ZHU Yu

Lecturer
Department of German
E-Mail: zhuyu2@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Room 405-7, FLS Building, South Campus, Sun Yat-sen University
Academic Qualifications
1999.09-2003.07    German Major, German Department, Beijing International Studies University, China
2003.10-2005.10    Master DaF (German as a Foreign Language) , Faculty of Philosophy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
2010.09-present     PhD candidate of Anthropology (Culture and Cognition), School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Professional Psositions
2006.07-2009.12    Teaching Assistant Department of German, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University
2010.01-present     Lecturer Department of German, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

Research Area
Teaching Methodology of German, Cross-cultural Communication

Teaching Area
Practical German, German Listening Comprehension, Information on German-speaking Countries, News German, Extensive Reading, Business German, German as Second Foreign Language, German as Minor

Journal Papers
1. “On the Application and Methodology of Cross-cultural Training in German Teaching”, Journal of Mudanjiang Teachers College (Philosophy
    Social Sciences Edition
), Vol.5, 2008
2. “On Mechanized Oral Training of German”, Journal of Educational Institute of Jilin Province , Vol.12, 2008
3. “Research on Application of German Majors’ Listening Autonomous Learning Strategy ”, Research and Practice of Education, 2008

Research Projects
1. 2010.05-12    Participated in “Research on culture textbooks in languages other than Chinese”
2. 2010-2013     Participated in the “Enhancing the independent innovation and social serving ability”, funded by Project 985 (third phase), Sun
                          Yat-sen University
3. 2010-2013    Participated in the “the logical and cognitive mechanism in cross-cultural interaction and computer simulation research”, funded by
                          Key Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research, Ministry of Education, 2010

Major Awards and Honors
The second price of SYSU 2008 Teaching Contest for Young Teachers

Academic Activities
1. 2004.08    Participated in Annual Conference on Teaching Methodology of German in Jena, Germany
2. 2007.04    Participated in the Forum of Logic and Cross-cultural Communication in Qinghai
3. 2007.07    Participated in the Young German Teacher Training organized by the National Foreign Language Teaching Advisory Committee
                     under the Ministry of Education in Shanghai
4. 2006-present    Attended the Annual German Teacher Training conducted by Goethe Institutes in Guangzhou and Shenzhen