Chen Wenkai

Professor

Address：No.5 Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou, 450002，Henan, P. R. China

Phone：0371-63556378

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E-mail：2482771291@qq.com

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Research Interests：

Applied Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Phonetics

Education Background：

09/1983-07/1987: Undergraduate, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Henan University, BA in English

09/1987-01/1989: Postgraduate studies in British and American language and literature, Huanghe Universtiy

09/2003-07/2006: Postgraduate, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Henan University, MA in English

02/ 1982 up to now: Teaching at Zhengzhou University of Light Industry

09/2007-03/ 2008: Visiting Scholar, Research Center for English and Applied Linguistics (RCEAL), Cambridge University

04/2015-04/2016: Visiting Scholar, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University

Courses Offered：

English Pronunciation, English Writing, Comprehensive English, College English

Publications:

1. Handicraft(Associate Editors-in-Chief, English Text), Henan University Press(Kaifeng: 2020)

2. English Pronunciation (author), Press of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Beijing: 2013)  

3.  A Guide to the Traditional Chinese Culture(co-author), Beihang University Press  (Beijing:2010)

4. Study on the Intelligibility of English of Native Chinese Speakers and Teaching Enlightenment, Journal of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, 2019, Issue 5/6

5. “Social Attributes of Speech and Phonological Standardization of Foreign Language”, Journal of Shangqiu Normal University, 2013, Issue 10.  

6. “Second Language Phonological Acquisition: An Aesthetic Approach”, Shandong Foreign Language Teaching Journal, 2013, Issue 5.  

7. “A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Aesthetic Attributes of Sound”, Journal of Henan Normal University, 2013, Issue 4.  

8. “The Construction of EFL Learners’ Speech Corpus with Multi-accents”, Journal of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, 2013, Issue 4.  

9. “Language Life and Language Service from the Perspective of Lingua-Economics”, Journal of Henan Social Sciences, 2013, Issue 9.  

10. “Multimodal Study of Speech Sounds and Multimodal Phonological Acquisition of Second Language”, Journal of Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Education, 2013, Issue 4.  

11. “On Mechanism of the Beauty of English Speech”, Journal of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, 2010, Issue 3.  

12. “On the Study of Phonological Acquisition of English in China”, Journal of Zhengzhou University, 2010, Issue 5.  

13. “A Study on the Acquisition of English Sentence Stress”, Journal of Shandong Literature, 2008, Issue 11.  

14. “A Study of the Errors in Learning English Word Stress”, Journal of Times Literary, 2008, Issue 6.  

15. “A Contrastive Study of Explanatory Causality in English and Chinese”, Journal of Henan Normal University, 2002, Issue 3.

16. “On the Analysis and Countermeasures of the Major Problems in English Pronunciation and Intonation Study”, Journal of Henan Education Institute, 2002，Issue 3.  

17. “On the Effective Improvement of English Writing Ability in Intensive Reading Course”, Journal of Henan Teachers College of Vocational Technologies, 2002, Issue 3.

18. “On the Teaching of Listening and Speaking in College English Intensive Reading Course”, Journal of Zhongzhou University, 2002, Issue 2.

19. “Reflection on the Pronunciation Teaching for English Majors”, College Journal of Tianzhong, 2001, Issue 6.  

20. “On the Effective Improvement of English Listening and Speaking Ability on the Solid Foundation of Idiomatic Pronunciation and Intonation”, Journal of Zhengzhou Institute of Light Industry, 2001, Issue 3.

Research Projects Completed:

1. “Study on the Interlanguage Phonology of English Learners with Henan Accent from the Perspective of Acoustic and Physiological Phonetics”, (Principal Researcher) , assessed and approved by Henan Provincial Project Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2020.

2. “The Construction of Henan EFL Learners’ Speech Corpus with Multi-accents” (Principal Researcher), assessed and approved by Henan Provincial Project Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2014.

3. “The Application of Modern Speech Technology in the Multimodal Phonological Acquisition of Second Language” (Principal Researcher and Team Leader), assessed and approved by Henan Department of Science and Technology, 2013.  

4. “Study of the Problems in the Construction of Talent ‘Highland’ in Henan Province”,   (Principal Researcher and Team Leader), assessed and approved by the Department of Research Projects of Henan Government, 2013.

5. “Study of the Opening and Development of Higher Education in Henan Province”, (Principal Researcher and Team Leader), assessed and approved by the Department of Research Projects of Henan Government, 2011.

6. “Chinese Culture and Foreign Language Teaching at Universities in the Context of Globalization” (Principal Researcher), assessed and approved by Henan Department of Science and Technology, 2011.

7. “Study on the Translation of Chinese National Culture” (Principal Researcher), assessed and approved by Henan Provincial Project Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2011.

8. “On the Entry of WTO and the Countermeasures of Foreign Languages Development in Henan Higher Institutions” (Principal Researcher and Team Leader), assessed and approved by Henan Educational Commission as The Achievement of Teaching Reformation, September 2002.  

9. “A Study of Reform in English Pronunciation and Intonation Teaching” (Principal Researcher and Team Leader), assessed and approved by Zhengzhou. Institute of Light Industry as The Achievement of Teaching Reformation, 2001.

Honors：Awarded the title of Academic Leader by the Department of Education of Henan Province in 2004. Awarded the title of Master Teacher by Zhengzhou University of Light Industry in 2020.

Social Work：Standing Director of China Research Society of English Pronunciation Teaching