Meng Yeh

葉 萌
Teaching Professor
Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication
Rice University
myeh@rice.edu
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Education
Teaching Experience
Professional Experience
Publications
Awards and Grants
Invited Workshops and Talks
Presentations
Consulting
Affiliations
Chinese Program at Rice

Ecuation
Ph.D, Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
MA, Foreign Language Education, University of Texas at Austin
BA, English Language and Literature, Tamkang University, Taiwan

My areas of research focus on language acquisition of Chinese, language assessment, and the methodologies of teaching Chinese as a second language from the perspectives of theoretical linguistics, first/second language acquisition theories, and applied linguistics.

Teaching Experience
Teaching Professor, 2016-
Program Lecturer, 2014-2016
Senior Lecturer, 2008-2014
Lecturer, 2000-2014
Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication, Rice University

  •  teach various levels of the Chinese language, culture and linguistic courses
  •  developed new courses, Chinese Linguistics, Asian American Experience, Contemporary China and Classical Chinese

Associate Professor, 2000-2001
Assistant Professor, 1994-2000
Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Trinity University

  • established Chinese Major at Trinity University in 1995
  • developed a four-year curriculum for Chinese majors and minors
  • arranged internship opportunities for Chinese majors


Professional Experience
Associate Director, Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication, 2014-2017

AP Chinese Committee, member, the College Board, 2014-2018

Board of Director, National Chinese Language Teachers Association, 2009-2011

Instructional Lead, 2012-2018,  STARTALK Teacher Program, ‘Developing Literacy in Chinese’
Instructional Lead, 2012, STARTALK Student Program, Rice University

Instructional Lead, 2014-2019, STARTALK Houston Student Program.

Principal Invesitigator, 2009, STARTALK Teacher Workshop Competition Grant
Designing face-to-face and eWorkshop on ‘Student-centered Language classroom through Cooperative Learning’
http://startalk.umd.edu/teacher-development/workshops/2009/CTCLI

Program Director, Texas STARTALK Student and Teacher Program, 2008-2009
http://www.txstartalk.org/ Rice News 2009 Rice news 2008

President, Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas, 2006-2008, Immediate Past President, 2008-2010, www.clta-texas.org

Certified Oral Proficiency Interview Tester, 2007-
Conducting OPI for Language Testing International, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Committee Member, AP Chinese Language and Culture Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee, the College Board, 2008-2011
maintained and approved the AP Chinese Language and Culture Curriculum Framework; create instructional materials; review AP Exam; conduct outreach presentations

AP World Languages Courses and Exams Commission,the College Board, 2007- 2008
Reviewe the AP world language curricular focus and assessment of the course

Chinese SAT Committee, Chair, the College Board, 2006-2011
Developing the SAT Subject Test in Chinese

AP Chinese Exam Reader, 2008 & 2017, the College Board

Consulting AP Chinese Consultant, the College Board, 2006-
offering AP Chinese workshops to high school AP teachers


Publications

Book Chapters & Textbooks

  1. Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 2, textbook & workbook, 2nd edition, Routledge (with Ross, Claudia, Pei-chia Chen, Baozhang He), 2022.
  2. Jiazhou? Is it California? Operationalizing repair in classroom-based assessment, In, R. Salaberry & R. Burch  (eds.), Assessing speaking in context: Expanding the construct and its applications, pp.165-191. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matter (with Katharina Kley & Silvia Kunitz), 2021.
  3. Focusing on doctor-patient conversations: A curriculum for medical Chinese, In H. Tao & H. Chen, Chinese for specific and professional purposes, pp. 287-318.    NY: Springer. (with Liang Fu), 2019.
  4. Instructed L2 interactional competence in the first year. In M. Salaberry & S. Kunitz (eds.), Teaching and testing L2 interactional competence: bridging theory and practice, pp. 228-259.  NY: Routledge. (with Silvia Kunitz), 2019.
  5. Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1, textbook & workbook, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2018. (with Ross, Claudia, Pei-chia Chen, Baozhang He)
  6. The Experiential Guo in Mandarin: A Quantificational Approach, Beijing: The Commercial Press. 2014.
  7. Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese, a Textbook for Intermediate and Pre-advanced Students, Columbia University Press. (with Yea-fen Chen, Frances Lee, Mei-ju Huang, Yuanchao Meng, and Natasha Pierce), 2010
  8. Listening Lab Workbook. In the textbook series of Communicating in Chinese. Yale University Press. 1999

