I contribute to the delivery of interpreting and translation modules that involve Mandarin.
My career in education has included working for schools, universities, and NGOs across China and the UK in roles that involve teaching, teacher training, and project management.
I have developed scholarship in the areas of technology-enhanced learning, intercultural business communication, and the teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language. In addition, over the past two years I have become more closely involved in the design and delivery of modules concerned with translation technologies and audiovisual translation. The latter, as it relates to media in China, is becoming a focus for future scholarship activities.
Dictionary training to develop independence and confidence in learners of Chinese.
University of Dundee
Cross-Sector Annual Conference on New Perspectives on Language Teaching and Learning (2019).
Student-constructed speech repositories for conference interpreting training.
University of Nottingham
InnoConf 2015.
Using Digital Pen Technology to Support a Research-Informed and Professionally Relevant Conference Interpreting Curriculum.
QAA for Higher Education and Heriot-Watt University
QAA Enhancement Themes Conference (2014).
External Examiner.
Swansea University
English - Chinese Translation and Interpreting, BA (Hons).
Translation and Interpreting, MA.
Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters.
https://collins.co.uk/products/9780008196042
Authored book on how to write 250 common Chinese characters. First published by Collins in 2012 (2nd edition 2017).
Association of Speakers of Chinese as a Second Language
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Book Chapter
Translation and Interpretation in Cross-Cultural Business Workplace Practices
Liao M, Jesús Castillo Ortiz P, Napier J & Newill K (2023) Translation and Interpretation in Cross-Cultural Business Workplace Practices. In: Strani K & Pfeiffer K (eds.) Intercultural Issues in the Workplace Leadership, Communication and Trust. 1 ed. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 193-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42320-8
Authored Book
Collins Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters
Newill K (2017) Collins Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters. 2nd ed. Collins Easy Learning. Glasgow: HarperCollins. https://collins.co.uk/products/9780008196042
Authored Book
Collins Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters
Newill K (2012) Collins Easy Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters. Ist ed. Collins Easy Learning. Glasgow: HarperCollins.