Education:
MA in Applied Linguistics, June 2018 Monash
University - Victoria, Australia
BA in Journalism, June 2016 Shantou University - Shantou, Guangdong,
China
Profile:
Jin (Jinhuang Zhang) holds an MA degree in
Applied Linguistics from Monash University, Australia, awarded in 2018. Her
research interests include Cultural Linguistics and Intercultural
Communication. She completed her MA thesis entitled “Unpacking Cultural
Conceptualisations of the Metaphorical Usage of Temperature Terms in Mandarin
Chinese” under the supervision of Professor Farzad Sharifian, the pioneer of
Cultural Linguistics. During her study in Australia, Jin worked as a mentor at
Monash University, a tutor at a high school teaching English as a second
language as well as an IELTS trainer.
Prior to that, Jin obtained a BA degree in
Journalism from Shantou University in 2016. During her undergraduate study, Jin
was awarded with ACC Australian Studies 2015-2016 Competitive Project Grant
from the Australian Government. She also made a significant contribution to the
report of the 2015 Nepal earthquake as a member of the 2015 STU Nepal Reporting
Team and worked subsequently as a journalist at ECS Media, Nepal, where she
conducted independent interviews and published articles written in English and
Chinese.
As an STU alumna, Jin is very excited to come back and contribute to
helping STU students enhance their English skills.