Refereed Papers

  1. (accepted) Using Authentic Doctor-Patient Consultations in Improving Communication Skills (with Wei-li Hsu), Foreign Language Annals, 2022.
  2. (accepted) Chinese Medical Curriculum: Design, implementation, and effect (with Liang Fu and Wei-li Hsu), International Chinese Language Education, 2022.
  3. Using Authentic Doctor-Patient Consultations to Develop Patient-Centered Communication Skills.  Global Business Languages 21, 17-36, 2021.
  4. Teaching Request and Request Responses in a Chinese Study Abroad Program: Speech Acts and Discursive Pragmatics.  International Journal of Chinese Language Education 8, pp. 1-35, 2020.
  5. Teaching Beginners Topic Development: Using Naturally Occurring Conversation.  Taiwan Journal of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language 17 (2), 89-120, 2018.
  6. Corpus-based Instruction: Teaching discourse linking JIU（就）in Storytelling (with Xian Zhang), Chinese as a Second Language, 53 (1), 1-24, 2018.
  7. Active Listenership: Developing beginners’ Interactional Competence. Chinese as a Second Language Research, 7 (1), 47-77, 2018.
  8. Using authentic spoken language across all levels of language teaching: Developing discourse and interactional competence(with Tao, H., Salaberry, M.R., & Burch, A.R.). Chinese as a Second Language Research, 7 (1), 1-13, 2018.
  9. Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1, textbook & workbook, 2nd edition,(with Ross, Claudia, Pei-chia Chen, Baozhang He) Routledge, 2018.
  10. The 2nd International Conference on Spoken Chinese Corpora: from Theory to Pedagogical Application (with Hongyin Tao).  The Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 45 (1), 233-237, 2017.
  11. The Experiential Guo in Mandarin: A Quantificational Approach, Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2014.
  12. The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese, with Claudia Ross, Baozhang He, Pei-chia Chen, Level 1 and Level 2, Routledge Publisher, 2012.
  13. Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese, a Textbook for Intermediate and Pre-advanced Students, with Yea-fen Chen, Frances Lee, Mei-ju Huang, Yuanchao Meng, and Natasha Pierce, Columbia University Press, 2010.
  14. ‘Chinese Professional Workshop Spring 2009,’ Texas Foreign Language Association Journal, Summer 2009.
  15. ‘Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas: 2007 in Review,’ Texas Foreign Language Association Journal, Vol.55, p.27-30 , Spring 2008.
  16. ‘Religion, Philosophy, and Language’ and ‘Way of Life,’ Atlas of China, National Geographic, p. 52-55, 2008.
  17. ‘The ePortfolio in Chinese: A Three-Semester Project,’ Texas Foreign Language Association Journal, Vol. 54 (2), p. 20-22, Summer 2007.
  18. ‘A Technologically Enhanced Approach for Teaching Languages through Songs,’ with G. Shah, 21st Century Technology in Language Teaching and Learning, ed. S. William, the proceedings of the 2007 annual meeting of the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology.
  19. ‘Online vs. Offline Listening Exercises,’ From Chalkboard to Blackboard: New Technologies for Language Teaching and Learning, ed. Ute S. Lahaie, the proceedings of the 2004 annual meeting of the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology, p.49-54, 2004.
  20. ‘Online Listening Exercises with Videos,’ co-authored with Hajime Kumahata and Marshall McArthur, All is WELL: New Modalities of Web-Enhanced Language Learning, ed. Ute S. Lahaie, the proceedings of the 2003 annual meeting of the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology, p. 45-53, 2003.
  21. Listening Lab Workbook. In the textbook series of Communicating in Chinese. Yale University Press, 1999.
  22. ‘The Perfect Tense in Mandarin,’ Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 2, 62-72, 1999.
  23. ‘On HAI in Mandarin,’ Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 26 (2), 236-280, 1998.
  24. ‘Enhance the Listening Comprehension in Mandarin: Designing Active Listening Activities,’ Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association, 32 (3), 65-92, 1997.
  25. ‘An Analysis of the Experiential Marker Guo in Mandarin: A Temporal Quantifier,’ The Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 5 (2), 151-182, 1996.

