TINGJIA WANG

Last Updated :2024/07/03

Affiliations, Positions
Writing Center, Assistant Professor
E-mail
twanghiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
Dr. Tingjia Wang is Assistant Professor in Hiroshima University, holding a PhD in Linguistics from The University of Sydney. Her research expertise spans over fields of Applied Linguistics, Initial Teacher Education, Multimodal Literacies and Social Semiotics. Before joining Hiroshima University, Tingjia has extensive, cross-disciplinary research and teaching experiences in The University of Sydney, Macquarie University, Western Sydney University and Australian Catholic University in Australia. Her current leading research grant informs Initial Teacher Education in two domains. One is genre-based pedagogy within the systemic functional linguistics theory. The other is multimodal literacies with a focus on the effective use of digital media in literacy practices. Dr. Wang is a peer reviewer for Routledge and a range of journals in fields of multimodal literacies and digital pedagogy. Dr. Wang is currently the Coordinator of Postgraduate Tutor Training program in Hiroshima University Writing Center, developing, implementing, and assessing the pre-service training in the field of English for Academic Purposes.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2021/04/01, Hiroshima University, Writing Center, Assistant Professor
  • 2020/12/01, 2021/03/31, Hiroshima University, Office of Research and Academia-Government-Community Collaboration, Assistant Professor
  • 2020/01, 2020/12, Macquarie University, School of Education, Sessional Academic (Language and Literacies)
  • 2020/01, 2020/06, The University of Sydney, Department of Linguistics, Sessional Academic (Structure of Language)
  • 2020/03, 2020/08, Western Sydney University, School of Education, Research Associate
  • 2020/02, 2020/07, Western Sydney University, School of Education, Sessional Academic (Primary English and Literacy 2)
  • 2019/07, 2019/12, Australian Catholic University, School of Education, Sessional Academic (Linguistics for Literacy)
  • 2017/04, 2019/12, The University of Sydney, School of Education and Social Work; Sydney Business School, Research Assistant (Curriculum Assessment)

Educational Backgrounds

  • The University of Sydney, PhD (Linguistics), Australia
  • Sun Yat-sen Univercity, M.A. (by research) (Applied Linguistics)
  • Sun Yat-sen Univercity, B.A. (English)
  • Sun Yat-sen Univercity, B.A. (Japanese, double major)

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sydney
  • Master of Arts, Sun Yat-sen University

Research Keywords

  • Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes, Initial Teachers Education, Multimodal Literacy, Digital Pedagogy, Effective Communication, Environmental Education, Social Semiotics

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Yale Climate Connections, 2019
  • Sydney Centre for Language Research, 2018
  • Sydney Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation (CRLI), 2017
  • The International Ecolinguistics Association (IEA), 2017
  • Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association (ASFLA), 2015

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Academic Writing I
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Academic Writing I
  3. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Academic Writing II
  4. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Academic Writing II
  5. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Research Design, Writing and Presentation: Advanced English Literacies
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Critical Reading of English and Multimodality
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Critical Reading of English and Multimodality
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Critical Reading of English and Multimodality
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Critical Reading of English and Multimodality
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Intensive, Pedagogical Approaches for English Academic Reading and Writing
  14. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Intensive, Pedagogical Approaches for English Academic Reading and Writing
  15. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Intensive, Self-directed Learning of Academic English and Disciplinary Literacies
  16. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Intensive, Self-directed Learning of Academic English and Disciplinary Literacies
  17. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Academic Writing I
  18. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Academic Writing II

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. ★, The Conceptualisation of User-App Interactivity in Augmented Reality-Mediated Learning: Implications for Literacy Education, SUSTAINABILITY, 15(14), 202307
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  2. ★, The Conceptualisation of User-App Interactivity in Augmented Reality-Mediated Learning: Implications for Literacy Education., Sustainability, 2023
  3. ★, Facilitating effective pedagogic design in initial teacher education through dialogic learning, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 43(3), 193-204, 2020
  4. ★, Interpreting the readability in simplified editions of children literature from a thematic perspective: A case study of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 7(1), 201-205, 2017
  5. ★, On M.A.K. Halliday's studies of the Cantonese dialect, Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 403(7), 12-16, 2014
  6. Book review: The Functional Analysis of English: A Hallidayan Approach (3rd Ed.) by T. Bloor and M. Bloor, Journal of Language and Literature Studies, 7, 144-145, 157, 2014

