Before coming to ETS, he developed advanced teacher standards and was a middle-school English teacher. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Trinity University (D.C.) and a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Villanova University.
Cynthia Newman (Reading Instructor) has worked in the field of English Language Learning for 30 years. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from the University of Northern Iowa and the Cambridge Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (DTEFLA, currently known as DELTA). Throughout her career, she has specialized in the curriculum development, teaching, and testing of English for Academic Purposes. She has taught in pre-university Intensive English Programs as well as post-admittance Spoken English/Teaching Assistant preparation programs, academic Writing programs, and English for Specific Purposes programs both in the United States and the Middle East. Since joining ETS upon her return to the United States in 2005, she has worked on the TOEFL iBT® speaking and reading measures.
Shawn Gorman (Writing Instructor) holds a Ph.D. in French Language and Literature from Boston University. He also taught French and English at the high school and university level in Europe and the United States for 9 years. He has published research on topics in 20th century French literature and philosophy and presented research on second language acquisition at professional conferences. He also worked as a librarian at Harvard University for 7 years.
Molly Palmer (Speaking Instructor) has worked as an Assessment Specialist in English Language Learning at ETS since 2013. She works primarily on the TOEFL® test speaking and reading measures. Before coming to ETS, Molly taught Spanish language and literature for several years at the university level. She earned her Ph.D. in Spanish Cultural Studies from Rutgers University in 2010. Molly also has extensive experience teaching English. She lived in Spain for many years, where she taught English to university students.
Faye Weidner (Host) joined ETS in 2013 and has been working on the speaking section of the TOEFL® test ever since. She works on development of speaking items and also oversees online scoring activities. Prior to coming to ETS, she taught English to university students in Changsha, China, and to adult immigrants in Washington, D.C. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and German from Dickinson College, as well as a Master of Education in Intercultural Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. She loves to study languages and explore the world—she speaks German and Spanish, and has lived in Spain, Germany, and China.
Insook Chung (Listening Instructor) is an Assessment Specialist in the Assessment Development Division at ETS in Princeton, New Jersey. She has been working on the TOEFL® test, specializing in listening assessment, and developing the SAT Korean Subject Test. She received her Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) in Language Education from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her experiences include teaching English as a foreign language in Korea and teaching Korean language in the United States.
Kathleen Fletcher (Moderator) is a TOEFL® Test Prep and Skill Building Product Manager at ETS in Princeton, New Jersey. She began her career with ETS in 2006 and over the last 10 years, has worked within the Global Education, New Product Development and the Higher Education groups. In her current position as a TOEFL® Test Prep and Skill Building product manager, Kathleen manages current TOEFL® test preparation tools, as well as works on the development of new products.
Elizabeth Jenner (Moderator) is an Assessment Specialist in English Language Learning at ETS. She has specialized in developing the TOEFL® iBT test and its supporting materials for test takers since 2004. She earned her Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from the University of New England, Australia. She speaks Spanish, has lived in Mexico and Guatemala, and loves learning about the indigenous cultures of Latin America.
Ashley Woodrow (Moderator) joined ETS in 2013 as part of the TOEFL® team. She works on the TOEFL® social media properties and the development of the TOEFL® scholarship program. She holds a Bachelor of Science from West Chester University, and is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration from Rider University.
Together, these practices vividly demonstrate the rich connotations and implementation pathways of new quality productive forces, highlighting China’s overarching goals of driving development transformation through scientific and technological innovation, empowering Chinese modernization with new quality productive forces, and comprehensively advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
【课程特色】
1. 系统阐释中国式现代化，以叙事方式增强传播效能
2. 汇聚权威外语专家，构建高水平课程建设团队
3. 融入多元国际声音，增强课程亲和力与可信度
【Course Highlights】
1. Narrative-Driven Learning: Explains Chinese modernization systematically through engaging storytelling rather than dry theory.
2. Expert Team: Developed by a team of experienced language and culture experts.
3. Global Perspectives: Incorporates diverse international viewpoints to enhance relatability and credibility.
【主讲教师】
张钫炜 北京邮电大学
【Instructor】
Zhang Fangwei, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
【主讲团队】
陈新仁：南京大学外国语学院教授、博士生导师，大学外语部副主任、南京大学外国语言学研究所所长、国家语委中国语言战略研究中心执行主任，East Asian Pragmatics (ESCI) 主编、《外国语文研究》（CSSCI集刊）主编、《中国语言战略》（CSSCI集刊）第一主编、Pragmatics (SSCI)副主编、Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language荣誉主编。研究兴趣包括语用学理论与应用、外语教育与教学、语言政策与语言规划等。独著、合著、译著28部，发表学术论文220余篇。入选教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”和江苏省“333高层次人才培养工程”。学术兼职包括国际语用学协会顾问、中国逻辑学会副会长、中国逻辑学会语用学专业委员会顾问、中国英汉语比较研究会英语教学分会和话语研究专业委员会副会长等。匈牙利科学院客座讲席教授，哈德斯菲尔德大学（英国）、华中科技大学等国内外15所高校兼职教授。
已出版专著、编著及教材十余部，包括A Cognitive Approach to Spatial Metaphors in English and Chinese (2003)，《认知语言学与隐喻研究》（2005），《语用学与〈红楼梦〉赏析》（2007），Facets of Language (2007)，《语言学概论》（2009），《修辞学：理论与实践》（2010），《大学思辨英语教程精读1：语言与文化》（2015），其中Facets of Language被评为2008年北京市高等教育精品教材，《语言学概论》和《修辞学：理论与实践》被评为国家“十二五”规划教材；另有译著4部，在国内外学术刊物上发表论文三十余篇。2004年获霍英东教育基金高校优秀青年教师奖。
The main teaching contents of this course are the basic knowledge of English and American cultures and the advanced translation skills of E-C translation (Identifying sentence core parts; sorting out additional sentence elements; using dividing and combining techniques strategically; adjusting the order and rank of language elements flexibly; building cohesion and coherence; combining the use of literal and free translations). The course aims to help students understand the common knowledge of English and American cultures; to use Chinese to express, talk, and translate British and American cultures; to cultivate students' interests in British and American cultures and bilingual cultural exchanges; to expand students’ international horizons; and to enlighten cultural thinking and develop the awareness of cultural tolerance. This course will also help to enhance students' cultural literacy, improve their intercultural communication skills, and experience the joy of cultural exchanges. At the same time, it will help students to understand, master and apply common E-C translation skills, so that they will be able to translate materials of average language difficulty and common cultural topics.
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