6月4日下午，外国语学院举办了题为“认知语言学与语料库语言学相结合的语言教学与研究方法”的学术报告会，报告人为美国阿里巴马大学教授刘迪麟，为广大师生提供了接触学术前沿的学习机会。讲座由杨微微副教授主持，副院长徐以中教授和学院教师、研究生聆听了报告。
刘迪麟教授的许多文章发表在语言学和应用语言学领域领先的国际期刊上，本次讲座介绍了认知语言学与语料库语言学相结合的理论原理、在教学和研究中结合认知语言学和语料库语言学的准则和方法、认知语言学与语料库语言学相结合的挑战。讲座受到师生欢迎，现场问答环节气氛热烈。
报告人简介：
Dr. Dilin Liu is Professor and Coordinator of the Applied Linguistics/TESOL program in the English Department at the University of Alabama, U.S.A. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University. His research and teaching focus on the description and teaching of English grammar and vocabulary using cognitive-, corpus-, and sociolinguistic approaches. He has published extensively, including six books (five authored and one edited) and numerous journal articles and book chapters. His articles have appeared in many different leading international journals in linguistics and applied linguistics, including Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, ELT Journal, English for Specific Purposes, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Journal of English Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, Modern Language Journal, Research in the Teaching of English, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, TESOL Journal, and TESOL Quarterly. He has served on the editorial boards of ELT Journal, Lingua, TESOL Journal, TESOL Quarterly, among others, as well as a reviewer for over twenty international journals and book publishers, such as Cambridge University Press, Palgrave-MacMillan, and Routledge. He also served as the Chair of the Applied Linguistics Interest Section of TESOL International Association (2011-2012) and President of Oklahoma TESOL (2005—2006). He has been a frequent invited speaker at international conferences and universities in the U.S. and many other countries and regions.