​Educational Background

2020, Beihang University, Ph.D. in Linguistics

2007, University of Nottingham, MSc In International Business

Work Experience

2021–, Language Centre, Tsinghua University, Associate Professor.

2006-2021, College of Foreign Languages, Beijing University of Technology, Associate Professor.

Courses

English for Academic Purposes (B): Essay Writing

English for Academic Purposes (B): Spoken Communication

Research Interests

Pragmatics; Language teaching; Business English

Awards and Honors

2024 Teaching Excellence Award of Language Centre, Tsinghua University (LCTU);

2024 Excellent Teaching-Team Award of LCTU (Team Leader);

2023 Teaching Excellence Award for Young Teachers of Tsinghua University;

2023 Excellent Tutor of the National College English Translation Competition;

2023 Teaching Excellence Award of LCTU;

2023 Champion of the "FLTRP Star of Teaching" Competition in the National Finals (Team Leader);

2022 Teaching Excellence Award of LCTU;

2022 Excellent Teaching-Team Award of LCTU (Team Leader);

2022 Second Prize in the 10th Teaching Competition for Young Teachers of Tsinghua University;

2020 Third Prize for the 11th Teaching Competition (research papers) for Young Teachers in Beijing;

2020 Excellent Teaching Award of Beijing University of Technology;

2019 Third Prize of the 9th "FLTRP Cup" National Foreign Language Teaching Competition for Colleges and Universities (Beijing);

2019 International Excellence Award of the Global IET English Speech Contest;

2009 Instructor Award in the National Finals of the "CCTV Cup" English Speech Contest;

2007 Instructor Award of the Champion in the "21st Century Cup" English Speech Contest;

2008-2017 Instructor Award in the National Finals of the "FLTRP Cup" English Speech Contest.

Achievements

Representative papers

Zhao, Yi (2024). The L2 & L3 motivational self systems of Chinese college students: A comparative study, 21^st AILA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Jia, Mian & Zhao, Yi (2023). ‘Fear appeals in Chinese public signs of COVID-19 prevention in local communities’, Pragmatics & Society 14:2, pp. 279-300. (SSCI)

Zhao, Yi (2023).Persuasion and power: An analysis of metadiscourse in EFL students’ oral practices, 18^th International Pragmatics Association Conference, Brussels, Belgium.

Zhao, Yi (2021). Working together to agree: Dynamic common ground in BELF correspondences, 17^th International Pragmatics Association Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland.

Zhao, Yi (2019). The Impact of Business Expertise on the Pragmatic Adaptability in BELF E-mail Communication，16^th International Pragmatics Association Conference, Hongkong.

Zhao, Yi (2016). An Interlanguage Pragmatic Perspective on Pronominal Choice in Chinese University Students’ Writings: A Corpus-based Study，3^rd Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference, Beijing.

Textbooks

2025 Understanding Contemporary China – College English: An Integrated Course 1, Beijing: FLTRP.

2025 Understanding Contemporary China – College English: An Integrated Course 2, Beijing: FLTRP.

2024 Academic English Reading and Writing: Argumentative Essays, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.

2024 Academic English Listening and Speaking: Intermediate, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.

2024 New Era - College English for Viewing, Listening and Speaking (B2), Beijing: Sinolingua.

2023 New Era - College English for International Communication (B2), Beijing: Sinolingua.

Contact Information (Email)

yizhao@tsinghua.edu.cn