受教育背景：

纽约大学对外英语教学博士

华盛顿大学课程与教学硕士

香港大学工商管理学士

工作经历：

2021年2月至今 金沙城线路检测中心讲师

外国语言学及应用语言学中心兼职研究员

研究方向：

二语习得、语言变异及语言意识、基于互联网的英语读写教育

近三年讲授的主要课程：

二语习得（本科生、研究生）

当代英国概况（本科生）

当代美国社会与文化（本科生）

所获奖励：

First Prize, 2021 NABE Dissertation Awards Competition, National Association for Bilingual Education, USA

学术论文：

Cai, C. (2021). “I will be more inclusive towards students from different backgrounds”—Exploring Chinese teachers’ language ideologies and views about teaching Mandarin. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2021.1890093

Cai, C. & Eisenstein Ebsworth, M. (upcoming). Towards more equitable pedagogy: The evolution of Mandarin pre- and in-service teachers’ critical language awareness. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Cai, C., Eisenstein Ebsworth, M., & Ebsworth, T. (upcoming). Disagreeing with your professor: Exploring Chinese and American graduate students’ intercultural pragmatic strategies. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Eisenstein Ebsworth, M., Marsh, L., Deschene, D. N., & Cai, C. (2022). Latinx adults reflect on their journeys: Retrospective insights into secondary bilingual education and beyond. NABE Journal of Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/26390043.2021.2015270

Eisenstein Ebsworth, M., Ebsworth, T., & Cai, C. (2021). Everybody does it: The pragmatics and perceptions of international Chinese graduate students and their American peers regarding gossip. Journal of Multilingual Education Research. https://research.library.fordham.edu/jmer/vol11/iss1/3/

Cai, C. (2020). A study of Chinese pre- and in-service teachers’ language and teaching ideologies. PhD Dissertation. New York: New York University.

Cai, C. & Eisenstein Ebsworth, M. (2018). Chinese language varieties: Pre- and in-service teachers’ voices. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39(6), 511-525. DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2017.1397160

Eisenstein Ebsworth, M., Cai, C., & McCoy, L. (2019). Adolescent ELLs improve their academic English while learning about the UN online. Languages, 4(1), 9 (pp. 1-18). Retrieved on March 14, 2019 from https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/4/1/9

Eisenstein Ebsworth, M., Ebsworth, T., & Cai, C. (2018). English acquisition in Puerto Rico: Teachers’ insights. Bilingual Research Journal, 41(1), 69-88. DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2017.1413441