    Awards and Grants
  • Brown Teaching Grant, Rice University, 2022.
  • STARTALK Grant for ‘Chinese Language Student Program for Academy of International Studies’, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2021.
  • STARTALK Grant for ‘Chinese Teacher Program focusing on Reading Literacy,’ National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2021.
  • Brown Teaching Grant, Rice University, 2019.
  • Teaching Innovation Fund, Rice University, 2019.
  • Inquiry-based Teaching Grant, Rice University, 2019.
  • Dean’s funds, School of Humanities, 2019.
  • Undergraduate Research Assistance Grant, Humanities Resource Center, Rice University, 2018.
  • STARTALK Grant for “Read-On: Literacy Development in Chinese”  from National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2012-2018.
  • STARTALK Grant for “Houston Immersion Student Program”  from National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2015-2019.
  • STARTALK Grant for Texas Student and Teacher Programs from National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2008-2012.  Rice news 2008, Rice news 2009, Rice At Large 2012
  • STARTALK Teacher Workshop Competition Grant, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, 2009  http://startalk.umd.edu/teacher-development/workshops
  • Best Practices Award, College Language Curriculum Study, the Educational Policy Improvement Center, University of Oregon, 2007.
  • A Cultural Documentary on Lijiang , China : a Student Perspective,’ Booth-Ferris Grant, 2006. http://lang.rice.edu/library2/Video/
  • Teaching Languages through Songs’ grant (with Shah and Le) from Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota, 2006. http://lang.rice.edu/yeh/LCTLsongs/index.htm
  • Sarofim Teaching Award, Rice University , 2005.
  • LRC Technology Workshop Grant, ‘Online Chinese tutor,’ Rice University , 2005.
    https://lang.rice.edu/yeh/LRCworkshop05/index.html
  • Jiede Research Grant for the project of ‘Exploring Chinatown: Integrating Language, Culture and Community’, from Chinese Language Teachers Association, 2004
  • Dean’s Summer Stipend, School of Humanities at Rice, 2004
  • Rice University , Brown Teaching Grant , ’Online Listening Exercises,’ 2003
  • Dean’s Summer Stipend ( School of Humanities at Rice), 2003
  • Rice University , Brown Teaching Grant ‘Personal Interviews of Native Speakers in China and Taiwan ,’ 2002
  • Trinity University Research Stipend, ‘A Unified Analysis for Even in Mandarin and English,’ 1999.
  • Trinity University Research Stipend, ‘The Additive Particles in Mandarin,’ 1997.
  • Languages across the Curriculum Stipend, NEH, June, 1996.
  • Trinity University Research Stipend, ‘The Discourse Particle Hai in Mandarin: from An Additive Focus to the Temporal Continuation,’ 1995.


Language Program Consultant

  • AP Chinese consultant, the College Board, 2006-2022.
  • Pine Crest High School, Fort Lauderdale, Chinese Program, provided workshops to improve the vertical curriculum from 6th to 12th, 2019 
  • Houston Independent School District, 2012
    Evaluated vertical Chinese language curriculum, from K-12th grade
  • Illinois Wesleyan University, 2010
    provided an external review of the 2-year Chinese Program
  • Texas A& M University, 2010, Teacher Certification Program, College of Education and Human Development
    developed two online modules:
    Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Methods: Chinese
    LOTE Standards, Curriculum and Assessment: Chinese
  • Carthage College, Wisconsin, 2009
    provided an external review of the 4-year Chinese Program
  • Johnston Middle School, Houston ISD, 2008-2009
    strengthened the 2-year Chinese Program
  • Kennedy High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2009
    developed AP Chinese curriculum

Cross-Culture Consultant

  • CARTUS Global Performance Solution, 2008, provided cross-cultural sessions
  • HP company, 2002-2005, designed and taught the language and culture curriculum for computer engineers


