NIE Wenxin
Academic Title：Associate Professor
University：School of Foreign  Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Phone：029-82665499; 82664772
E-mail：wenxing@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
Areas of Interest in Research：
  • English for medical purposes；composition；rhetoric
Introduction：
  • Education and Work Experience
    • 2000 till now:School of International Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong University
    • March-May, 2003: The Institute of English Language, the University of Utah, USA, lecturing on Academic Writing, and studying in English composition
    • 1994-1995:The Institute of English Language of the University of Utah, lecturing on Academic Skills, Reading/Writing/Grammar, USA, and studying in English composition
    • 1987-1999:The Department of Foreign Languages, Xi’an Medical University (merged with Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2000) as instructor of English
    • 1987:Graduated from the department fo English of Xi’an Foreign Languages Institute
  • Academic Affiliations and Societies
    • Secretary of the Degree Granting Committee of the School of International Studies of Xi’an Jiaotong University
    • General Secretary of the Chinese Association of Foreign Languages for Medical Sciences
    • Standing Committee Member of Xi’an translators’ Association
    • Standing Committee Member of the Specialty Comittee of Translation of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies 
  • Academic Achievements
    • Compiled Works
      • English for Medical Sciences---Writing（Associate Editor），People’s Health Publishing House, 2001
      • English grammar（Associate Editor），People’s Health Publishing House, 1995
      • Health English Series for Listening and Speaking( associate editor), Audio-Visual Publishing House of China，2001
      • ”Hiker’s Diaries(Chief editor)，Shaanxi Publishing Press ofScience and technology，1998
      • eakthrough in Special Skills in Passing National English Band IV Test, World Books Publishing Company, 2003
      • New TOEFL Format (Associate Editor), Xi’an Jiaotong University Press, 1999
    • Translated Works
      • 《Diagnosis of Sterility and Its Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment》（Chief Translator），Shandong Publishing House of Science and Technology, 1999
      • A Concise English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary（one of the translators），4th edition，People’s Health Publishing House, 1999
      • ”eceil’s Text of Internal Medicine” (cardiovascular diseases），World Books Publishing Company,1998
      • ”Essentials of traditional Chinese Medicine”Chief Translator），International Yanhuang Cultural Publishing House, 2002
      • 3-D TV，The World of English，Dec., 1995
      • Acrobatic Insects, the World of English, April, 1994
    • Papers and Conferences Presentations
      • “When Expectations Disagree and Discrepancies Occur”, the Annual Conference of the Chinese Association of Foreign Languages for Medical Sciences, 1997，Shandong
      • Analysis of the Common errors in the English Research Articles of Medical Sciences（co-author）, Journal of Northwest Politechnical University，May, 1998
      • English Learning Methods before Going to Japan for Further Studies, Japan-Chinese Medical Newsletter, 1999， VOL.13, No.5
      • “Medical English Education and Research in China in a Historical Perspective”，the 1st Internal Conference on Teaching and Studies in English for Medical Purposes, 2004, Xi’an, China
      • First Person Pronoun in English Medical Research Articles: A Cross Cultural Study（co-author），US-China Foreign Language. May 2005
      • ”A Comparative Syntactic Study of medical Research Articles Written by English native Speakers and Chinese”(Co-presenter), the 2nd Internal Conference on Teaching and Studies in English for Medical Purposes, 2006, Beijing
      • ”A Comparative Study on Tenses in English Medical Research Articles by Chinese and English Writers” (Co-presenter), the 2nd Internal Conference on Teaching and Studies in English for Medical Purposes, 2006, Beijing
      • Analysis of the Structure and Translation of Recipes of Traditional Chinese Medicine”(co-author), Higher University Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Volume II, Jilin University Press, June, 2005
      • On Translation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (co-author), Chinese and Western Medicine Combined， 2005, Vol. 3, No. 5
  • Prizes and Awards
    • Association and English learning (paper), University Prize awarded as instructional achievement，1998
    • English for Medical Science—Writing(Textbook)，First Prize as at the University level awarded as instructional achievement，2004
  • Research Projects
    • A Survey of the Qualities of Model English Instructors（2002-2005）（team member）， supported by University Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fund
    • A Controllable Factors-based Individualized English Learning Strategies and Consultation System（20062-2006）（member team member），the “Tenth Five-Year Planning Project of National Educational Science, No.:FIB011311
    • An Internet-based Individualized English Learning System”（2003-2004）（main team member），the sub-area project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation，No.:60103022。
    • Individualized College English Learning Diagnosis and Guidance”（2005-2007）（team member），Xi’an Jiaotong University Four-Year Program Reform Research Fund.
    • “A Comparative Studies of the Chinese and English Writers of medical Research Articles in English in Thematic Progression and the Role in Coherence”（2007-2009）（supervisor）， Xi’an Jiaotong University Foundation for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
    • “Curricular Design for English for Medical Sciences majors”（2008-2010）（supervisor），Xi’an Jiaotong University Foundation for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Course-based and Research-based Education of MA Students in Foreign Languages” （2004-2008）（main member），Xi’an Jiaotong University Fund for Novice Post-graduate Students Education
Contact
  • Address：School of Foreign Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong University(Post code：710049）
  • Email：wenxing@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
  • Telephone：029-82665499; 82664772 
  • Fax： 029-82665683