My teaching goal is to encourage students to read critically and explore themselves in a situated culture or community through writing.
Haomei Meng Graduate Assistant-Teaching
- Graduate Assistant
Haomei Meng is a dedicated doctoral student pursuing her Ph.D. in Linguistics at A&M-Commerce. With a profound interest in cognitive linguistics, Haomei’s research focuses on the co-speech gestures of Chinese stand-up comedians. She holds a master’s degree in Linguistics from Sichuan University, where her thesis explored the English absolute clause from the perspective of iconicity theory. Haomei teaches basic reading and writing to freshman students as part of her doctoral program. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a Master’s degree in Linguistics, Haomei has been experimenting with different ways to inspire students' interest in writing, engage students to explore and expand themselves through writing and solidify the relationship between them and the exterior world through critical thinking and teamwork. Haomei’s teaching approach emphasizes interactive and engaging methods to enhance literacy skills, ensuring every student receives personalized attention and support.
A Conversation with Haomei
How do you help students?
I help students mainly through cooperation and encouragement. Their writing project is based on our individual discussion and confirmation step by step.
What is your teaching philosophy?
My teaching goal is to encourage students to read critically and explore themselves in a situated culture or community through writing. To achieve these two goals, I adopt both minimum and maximum instructions. Minimum means I avoid long lectures to explain concepts in detail. Usually, my lecture is within 15 minutes. Then I lead students to do some hands-on practices, encourage them to make mistakes, and we fix problems together
Tell us about an accomplishment you are proud of
Teaching: One time after the class, one student shared with me that she loved my teaching style and wanted to attend another of my teaching courses next semester.
Educational Background:
- Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Commerce, Ongoing
- M.S., Sichuan University, China, 2019
- B.A., Shaanxi Normal University, China, 2009
Professional Experience:
- ENG -100 and ENG 1301, Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2022-Present
- TOEFL and IELTS reading in China, 2015, 2017
- Grammar, reading and writing teaching in China, 2010-2015, 2017-2021