Invited Workshops and Talks

  1. Invited speaker, Developing Chinese Reading Skill, a half-day teacher professional development workshop, Chinese Language Teachers Association in Texas, Oct. 1st, 2022.
  2. Invited speaker, Using Authentic Doctor-Patient Consultation, Pedagogical Platform of Teaching Chinese for Specific Purposes(with Liang Fu and Wei-li Hsu), Nov. 11th, 2022.
  3. Invited speaker, Pedagogical contrastive linguistics, a half-day teacher professional development workshop, Texas A&M, May 5, 2021.
  4. Invited speaker, Developing Reading Skills: from Character Acquisition to Reading Comprehension, a full-day workshop, Houston Startalk Program, Rice University, Jan. 26th , 2019.
  5. Developing Chinese Reading Literacy (webinar), Chinese School Association in the United States, April 5th, 2018.
  6. Interpersonal Speaking Communication, Houston Startalk Chinese Teacher Development (full-day workshop) , Rice University March 31st, 2018.
  7. Character Acquisition to Reading Skill (webinar).  Chinese Heritage Language Education and Research, February 1st, 2018.
  8. AP Chinese: Developing Conversational and Presentational Skill, Houston Chinese Teacher Professional Workshop, Chinese Language Teachers’ Association in Texas, January 15, 2017.
  9. Developing Critical Thinking: Analyzing Authentic Language Uses, Chinese ‘Reading Literacy Development in Mandarin,’ a whole-day workshop, invited by University of Toledo , April, 2017.
  10. ‘Develop Critical Thinking in Language Classes,’ invited by Texas A&M University, Marh 25, 2017.
  11. ‘AP Chinese: Developing Conversation and Presentation Skill,’ invited by Chinese Language Teachers’ Association in Texas, St. Thomas University, January 15, 2017.
  12. ‘Chinese Subject Test: Developing Listening, Reading, and Critical Thinking Skill,’ invited by Chinese Language Education & Research Center, webinar workshop, October 3rd, 2015.
  13. ‘Develop Critical Thinking: Using Authentic Material,’ plenary speaker, Annual Conference of CLTA-TX, September 5th, 2015.
  14. ‘Standards-based Curriculum: Design and Implementation,’ a half-day workshop, invited by East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern California, May 2nd, 2015.
  15. ‘Building a Standards-based Chinese Program: Focusing Assessment on Language Performance,’ a full-day workshop, Consortium of Illinois Language Schools, January 5th, 2013
  16. ‘AP Exam: Focus on Assessment,’ Confucius Institute, University of South Florida, Feb., 2012
  17. ‘Study Abroad in China,’ International Programs, Rice University, Feb., 2012
  18. ‘Reading Comprehension Strategies,’ Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Jan., 2012.
  19. ‘Developing Interactive Classroom Exercises,’ half-day workshop, with Claudia Ross, ACTFL Conference, Denver, Nov. 17, 2011.
  20. ‘New Directions for AP Chinese,’ Cultural Division, Taipei Office in Houston, Nov. 4th, 2011.
  21. ‘Reading at the AP Chinese level: from Sentence Patterns to Story Narration,’ half-day workshop, Texas Foreign Language Association Fall Conference, Houston, Oct. 2011.
  22. ‘AP Chinese Summer Institute,’ 4-day workshop, invited by Rice University, June 25-28, 2011.
  23. ‘Microteaching,’ one-day workshop for Houston and Dallas Startalk Teacher Program, May 2011.
  24. ‘Chinese Curriculum Design for Beginners,’ half-day teacher professional workshop, with Adam Ross, Derlin Chao, Julia Kessel. ACTFL, Nov 19-21, 2010.
  25. ‘Teacher Modeling,’ half-day teacher professional workshop, KatyISD, Texas, Sep, 2010.
  26. ‘Design Effective Cooperative Learning Activities,’ half-day teacher training, Texas A&M University, Sep 2010.
  27. ‘Achieving Student-Centered Language Classrooms,’ STARTALK Meeting, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland, April, 2010.
  28. ‘Teaching Mandarin Tone and Pronunciation,’ one-day workshop, Texas STARTALK Teacher Program, Dallas, April, 2010.
  29. ‘Performance-based Assessment,’ Cornell University, Feb. 18, 2010.
  30. ‘Contrastive Analysis: English and Mandarin,’ Rice University, Chinese Delegation for Teachers’ Professional Development, Feb. 10, 2010.
  31. ‘Assessing Student Language Performance,’ Rice University, Chinese Delegation for Teachers’ Professional Development, Feb. 3, 2010.
  32. ‘Student-centered Language Classroom through Cooperative Learning,’ Dallas Chinese language one-day Workshop (Jan. 16, 2010) and Houston Chinese Teacher one-day Workshop (Jan. 23, 2010).
  33. ‘Using the Target Language,’ STARTALK Network for Program Excellence, Chicago, Oct. 17, 2009.
  34. ‘Curriculum Design and Assessment’, two-day workshop, Texas STARTALK Teacher Program, Dallas, May 2-3, 2009.
  35. ‘Designing AP Chinese Curriculum’, invited by the College Board, Triton College, Chicago, March 24, 2009.
  36. ‘Performance-based Assessment’, one-day workshop invited by Plano Independent School District, Texas, Feb 15, 2009.
  37. ‘Establishing and Sustaining a Chinese Language Program,’ one-day workshop, organized by Chinese Language Teachers Association in Texas, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, Austin, January 10, 2009.
  38. ‘Establish AP Chinese Curriculum,’ invited by the College Board National Forum for Educator, one-day Chinese Professional Development Workshop, November 8, 2008.
  39. ‘Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in Texas,’ invited by Texas A&M Confucius Institute, April 28, 2008.
  40. ‘Proficiency and Assessment,’ invited by Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools, Washington DC, one-day Chinese Teacher Workshop, April 19 abd May 31, 2008.
  41. ‘Chinese Language Teaching in Greater Austin,’ invited by CLTA-TX, Austin, March 29, 2008.
  42. ‘AP Chinese Course and Exam,’ invited by the College Board, 2-day Workshop, Tulsa, OK, Feb. 23-24, 2008.
  43. ‘Performance Standards: Theoretical Framework and Activity Design,’ invited Dallas-Ft Worth Chinese School, 2-day Teacher Workshop, Jan. 19-20, 2008.
  44. ‘Establish and Sustain AP Chinese Course,’ invited by the College Board, 2-day Workshop, San Antonio, Tx, Jan. 25-26, 2007.
  45. ‘AP Chinese Course Objectives and Exam to high school teachers,’ invited by Education Division, Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Houston, 2006