Publications such as books

  1. 2023, Fostering students' agency and teachers' leadership through Augmented Reality-mediated learning, L. Pinhasi-Vittorio & E. Ben-Yosef (Eds.). Using Innovative Literacies to Develop Leadership and Agency: Inspiring Transformation and Hope., IGI Global, Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Tan, L. & Wang, T. (corresponding author)
  2. 2023, Dialogic pedagogy: learning online in initial teacher education., In P. Jones, A. Simpson & A. Thwaite (Eds.). Dialogic Pedagogy: Discourse in Contexts from Pre-school to University., Routledge., Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Simpson, A., & Wang, T.
  3. 2023, Developing Environmental Literacy through Eco-documentary Mediated Climate Change Education: A Metalanguage Toolkit with Multimodal Approaches., In J. DeHart (Ed.), Enhancing Education Through Multidisciplinary Film Teaching Methodologies., IGI Global, Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Wang, T., 122-141
  4. 2021, Digital storytelling and teachers' disciplinary multiliteracies., In L. Haas & J. Tussey (Eds.). Connecting Disciplinary Literacy and Digital Storytelling in K-12 Education., IGI Global., Scholarly Book, Joint work, English, Humphrey, S., Ngo. T., & Wang, T., 59-84
  5. 2020, Communicating Climate Change: A Social Semiotic Perspective on Activist Documentaries, The University of Sydney. Unpublished PhD Thesis, 2020, Others, Single work, English, Wang, T.

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Effective Communication Skills in Workplace (Higher Education focused), Wang, T., English for Professional Communication, 2024, With Invitation, English, The Centre for Instructional Resources & e-Learning (CIReL) through the Centre for Modern Languages, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Malaysia.
  2. Understanding Peace and Environment from a Social Semiotic Perspective, Wang, T., Joint Summer School: HU Peace Study Tour 2023, 2023, With Invitation, English, Hiroshima University, Japan, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan & Columbia University, USA.
  3. Conceptualising the user-app interactivity in Augmented Reality-mediated Literacy Learning, Wang, T., The 12th European Conference on Language Learning, 2023, Without Invitation, English, UCL & University of London, London, UK.
  4. Augmented Reality-mediated learning of English Literacy: From a Social Semiotic perspective., Wang, T., The IEEE Professional Communication Society Japan Chapter, 2023, Without Invitation, English
  5. Developing university students' English academic literacies through Detailed Reading Pedagogy., Wang, T., The European Conference on Language Learning., 2023, Without Invitation, English, UCL & University of London, London, UK., UCL & University of London, London, UK.
  6. From multimodal literacies to environmental literacy: Material development for Eco-documentary mediated climate change education., Wang, T., The IAFOR Conference on Educational Research & Innovation., 2023, Without Invitation, English, Virginia Tech, USA., Virginia Tech, USA.
  7. Pre-service Training of Graduate Tutors for Academic Support Services Using Authentic Cases., Wang, T., 2023, With Invitation, English, The University of Tsukuba, The University of Tsukuba
  8. Research, teaching and management insights for developing academic English literacies in Japanese Higher Education, Wang, T., Academic Writing Center: Mitigating Students' Writing Challenges, 2022, With Invitation, English, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Indonesia.
  9. Developing a Reading-based Pedagogical Model for L2 Learners' English Academic Writing: A Case Study in Japanese Tertiary Education, Wang, T., The Barcelona Conference on Education (BCE2022), 2022, Without Invitation, English, The University of Barcelona
  10. Advancing Primary School Teachers' TPACK as Professional Knowledge in the Context of Teaching Multimodal Literacies in Australia, Wang, T., Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC) 2022, 2022, Without Invitation, English, National Institute of Education & Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  11. Developing Teaching and Learning Resources for L2 Learners' English Academic Writing: Preliminary Findings in a National University in Japan, Wang, T., The Paris Conference on Education (PCE2022), 2022, Without Invitation, English, La Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France.
  12. Appraisal analysis of Hiroshima A-Bomb survivors' testimonies: Linguistic insights on the building of Hiroshima peace culture, Wang, T., The 3rd Asian Conference on Language (ACL2022), 2022, Without Invitation, English, Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.
  13. Reading images-language relations: A journey in multimodality, Wang, T., Intercultural Event Seminar, 2021, With Invitation, English, School of Education, Hiroshima University, Japan.
  14. Genre Analysis of Hiroshima A-bomb Survivors' Stories: Linguistic Insights on Historical Writing for Peace Education, WANG, T., The 2nd Barcelona Conference on Education (BCE2021), 2021, Without Invitation, English, The University of Barcelona, Spain
  15. Teaching climate change in primary English and Literacy subjects: Multimodal insights on using eco-documentaries, WANG, T., The 9th European Conference on Education (ECE2021), 2021, Without Invitation, English, University College London (UCL), Institute of Education, U.K.
  16. Profiling the flow of knowledge co-construction and pre-service teachers' meta-awareness of dialogic learning, WANG, T., Centre for Research on Learning and Innovation (CRLI) Seminar, 2017, With Invitation, English, The University of Sydney, Australia.
  17. Analytical approaches in exploring pre-service teachers' co-creation of knowledge, WANG, T., European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction SIG 17 and SIG 25 Conference, 2018, Without Invitation, English, University of Cambridge, UK.
  18. Phase and macro-phase: Analytical unit in documentaries, WANG, T., The Third Bremen Multimodality Conference, 2017, Without Invitation, English, University of Bremen, Germany.
  19. Identification of human characters in film, WANG, T., International Systemic Functional Congress 2017, 2017, Without Invitation, English, University of Wollongong, Australia.
  20. Interpreting the readability in simplified editions of children literature from a thematic perspective, WANG, T., International Systemic Functional Congress 2016, 2016, Without Invitation, English, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia.

