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Honors and awards Invited Speeches and Teaching 2012 Keynote Speaker. “Standards, Benchmarks, and Pedagogy of CFL”, 2012 Michigan State University Workshop for Teachers of Chinese. December 1, 2012. 2012 Plenary Speaker. “L2 Chinese Proficiency Gains in at Home and Study Abroad Settings,” The First Maryland International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language, University of Maryland at College Park, November 11-12, 2012. 2012 Invited Speaker at the "A Comparison of Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies and Policies in the EU and Asia: A Linguistics Symposium.” Florida International University, Miami, Florida, October 10, 2012. 2010 Trainer. Workshops at 5 universities in China (Nankai University in Tianjin, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Jilin University in Changchun) from August 4-14 for Chinese Directors of Confucius Institutes, Instructors of Confucius Institutes, graduate students in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language.? Contents of the workshops: Chinese language curriculum development and management, CFL (Chinese as a foreign language) listening instruction, speaking instruction, vocabulary instruction, reading instruction, testing and assessment. 2010 Keynote Speaker. Keynote Speech Title: “Theory into Practice: SLA Theory & Methodology-driven Computer-assisted Language Learning”, Chinese LEARN Conference, Monterey, California, July 19-22, 2010. 2010 Invited Presentation. Title: “Teaching Chinese as a second language: Listening acquisition and instruction.” Confucius Institute at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, June 26, 2010. 2010 Zijiang Scholar. Two two-credit graduate courses at East China Normal University with one for the International College of Chinese Language and Culture and one for International Center for the Training of Teachers of Chinese as a Second Language. Course title: “Theory and research in Chinese SLA”. May 15 – June 10, 2010. 2010 Trainer. Chinese literacy acquisition workshop, invited one-day workshop. Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas, April 3, 2010 2010 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) MOPI, invited two-day workshop, Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas, April 1-2, 2010. 2009 Invited half-day workshop titled “Finding research topics and designing empirical studies on CFL”, San Diego, CA, November 19, 2009. 2009 Keynote Speaker and Trainer. Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas Workshop, Invited one-day workshop, Dallas, Texas, February 14th, 2009. Topic: Teaching CFL reading and listening classes. 2009 Zijiang Scholar. Two-credit graduate course titled “Theory and research in
Chinese SLA.” International College of Chinese Language and Culture, East Chinese Normal University, Shanghai, China, May, 2009. 2008 Invited Speaker. “Where we are and where we are heading: A summary of papers on research for the learning and teaching of Chinese as a second language presented at the 9th International Congress on the Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language.” Invited plenary speech delivered at the closing ceremony of the 9th International Congress on the Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, December 16, 2008, Beijing, China. 2008 Invited Speaker. “Introduction to Chinese characters for American Learners.” Invited lecture. Bryant University, Providence, RI, October 2, 2008. Co-sponsored by U.S. –China Institute and Department of Modern Languages at Bryant University. 2008 Invited Speaker. Three two-hour lectures titled: “Studies on CFL Reading Process”, “Studies on CFL Testing and Assessment”, & “CFL Task-based Instruction”. June 26-28, 2008. School of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China 2008 Director and Trainer. Month-long Intensive Workshop for 37 master professors from 24 graduate programs designated by the Ministry of Education of China to establish a new MA program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. Courses taught: “Theories and Research in Second Language Acquisition and Chinese as a Second Language” and “Language Testing and Assessment.” June 3-July 3, 2008, Shanghai, China. 2008 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Modified Oral Proficiency Interview workshop, Invited two-day workshop, Stanford University Language Center, May 2-3, 2008. 2008 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Modified Oral Proficiency Interview workshop, invited one-day workshop, sponsored by Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, February 8, 2008. 2007 Plenary Speaker. “Effects of learning context for Chinese as a second language.” Plenary speech at the Fourth International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language, December 14, Beijing Language and Culture University. 2007 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, invited 4-day workshop, sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, October 18-21, 2007. 2007 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Modified Oral Proficiency Interview (MOPI) workshop, San Antonio, Texas, November 22, 2007. 2007 Invited Speaker. “Issues in assessing Chinese speaking skills.” Invited presentation for Beijing Language and Culture University Center of the Chinese Proficiency Test. June 8, 2007 2007 Guess Professor. Beijing Language and Culture University Center for the Studies of Chinese as a Second Language. Course title: Current Topics in Second Language Acquisition Theory and Research, a two-credit-hour course, June 2007. 2005 Invited Presenter. “Task-based Language Instruction: Chinese Speaking Class,” University of Wisconsin at Madison, October 15, 2005. 2005 Keynote Speaker. Keynote Speech Title: “二十一世纪汉语作为外语教学研究方向与理论建构刍议”(CFL Research and Theory Building for the 21st Century), 第一届世界汉语大会 (The First World Chinese Conference), Beijing, July, 2005 2005 Invited Speaker. “Issues in Assessing Chinese Speaking Skills.” New Yale Center for Chinese Language Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 16, 2005. 