SISU student Jiang Xinyi won Best Paper Award in Boya Forum

iang Xinyi, a junior from School of English Studies of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) won the Best Paper Award in Boya Forum and the Fifth Annual Academic Contest of Undergraduates on September 19. 

Jiang was highly appreciated for her advanced paper writing, unique angles and awesome presentation. 

In order to write her 25-page paper about English literature, Jiang Xinyi read a wide range of classic literary works and lots of academic papers. She tried to figure out new angles and revised her paper many times, with the help of professors from School of English Studies. 

Jiang Xinyi’s achievement in paper writing is also benefited from her experience of studying aboard as an exchange student.

In her junior year, she got the chance to study in Royal Holloway, University of London for half a year whose English department is on top 10 in Britain, highly competitive. Though being a Chinese, Jiang stood out when studying with native English speakers through working hard.

Her papers all got above 70 scores (equal to 90 in China), which was hardly to achieve even for native students. Her British tutor, Roy Booth commented, “In terms of paper writing, it’s hard to tell that it is written by a foreign exchange student. I think she has reached the top level of native students. ”

The Boya Forum and Annual Undergraduate Conference are devoted to cultivate students’ academic research ability and critical thinking. This year, around 40 undergraduates from domestic and international elite universities attended the forum for the paper contest, which involves three subject areas, literary studies, linguistics and translation studies.