Dr Dandan Chen

Dandan is a recent PhD graduate from the University of Edinburgh majoring in Education where her research focuses on the visual methodologies in the teaching and learning of additional languages, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and Pluriliteracies. Her PhD project takes a turn exploring visual approaches used by second language learners to articulate their understanding of the subject-specific content and the academic language to internalize meaning-making and deeper learning.

She has been teaching English since 2013 as she did a BSc in Business English though her academic background is mainly art-based. She did another Bachelor's in Animation followed by two Masters in Illustration and Interdisciplinary Creative Practices by Research respectively from Edinburgh College of Art, derived from which she developed her research topic of combining art with language education.

Personal art portfolio: https://869432330.wixsite.com/illustratedpaints