Awards

  1. 2017, The Sydney Research Excellence Initiative (SREI), The University of Sydney
  2. 2011, The Advanced-level English Interpreting Accreditation (Mandarin-English), Shanghai, China
  3. 2011, The Advanced-level English Translation Accreditation (Chinese-English), Shanghai, China

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Developing Teaching Materials for English Academic Writing in Japanese Higher Education: An Applied Linguistic Approach, 2022, 2024

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. IWCA Executive Board Member, 2023/10, International Writing Centers Association (IWCA), U.S.
  2. IAFOR Journal of Education, Peer Reviewer Board Member, 2022, IAFOR Journal of Education

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. IWCA 2024 Conference “Technology-enhanced Writing”, Conference Chair, 2024/10, 2024/10
  2. Five-day Online Webinar “Empowering Learners Worldwide”, Webinar Organizer and Co-Host, 2023/09, 2023/09

Other Social Contributions

  1. HU-UMPSA MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), HU-UMPSA MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), Hiroshima University and Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Malaysia, 2023, Panelist
  2. WRC Promotional Video, WRC Promotional Video, Hiroshima University Writing Center, 2022, TV or radio appearance, TV or radio program
  3. Coordinator of CRLA Certification, Coordinator of CRLA Certification, The International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC), U.S., 2021, 2026, Panelist, Meeting or assembly

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2024, IWCA Conference 2024 Program, Peer Reviewer, 40
  2. 2024, IAFOR Journal of Education: Annual Language Learning Issue, Peer Reviewer, 2
  3. 2024, NERPS Conference 2024 Special Issue, Peer Reviewer, 8
  4. 2024, Bloomsbury, Peer Reviewer, 1
  5. 2023, TESOL Journal, Peer Reviewer, 1
  6. 2023, Bloomsbury, book proposal, Peer Reviewer, 1
  7. 2023, TESOL Journal, Peer Reviewer, 1
  8. 2023, IAFOR Journal of Education: Annual Language Learning Issue, Peer Reviewer, 3
  9. 2022, John Benjamins, book chapter, Peer Reviewer, 1
  10. 2022, IGI Global, Peer Reviewer, 3
  11. 2022, Routledge, book chapter, Peer Reviewer, 1
  12. 2022, IAFOR Journal of Education: Language Learning in Education, Peer Reviewer, 1
  13. 2020, Routledge, book proposal, Peer Reviewer, 1
  14. 2021, TESOL Journal, Peer Reviewer, 2
  15. 2021, Leisure/Loisir, Peer Reviewer, 1
  16. 2021, Pedagogies: An International Journal, Peer Reviewer, 2