Presentations

  1. Teaching authentic doctor-patient consultations: Assessment of pedagogical effect, Wei-li Hsu.  Chinese Language Teachers’ Association Annual Conference (virtual), October 4, 2022.
  2. Expanding topics in beginning foreign language peer-to-peer interactions: Examples from Chinese and German, with Katharina Kley and Silvia Kunitz.  International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), online, August 20th, 2021.
  3. Developing reading literacy in Chinese through lexical compounding, with Claudia Ross and Peichia Chen.  Chinese Language Teachers’ Association Annual Conference, online, April 10, 2021.
  4. Focus on doctor-patient conversation: a curriculum for medical Chinese, with Liang Fu.  Language for Specific Purpose Conference, University of North Caroline at Charlotte, March 5-7, 2020.
  5. L1-L2 speaker interaction: Affordance for assessing, with Silvia Kunitz and Kley Katharina. Beyong Validity, conference organized by Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication, Rice University, Houston, April 12-14, 2019.
  6. Chinese reading project, with Wei-li Hsu, Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication, Rice University, April 1st, 2019.
  7. Assessing Speaking Jiazhou? Is it California? – Investigating the scoring validity of the repair subscale of a speaking test for Chinese learners, with Silvia Kunitz and Kley Katharina, Assessing Speaking in Context—New Trends, conference organized by Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication, Rice University, Houston, May 4-5, 2018.
  8. Developing Interpretive Reading Skills in AP Chinese Courses, with Pei-Chia Chen and Claudia Ross, ACTFL, New Orleans, November 16-18th, 2018.
  9. Literacy Instruction in Chinese- Transferring theory to classroom application, with Claudia Ross and Ke Peng, STARTALK Conference, Houston, Oct. 18-20th, 2018
  10. Teaching Interactional Competence: Preliminary findings from the Chinese classroom, with Silvia Kunitz, Interactional Competence and Practices in a Second Language International Conference (ICOP-L2), University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland, Jan 19-20, 2017.
  11. Assessing Interactional Competence, Central States of Conference on the Teaching Foreign Languages, Chicago, March 10-11, 2017.
  12. Pragmatic Competence in Interaction: Study-Abroad Context, Study Abroad Conference, Rice University, February 10-11, 2017.
  13. Effects of Using Natural Conversations in First-Year Chinese Curriculum, 3rd International Conference on Spoken Chinese Corpora, Beijing Language and Culture University, July 4-5, 2017.
  14. Developing Inferential Reading Comprehension Skill in Chinese, with Claudia Ross and Pei-chia Chen, ACTFL, Nashville, November 18th.’Using formative assessment to guide reading literacy development in CFL’ with Claudia Ross and Pei-chia Chen, ACTFL Conference, Boston, Nov. 18-20, 2016.
  15. Using formative assessment to guide reading literacy development in CFL, with Claudia Ross and Pei-chia Chen, ACTFL Conference, Boston, Nov. 18-20.
  16. ‘Developing Critical Thinking Through sociolinguistic analysis of Authentic data,’ CLIC Summer Workshops for L2 Teachers, Rice University, August 13th, 2016.
  17. ‘Teaching Beginning Students Interactional Practices: Through Building Corpora of Spoken Language,’ the 2nd International Conference on Spoken Chinese Corpora, Rice University, August 10-11, 2016.
  18. ‘From Objectives to Assessment: Developing Interactional Competence for beginning students,’ Symposium on the Teaching and Testing of L2 Interactional Competence, Rice University, April 29-May 1, 2016.
