Zhongfeng Tian is originally from China, and a multilingual speaker of Mandarin and English with conversational fluency in Cantonese. He holds a PhD degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Boston College and a Master of Education degree in TESOL from Boston University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. As a former ESL/EFL teacher, he worked with students of different age groups and cultural and linguistic backgrounds in China, Cambodia, and U.S. His research is theoretically grounded in translanguaging and critical pedagogies, and he strives to transform emergent bilinguals’ learning experiences through creating heteroglossic, meaningful educational contexts. He is the co-editor of two books: “Envisioning TESOL through a Translanguaging Lens: Global Perspectives” (Springer, 2020) and “English-Medium Instruction and Translanguaging” (Multilingual Matters, 2021).
田中锋来自中国，会说普通话和英文，并且可以用粤语做基本交流。他在波士顿学院 (Boston College) 取得课程与教学(Curriculum and Instruction) 的博士学位和在波士顿大学 (Boston University) 修得对外英语教学 (TESOL) 的硕士学位。他目前在德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校 (University of Texas at San Antonio) 担任助理教授，主要方向是对外英语教学和应用语言学 (TESOL/Applied Linguistics)。他曾经在中国，美国，和柬埔寨服务于来自不同年龄段，语言和文化背景的学生，是一名教学经验丰富的英语老师。他目前的研究基于超语(translanguaging)和批判教学法(critical pedagogies)的理论，致力于为所有的语言学习者营造多样包容的学习环境。他和其他学者共同主编并发表了两本书: “Envisioning TESOL through a Translanguaging Lens: Global Perspectives” (Springer, 2020) and “English-Medium Instruction and Translanguaging” (Multilingual Matters, 2021).