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Dr. Jianguo Ji
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Professor, Academic Advisor, and Director of Instructional Team for
our Chinese Language Teacher Certificate Program. He earned his
doctorate from Columbia University. With years of experience in
foreign language teaching, foreign language teacher training, and crosscultural education, he has been a professor of modern languages
at City University of New York, a professor of Asian studies with
CUNY Research Foundation, an adjunct professor of foreign languages
with New York University’s Center for Foreign Languages and
Translation Studies, a guest professor with Tongji University and
Shanghai Tiedao University, a consultant at Columbia University’s
Teachers College Graduate Writing Center, and Senior Advisor at NY
Crosscultural Consulting Service.
Areas of research publications (books, papers, presentations):
Foreign language teaching methodology, transcultural pedagogy,
applied linguistics, psycholinguitics, teaching Chinese as a foreign
language, comparative literature, American literature, U.S. overseas
war experiences, U.S.-China relations, Japan-China relations,
Asian-American history.
Academic courses taught at universities in China and United
States:
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Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Transcultural-linguistic Approach to Foreign Language Teaching,
Foreign Language Pedagogy, Instructed Foreign Language Acquisition;
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Chinese as a foreign language, Chinese Short Stories, Chinese Film
- Culture and Literature on Movie Screen, Chinese Cultural patterns;
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China-U.S. Relations in Cultural & Historical Context,
Asian-Americans in U.S., Asian-Americans in American Law & Politics,
American Cultural Patterns;
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Research Design: Quantitative and Qualitative, Academic English
skills, Readings in British Literature, American Literature
Appreciation: Fictions.
Courses to be teaching in the first cycle of our Teacher
Certificate Program:
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FL Teaching Methodology and Teaching Chinese to American Learners;
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Tran cultural-linguistic Approach to Teaching Chinese in American
Classroom;
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Instructed FL Acquisition and Teaching Chinese as A Foreign
Language;
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Teaching Chinese to
American Learners: Instructional Design and Practice Teaching;
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Teaching Chinese Culture and History in American Schools (Seminar
Series):
Teaching Chinese Cultural Patterns and Multiethnic Customs
Teaching Chinese Social Development and Modernization Movement
Teaching China-US. Relations in Cultural and Historical Context
Nianyang Wu
Undergraduate Degree
in Psychology of Beijing University;
Master Degree in Psychology of Beijing University;
PhD in Language Usage of Shanghai Normal University
Assistant Professor in
Shanghai Normal University Psychology Department
For a long time, Ms. Wu had been actively participated in various
educational programs, psychological consoling, and child
psychological researches. In recent years, she attended HSK
(traveling) discovery and explore, taught at several oversea Chinese
instructor training programs. Ms. Wu appeared at various seminars on
child psychological development in countries such as UK, New
Zealand, Australia, Canada, Burma, Thailand, Philippines, etc., she
also played a leading role in language instructor training through
various courses offered in different areas across the world.
Several Topics of Presentation
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Elementary, and
middle school students’ age and personality characteristics
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How to advance child
intelligence development
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How to catch
students’ attention during classes
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How to discipline
developing youth
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Psychological
impacts on students and teachers interactions
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The making of
Chinese Language Proficiency Examination
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Elementary, and
middle school students’ mental health education
Wenzhong Chen
Graduated from Anhui Normal University Chinese Language Major in
1977, Mr. Chen had been accepted as a full time faculty member of
the school ever since then. Between the years of 1982 – 1983, and
1996 – 1997, he had visited various universities around the nation
such as Fudan University, Beijing University, also exchange valuable
experience with his fellow professors. Currently Mr. Chen is the
professor of Chinese Language, mentor of Language Art Department,
director of Language Theory, and member of Poetry Examining Council.
He is also a trustee of the Chinese Foreign Literary Exploration
Board. In the year 1995, he being placed as the head of Youth
Development Program。He is currently working on a program targeting
on the public appreciation of classic poetry. Some of his most
famous works include: “Chinese Classical Poetry Examination” (Anhui
Normal University Publication, 1998), “Top 10 Classic Writer of
China” (Nanjing Univerity, 1998), “Chinese Scholar in America”
(Anhui Educational Publication, 2001), “Panorama of Literature’
(Anhui Educational Publican, 1987), chief editor of the textbook
series “Theory of Literature” (Anhui University, 2002)
Yonghua Cui
Beijing Language University Professor
In the year of 1978, Cui had been accepted by Beijing University,
majored in Chinese Language Arts. In 1981, he graduated with a
Master Degree in Language Arts. Since 1981, Cui had been part of the
studying committee on oversea Chinese Language Development. Some of
the topics he had studied include teaching methods and theory,
Chinese Language proficiency, etc. Some of his well-known work
include “Chinese Teaching Methods for Foreign Instructors”, “Oversea
Chinese Instruction Analysis”, co-edited various textbooks include
“Look, Listen, and Speak Chinese”, “Standard Chinese”, etc. Host
various seminars on topics such as “How to process information
through formal Chinese”, “Chinese Oversea Students Language
proficiency level”, etc.
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