Overview
Work History
Education
Leadership Experiences
Honers and Awards
Certificates
Internship Experiences
Volunteer Experience
Research Experience
Timeline
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Liai Ma

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Part-time YVCMET-Instructor

Irish Native Speaker Online
09.2023 - 02.2024

Full-time English teacher

AITU Educational Information Consulting Co., LTD
04.2021 - 02.2024
  • Teaching fundamental stages (including: lexical resources, grammatical usage, applied linguistic structures' building, phonetics building, basic morphology, and general history of English language composition)

Education

Master of Applied Linguistics - Language And Discourse Analysis

University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD
07.2025

Master of Arts - English

Yunnan University of Finance And Economics
Yunnan, China
07.2020

Leadership Experiences

Initiator of the Language Service Club in YUFE

  • Initiated the club to set up a platform for students who were enthusiastic about language learning.
  • Designed games to make language learning more interesting and attract more students to our club.
  • Provided opportunities for students with high proficiency in different languages to practice teaching.


President of the English Salon in School of International Languages and Cultures

  • Devised questionnaire to know about what topics were popular among students from different majors.
  • Communicated with relevant personnel to guarantee the venue and host were available for each activity.
  • Adopted various ways such as vlogs, official WeChat account, and magazines to publicize our activities.


Class Monitor in Class of English 16-1

  • Organized students to visit the elderly in Hongfu Rest Home, accompany them to talk about the latest issues and clean rooms for them.
  • Acted as an intermediary to contact the staff in rest home in advance to know about matters needing attention.
  • Cooperated with the class monitor from another class to launch the Christmas Evening Party.

Honers and Awards

  • The outstanding Graduate of Yunnan Province
  • The Outstanding Class Leader
  • The Excellent Cadre of Student Union
  • The Third Prize in English Dubbing Contest
  • The Outstanding Volunteer in China-South Asia Business Forum
  • The Outstanding Volunteer in IELTS Championship Held by YUFE
  • The Outstanding Volunteer in the Third Forum on Frontier Languages and Cultures
  • The Outstanding Volunteer in the Fourth High-end Forum on National Corpora and Intercultural Studies
  • The Outstanding Volunteer in the South & Southeast Asia Commodity Expo and Investment Fair
  • The Outstanding Volunteer in the Fortune Global Sustainability Forum
  • The Outstanding Dance Award in IELTS Championship Held by YUFE
  • The Excellent League Member

Certificates

  • TESOL Expert Certification
  • TESOL for Children
  • TESOL for Advanced
  • TESOL for Business
  • National Test for English Majors-Band 8
  • National Test for English Majors-Band 4
  • National Test for Business English Majors-Band 4
  • English Test for International Communication (Intermediate)

Internship Experiences

Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province 06/2019 - 07/2019

  • Cooperated with full-time staff to prepare for China-South Asia Business Forum, including arranging the media to interview visitors.
  • Assisted the foreign guests who would attend the forum with visa application, flight and hotel reservation.
  • Attended the opening ceremony and translated for delegations from different countries during the break.


Molin Translation Company Limited 06/2018 - 06/2018

  • Translated for the exhibitors from Pakistan in the China-South Asia Exposition and knew about their cultures in advance.
  • Assisted the exhibitors with packaging, buying SIM cards and exchanging money.
  • Developed my ability to cope with emergencies and communicate with different customers.


Flying-eagle English Training School 09/2018 - 03/2019

  • Lectured for pupils on Vocabulary and Grammar, experiencing the process of teaching.
  • Understood the ways adopted by pupils to memorize and adjusted my teaching methods to adapt to their learning capacity.
  • Visualized the content I taught through graphs and videos to attract pupils and guided them to think about the lessons from stories.
  • Meditated on the rationality of content designed for pupils and the necessity of grasping phonetic alphabet before learning English.

Volunteer Experience

  • University of Technology Malaysia, 10/2018 - 10/2018, Interpreted for the academic visitors from University Technology Malaysia. Introduced the Education Project of Business School in Yunnan University of Finance and Economics to the academic visitors.
  • China Council for Promotion of International Trade Yunnan Sub-council, 06/2019 - 06/2019, Coordinated with foreign guests for China-South Asia Business Forum and guided them to visit the conference hall. Familiarized myself with the cultures and customs of different countries involved in the forum. Took charge of airport pick-up, helped them to check in hotel and handled relevant formalities.
  • Fortune Global Sustainability Forum, 09/2019 - 09/2019, Acted as the group leader responsible for collecting guests' information, arranging the venue and maintaining the order during meeting. Themed on Green Grows Up: Forging a New Environmental Consensus, focusing on convergence of energy, tech. and sustainability. Realized the importance of following the plans to carry out every step so that the given goals could be achieved.
  • DALI International Photography Exhibition, 08/2023 - 09/2023

Research Experience

  • Viewing Sino-India Relations from the Perspective of Indian Visa Policy, 02/2021, Journal of Asia Social Science
  • Yunnan Mengla Cosao Language and Biological and Ecological Knowledge Collection, 07/2020, Awarded by SAS University of London


Timeline

Part-time YVCMET-Instructor

Irish Native Speaker Online
09.2023 - 02.2024

Full-time English teacher

AITU Educational Information Consulting Co., LTD
04.2021 - 02.2024

Master of Applied Linguistics - Language And Discourse Analysis

University of Queensland

Master of Arts - English

Yunnan University of Finance And Economics
Liai Ma