of Specialised English: New Directions in ESP and EAP Research and Practice
Vocabulary learning through data-driven learning in the context of Spanish as a foreign language
The present study examines whether there is a statistically significant difference between the DDL approach to vocabulary learning and more traditional learning methods (e.g., dictionary approach) in the context of Spanish as a foreign language (SFL) by Chinese students.
Gang Yao
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Vocabulary learning through data-driven learning in the context of Spanish as a foreign language
语义场视阈下西班牙语和汉语的表达习惯与翻译
本文运用3种语义场类型（上下义场、反义义场和同义义场）探究汉语和西班牙语之间一些翻译策略的理据。
姚刚
Source Document
语义场视阈下西班牙语和汉语的表达习惯与翻译

Recent Talks

On the use of interactive metadiscourse in Spanish academic writing: Factors of nativeness and expertise
In this talk we present how the factors of nativeness and expertise may have influence on the use of interactive metadiscourse in Spanish academic writing
Jul 13, 2021 12:15 PM — 1:15 PM Limerick, Ireland
Gang Yao, María Luisa Carrió-Pastor
Project
On the use of interactive metadiscourse in Spanish academic writing: Factors of nativeness and expertise
Metadiscourse analysis: A methodological review
In this presentation we provide a brief review of five main methodological approaches to metadiscourse in academic writing research.
May 27, 2021 11:30 AM — 11:45 AM Castellón, Spain
Gang Yao, María Luisa Carrió-Pastor
PDF Project
Metadiscourse analysis: A methodological review
Interactive metadiscourse in Spanish academic writing: A comparative corpus-based analysis
The present study focuses on the different use of interactive metadiscourse across three Spanish writer groups.
Apr 29, 2021 5:00 PM — 5:15 PM Murcia, Spain
Gang Yao, María Luisa Carrió-Pastor
PDF Project
Interactive metadiscourse in Spanish academic writing: A comparative corpus-based analysis
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Recent Posts

Pick a proper Spanish name
When you study Spanish, sometimes you pick a Spanish name so that the natives can easily pronounce it. Have you wondered if the name you picked sounds weird for them? This post probably helps you pick a proper Spanish name.
Gang Yao
Last updated on Feb 6, 2022 Student
Pick a proper Spanish name
A list of tools for corpus linguists
This list provides basic information of some common tools in the area of corpus linguistics, which should be of great use to corpus newcomers and expert alike.
Gang Yao
Last updated on Jan 17, 2021 Resource
A list of tools for corpus linguists
How to practice regular expressions more intuitively
This post contains some useful tools that are of great help to beginning users of regular expressions.
Gang Yao
Last updated on Dec 30, 2020 Resource
How to practice regular expressions more intuitively
No-code conference app
In this post I explain why I built this conference app and how I built it with no-code.
Gang Yao
Last updated on Jan 16, 2021 Misc
No-code conference app
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Projects

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All DDL Metadiscourse Book reviews
Book reviews
This project contains all the reviews I have done for scholarly books.
Book reviews
Metadiscourse
This is my thesis project, in which I aim to look at the effects of nativeness and expertise on the use of metadiscourse in Spanish written academic discourse.
Metadiscourse
Data-driven learning
This project has a pedagogic focus and includes my work on data-driven learning (DDL) and computer-assisted lannguage learning (CALL).
Data-driven learning

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
 
 
 
 
 
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)
LORIA laboratory Aug 2019 – Aug 2019
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
Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (Charles University) Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
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
Universidad Internacional del Mar (UNIMAR) Jul 2019 – Jul 2019
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
DataCamp Jul 2019 – Dec 2019
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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FutureLearn
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
Department of Linguistics and English Language and ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (Lancaster University) Jun 2018 – Jun 2018
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.
Coursera
This Specialization covers research methods, design and statistical analysis for social science research questions.

Popular Topics

Academic writing App Book review Conference Corpus linguistics DDL Dependency parsing English learning Journal article Metadiscourse Methodology Resource spaCy Spanish Thesis Tools Visualization

Contact

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  • Enter Main Building and take the stairs to Office 217A on Floor 2 (right hand)