Li Ding

Universitätsplatz 1
01968 Senftenberg
Gebäude 4 - SFB 4.218

T +49 (0) 3573 85-612
ding(at)b-tu.de

akademischer Werdegang

From 2023Research Associate in English Didactics Department, FU Berlin
From 2022Guest lecturer in English Didactics Department, Göttingen University
From  2020PhD Candidate in English Didactics Department, Göttingen University
From 2015Drama and English Curriculum developer, practitioner, and teacher trainer, Beijing, China
2015Master of Arts in Drama Education and English Language Teaching, Warwick University, UK

Publikationen

Publikationen: Monographien, Herausgeberschaft/Editionen, Aufsätze, Sonstige Arbeiten, Vorträge

  • Monographien (Published book translations: English - Chinese)
2020A History of CHILDREN’S BOOKS in 100 books, Academic read on children’s literature (2020). ISBN: 9787559639981 (Co-translator)
2019If I Had A Gryphon, Picture Book, ISBN: 9787559629029
2018Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, Science Travelogue Read, ISBN: 9787559610287
2013Sex on the Moon – the Amazing Story behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, Novel, ISBN: 9787512613904
  • Aufsätze (articles)
2025Ding, Li, and Michaela Sambanis. [under peer review]. ‘Insights from the Digital Drama Lab for English Learning: A Mixed-Method Research’.
2025Ludwig, Christian, and Michaela Sambanis, Andreas von Reppert, Li Ding,‘Positive Psychologie und Künstliche Intelligenz: Konvergenzen, Unterschiede und Herausforderungen am Beispiel Resilienz’, in Positive Didaktik, Narr (2025).
2024Ding, Li. "Integrating Drama and AI for Teaching Picturebooks in ELT." Children’s Literature in English Language Education, 12, no.1 (2024): 97-114.
2022Ding, Li. "Emotions, attributions, and identity change when teachers learn drama pedagogy for ELT." Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance 28, no. 4 (2023): 597-612.
 Ding, Li. "The form and meaning. When English language teachers learn to teach through drama." Scenario: A Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research 16, no. 2 (2022): 121-136.
2017Ding, Li. “A Reflective Case Study On Effective English Speaking Through Process Drama.” The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia, 7, no.1, (2017).

Mitgliedschaften in wissenschaftlichen Vereinigungen und verantwortliche Tätigkeiten außerhalb der Lehre

  • Member of DGFF (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung) 
  • - Member of the IDEA 2024 Chinese Advisory Committee( International Drama/Theatre and Education Association)

Forschungsarbeiten

My research focuses on the application of drama in English language education, particularly its impact on language and literacy development, the implications for teacher education, and its ongoing development in a globalised, digital era. For my PhD, I am investigating how young ESL learners’ drama experiences shape their writing process and performance in the Chinese context. My current research project examines how German teenagers respond to the integration of drama and digital tools in English lessons.