LIU Jianda （刘建达）

Professor of Linguistics

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Email: 199411113@oamail.gdufs.edu.cn

Website:http://clal.org.cn/info/1266/1806.htm

Keynote Talk:

Developing China's Standards of English

Language standards serve different purposes, such as language learning, teaching, and assessment. This talkintroduces the development of China’s Standards of English (CSE), including its rationale, framework, development procedures, and validation.Based on the communicative language competence model (Bachman 1990; Bachman & Palmer 1996) and the use-oriented principle, theCSE defines the English language competence for the Chinese EFL learners. The English language competence is divided into comprehension competence and expression competence. Considering the Chinese EFL context, the ability of mediation between English and Chinese, i.e. the translation competence and the interpretation competence, is also included in the framework. Standards for the Chinese EFL learners are defined in different levels with a set of “can-do” statements (Council of Europe 2001; Pearson 2016).

About the speaker

Professor Liu Jianda received his B.A. in English Language and Literature from Jiangxi Normal University in 1987, M.A. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in 1994 from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Ph.D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from City University of Hong Kong in 2004.

He has been full professor of English since 2006 and doctoral supervisor since 2007. His main research interests include language testing and interlanguage pragmatics acquisition. He has been principal investigator of a number of national or provincial research project, author of Measuring Interlanguage Pragmatic Knowledge of EFL Learners (Peter Lang, 2008) a number of refereed papers in nationally and internationally recognized journals, and recipient of international or provincial awards for excellence in research.

Professor Liu has been reviewer of such international journals as Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, Language Testing, and Pragmatics and Language Learning.

He has been Vice President of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies since 2008.