He obtained a Ph.D degree in German from Tongji University and worked in the School of Humanities, Shenzhen University from 2004 to 2006. He joined the School of Foreign Languages in 2006. He joined programs at the Goethe-Institut in 2006, 2009 and 2016, and was a visting scholar at University of Bochum ruhr in 2017.
Representative academic achievements (including monographs, published papers, projects presided over, academic awards obtained, etc.):
Papers:
Chen, R. (2018). Research on German cognitive motivation under the framework of construal theory. German Humanities Studies, 1.
Chen, R. (2016). Motivation of German impersonal passive voice in the framework of cognitive grammar. German Humanities Studies, 1.
Chen, R. (2014). Discussion on the functional voice of systemic functional grammar - Taking German voice as an example. German Humanities Studies, 2.
Chen, R. (2012). Discussion on Swiss German variants. German learning, 6.
Chen, R. (2011), The application of project-based learning in foreign language classroom teaching. Journal of Changchun University of Science and Technology (Social Science Edition). 7.
Chen, R. (2010). A study on the use of tense in German from the perspective of tense application. Journal of Luoyang Normal University, 4.
Works and translations:
Comments on Humboldt's philosophical thoughts, Tongji University Press, 2017
"Life German Talk", World Book Publishing Company, 2004
Projects:
"A comparative study of Chinese and German discourse function and cognition", The School Project of High Level Construction of Shenzhen University, 2016-2017
"The application of project-based learning method in college foreign language classroom teaching", The teaching reform project of Shenzhen University, 2010 to 2012
Courses taught:
Basic German (1-2), Society and Culture of German Speaking Countries, Introduction to German Linguistics, College German (1-4), etc.
Research interests:
German linguistics, German teaching method and German culture