  19. ‘Developing Critical Thinking: Using Authentic Materials,’ Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT),  Charlotte, Feb 18-20, 2016.
  20. ‘Research-guided CFL Reading Modules,’ CLTA Annual Conference in conjunction with ACTFL, with Ke Peng, Claudia Ross, Nov. 20-22, San Diego, 2015.
  21. ‘Corpus-based Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning the Connective JIU in Chinese,’ 1st International conference on the Corpora of Chinese Spoken Language, Nanjing University, July 10-11, 2015.
  22. ‘Read On: Training Modules for Literacy in Chinese,’ CLTA Annual Conference in conjunction with ACTFL, with Ke Peng, Claudia Ross, Nov. 21-23, San Antonio, 2014.
  23. ‘Reading in Chinese: Research-supported Instruction,’ CLTA Annual Conference in conjunction with ACTFL, with Ke Peng, Yea-fen Chen, Claudia Ross, Nov. 21-24, Orlando, 2013.
  24. ‘Effective Uses of Classroom Teaching Video Clips,’ with Xiaohong Wen, STARTALK October Conference, Portland, October 17-20, 2013.
  25. ‘All about a Good Start,’ with Betsy Hart and Bhavani Parpia, STARTALK Spring Conference, Orlando, May 3-4, 2013.
  26. ‘Training Master Teachers: Startalk Program on Chinese Literacy Development,’ with Claudia Ross and Yea-fen Chen, Conference of National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Chicago, April 26-28, 2013.
  27. ‘Character Literacy Research to Support Best Practices in CFL instruction,’ with Claudia Ross, Pei-chia Chen, ACTFL, Philadelphia, Nov. 16-18, 2012
  28. ‘Mentorship: Teaching and Cultural Unit Design,’ with Fang Ji and Mei-yin Yeh, Startalk Fall Conference, Atlanta, Oct, 19-20, 2012 ‘Broadcasting Project in Forum: Using Eyejot,’ Technology Luncheon, Center for the Study of Language, Rice University, April, 2012
  29. ‘Teaching Chinese Characters: Using Research to Guide Practice,’ with Baozhang He and Pei-chia Chen, ACTFL Conference, Denver, Nov. 2011.
  30. ‘How to Facilitate Learner-Centered Language Learning and Teaching,’ with Shuhan Wang and Janis Jensen, ACTFL Conference, Denver, Nov. 2011.
  31. ‘Reinforcing the 5Cs through Storytelling: Collaborative Language Teaching and Learning,’ with Alwiya Omar, Guatami Shah, Antonia Schleicher, ACTFL Conference, Denver, Nov. 2011.
  32. ‘Interactive Approach: Engage your Students,’ with Fang Ji, Lili Liu, STARTALK Fall Conference, Oct. 2011.
  33. ‘Stories from Teachers,’ Annual Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association in Texas, University of Texas at Dallas, August 2011.
  34. ‘Building Discourse Literacy in Chinese National,’ with Claudia Ross, Pei-chia Chen, National Chinese Language Conference, San Francoise, April 2011.
  35. ‘Building Literacy Skills in the Basic Chinese Curriculum,’ with Claudia Ross, Baozhang He, Pei-chia Chen, ACTFL/CLTA, Nov 19-21, Boston, 2010.
  36. ‘Telling Tales in the 21st Century,’ with Claire Bartlett and Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, ACTFL, Nov 19-21, Boston, 2010.
  37. ‘Regional Chinese Language Teachers Associaton-Meeting the Needs of the Field a thte Local Level,’ ACTFL/CLTA, Nov 19-21, Boston, 2010.
  38. ‘Student-Centered Classroom through Cooperative Learning,’ with Elsie Chang and Kelly Lang, ACTFL/CLTA, Nov 19-21, Boston, 2010.
  39. ‘Assessing and Teaching Tone and Pronunciation,’ with Fang Ji and Jingnang Gea, 2010 CLTA-Texas Annual Conference, Texas A&M University, Aug 28, 2010.
  40. ‘Designing Instruction for the AP Chinese Language and Culture Course,’ with Keith Cothrun and Chris Delucia, CLASS, San Diego, Nov. 18-22, 2009.
  41. ‘Listening for Information: How to reach the goal’, CLTA, San Diego, Nov. 18-22, 2009.
  42. ‘Successful Integration of Videoconferencing Tool to the Language Curriculum,’ with Claire Bartlett and Viqui Arbizu-Sabater, ACTFL, San Diego, Nov. 18-22, 2009.
