Personal Statement
I joined the English Language Centre of the University of Liverpool as a University Teacher in EAP in 2016. Prior to taking up my role at Liverpool I worked at the University of Essex for 13 years as EAP Tutor and then EAP/MA TESOL Lecturer, as well as In-session English Course Director and Pre-session English Course Director. Before starting my academic career in UK higher education in 2003, I taught English as a foreign language in Taiwan higher education for seven years.

My main teaching responsibility in the ELC is within the discipline-specific academic language and skills provision (ALS of the In-sessional English) for UG and PGT students in Liverpool Management School and the School of Engineering. I also teach research/thesis writing skills for research students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. I take on MA TESOL supervision when there are requests from the School of English.

My research interests lie in the following areas: English for specific and academic purposes, genre and discourse analysis, academic literacies in higher education, development of language teaching materials, design of EAP courses and syllabuses, and language teaching and learning in general.

Research Overview
Conference Presentations

Huang, Y-C. & Leeke, P. (2018). ‘Chinese Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of the Challenges and Benefits of Studying at A British University – A case study’. In The 3rd Pedagogic Research Conference, Liverpool, UK, 18th January 2018. University of Liverpool.

Huang, Y-C. & Kingsford, J. (2017). ‘International students’ perceptions and transference of EAP skills’. In Evaluating the Effectiveness of EAP, BALEAP PIM, Edinburgh, UK, 18th March 2017. University of Edinburgh.

Huang, Y-C. & Kingsford, J. (2012). ‘Designing a Subject-specific EAP in-sessional support module by tracking the academic needs of MA Business students (Work-in-progress, Autumn 2011-Spring 2012)’. In Tracking Foundation, Pre-sessional and EAP Students, BALEAP PIM. Kent, UK, 25th February, 2012. Centre for English and World Languages, University of Kent.

Huang, Y-C. (2009). ‘“What’s the word for that?”—Vocabulary Problems and Communication Strategies’. In Cutting Edges Conference: Discourse, Context and Language Education. Kent, UK, 26th June 2009. Department of English and Language Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University.

Huang, Y-C. (2009). ‘Identification of vocabulary problems in L2 speaking’. In 14th Essex Graduate Conference in Linguistics, Essex, UK, 6th May 2009. Department of Language & Linguistics, University of Essex.

Research projects

Huang, Y-C. & Leeke, P. ‘Chinese Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of the Challenges and Benefits of Studying at A British University – A case study’. Project dates: 01/02/2017-31/03/2018. English Language Centre, University of Liverpool, UK.

Huang, Y-C. & Kingsford, J. ‘An Innovative Approach to Pre-sessional EAP Materials Design: Investigating Pre-sessional Students’ Perceptions and Learning Transfer of EAP Study Skills’. Project dates: 01 April 2015 – 30 June 2016. Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund 2014-15. University of Essex, UK.