Cui Zhang

• Associate Professor
• Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University, 2012
• M.A. in TESOL, Winona State University, 2007
• B.A. in English, Hebei University of Technology, 2005

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Contact Information

• Department: English
• Office: Beckham 330
• Mailing Address: Beckham 100
• Email: cui.zhang@eku.edu
• Phone: 859-622-3177
• Expert Areas: English as a Second Language (ESL); Reading and Writing in a Second Language; Source-based writing; Vocabulary acquisition

Bio

Dr. Cui Zhang regularly teaches First-Year Writing courses, English Grammar, Intro to Linguistics, and ESL Theories at EKU. Originally from China and having learned (and is still learning) English as a second language, she has great interest in the area of linguistics that is Second Language Acquisition. She is specifically interested in areas including reading and writing in a second language, vocabulary acquisition, and literacy skills transfer. She does research in second language writing development and reading-based writing such as summary and synthesis. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her beloved husband and two wonderful kids, reading, and hiking.

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