  43. ‘Creating Photo Story,’ Technology Luncheon, Language Resource Center, Rice University, April 17, 2009.
  44. ‘Word to World: Texas Startalk Chinese Teacher Professional Programs,’ Texas Foreign Language Association, Fall Conference, Houston, Oct16-18, 2008.
  45. ‘CyberSpace Community,’ Technology Luncheon, Language Resource Center, Rice University, April 18, 2008.
  46. ‘Cultural Evolution in Lijiang China: Classroom Applications of the Documentary’, the annual convention of American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Antonio, Nov. 16-18. 2007.
  47. ‘Technology Workshop for K-12 Teachers,’ with M. McArthur, Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas, Sep. 13, 2007. Rice University.
  48. ‘On Site Student-produced Cultural Documentary,’ with Claire Bartlett and Emilie Dejonckheere, the annual convention of American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Nashville, Nov. 18-20. 2006.
  49. ‘Creative Ways of Teaching and Learning Languages through Songs,’ with Gautami Shah and Thuy-kim Le, the annual convention of ACTFL, Nashville, Nov. 18-20. 2006.
  50. ‘Exploring Chinatown Project: Innovative Pedagogy,’ presented at the annual meeting of CLTA in conjunction with ACTFL, Baltimore, Nov. 18-20. 2005.
  51. ‘E-Porfolios: Students Communicating with the World,’ co-presented with Claire Bartlett, Jose Narbona, Christa Gaug, ACTFL, Baltimore, Nov 18-20, 2005.
  52. ‘Exploring Chinatown: Effective Online Presentation,’ presented with Hajime Kumahata at the annual meeting of Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, Michigan State University , May 2005.
  53. ‘The Chinese Placement Test: Assessing Four Skills,’ organized and chaired the panel discussion, the Conference of CLTA with ACTFL, Nov. 20-22, 2004, Chicago.
  54. ‘Online Listening Exercises,’ the annual meeting of Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, Carnegie Mellon University, June 2004.
  55. ‘Videos of Personal Interviews for Chinese Language Learners,’ co-presented with Hajime Kumahata and Marshall McArthur at the International Association for Language Learning Technology, June 2003, University of Michigan.
  56. ‘ Chinese Program Building in Liberal Arts Colleges,’ organized the panel for Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Nov. 16-19, 2000, Boston.
  57. ‘Enhance Listening Comprehension Skill’ presented in the Workshop on Teaching Chinese Language, Literature and Culture, Rice University, May 29-30, 1999.
  58. ‘Teaching Culture: Through Cinema, Business, and Reading Courses,’ organized and chaired the panel discussion, the Conference of CLTA, Nov. 20-22, 1998, Chicago.
  59. ‘Geng and Shenzhi: Two Scalar Operators in Mandarin,’ the Joint Meeting of the Seventh International Conference on Chinese Linguistics and the Tenth North American Conference of Chinese Linguistics, June 26-28, 1998, Stanford University.
  60. ‘The Semantics and Pragmatics of the Additive Particles (ye, you, hai) in Mandarin,’ the Fifth International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, National Chinghua University, Taiwan, June 27-29, 1996.
  61. ‘New Approaches to Listening Comprehension,’ organized the panel discussion, in the CLTA Conference in conjunction with ACTFL, Nov. 22-24, 1996, Philadelphia.

Affiliations

  • Chinese Language Teachers Association
  • Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas
  • American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages
  • Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools
  • Texas Foreign Language Association

 

 

 

 

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