2005 Trainer. Assessing Chinese Speaking Skills, invited two-day workshop, offered at Chinese University of Hong Kong/Hong Kong Vocational Training Council, July 18-19, 2005. 2005 Invited Speaker. “OPI 和SOPI: 两种口语测试法的相关研究” (Research on the inter-test reliability and validity of OPI and SOPI.), Center for Studies on Chinese as a Second Language at Beijing Language and Culture University, April 13, 2005. 2005 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, invited 4-day workshop offered at Samsung Human Resource Development Center, Seoul, South Korea, January 3-6, 2005. 2004 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, invited 4-day workshop, East Chinese Normal University in Shanghai, China, January 6-9. 2003 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, The University of Pennsylvania, November 17-20. 2003 Faculty. 2003 LSA (Linguistic Society of America) Summer Institute. Michigan State University. Course title: Chinese Language Teaching, a three-week course, June 2003. 2002 Faculty. Ohio State University Summer Program in Chinese and Japanese Teacher Training. Columbus, Ohio. Teaching a three-week course on teaching and testing Chinese and Japanese as a foreign language. June, 2002. 2001 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, sponsored by George Washington University, John Hopkins University, Georgetown University, and University of Maryland at College Park, George Washington University, November 12-15. 2001 Trainer. Implications of Proficiency for Instruction of Chinese: Classroom Methodology and Curriculum Development. Invited 2-day workshop, Peking University Center for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, June 14-15. 2001 Trainer. Implications of Proficiency for Instruction of Chinese: Curriculum Development, Classroom Methodology, and Material Development. Invited 3-day workshop, Nanjing University School for International Educational and Cultural Exchange, Nanjing, China, June 8-10. 2001 Trainer. Implications of Proficiency for Instruction of Chinese. Invited one-day workshop, sponsored by The Defense Language Institute and The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Offered at Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA, May 25. 2001 Invited Speaker. “Task-Based Chinese Language Teaching Method.” Beijing Normal University College for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, June 22, 2001. 2001 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Modified Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (MOPI) workshop, invited 3-day workshop, ?International School of Beijing, February 2-4. 2000 Invited Speaker. A model of Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview. Invited presentation. Yunnan University Center for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Kuming, China, June 21, 2000. 2000 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, invited 4-day workshop, Peking University Center for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, June 13-16. 2000 Trainer. Teacher Training Workshop (invited) for Middblebury College Summer Chinese School, Middlebury, Vermont, June 9. 2000 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, sponsored by ACTFL, Defense Language Institutes, and Monterey Institute of International Studies, offered at Monterey Institute of International Studies, June 5-8. 2000 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, invited 4-day workshop, Nanjing University School for International Educational and Cultural Exchange, Nanjing, China, May 9-12. 2000 Invited Speaker. A model of oral skill achievement testing. Invited Presentation. International Conference on Language Assessment and Language Teaching, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, January 6-8, 2000. 1999 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, November 15-18. 1999 Invited Speaker. Acquisition patterns of Chinese sentence patterns for CFL learners. Invited presentation. International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching and Learning. Columbia University, October 15-17, 1999. 1999 Trainer. ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop, Middblebury College, July 22-25. 1999 Trainer. "The Chinese Speaking Test" -- workshop sponsored by Harvard University, MIT, Wellesley College, and Tuft University. Offered at Harvard University, March 13. 1998 Invited Speaker. Issues in Curriculum Articulation between Study Abroad Programs and Stateside Programs for Chinese as a Foreign Language. Invited Presentation. 51st CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) Annual Conference. Boston, MA. November, 1998. 1997 Trainer. "The Chinese Speaking Test" – invited 3-day workshop, Peking University Center for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, November 26-28. 1997 Trainer. "The Chinese Speaking Test" – invited 3-day workshop, Fudan University School for International Educational and Cultural Exchange, Shanghai, China, October 3-5. 1995 Trainer. "The Chinese Speaking Test" -- workshop sponsored by Center for Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, National Foreign Language Center and the University of Iowa, offered at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, May 8-9. 1994 Trainer. "The Chinese Speaking Test" -- workshop sponsored by Center for Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, and National Foreign Language Center, offered at annual conference of the Chinese Language Teachers' Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 17-18. 1994 Trainer. "The Chinese Speaking Test" -- workshop sponsored by Center for Applied Linguistics and the five college consortium (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and University of Massachusetts), offered at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, May 7-8. Guest Professorships, Professional Awards, & Professional Services 2011-2012 Immediate Past President. US national Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). 2010-2011 President. US national Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). 2010 External Reviewer for promotion to Teaching Full Professor, Carnegie Mellon University. 2010-present Guest Professor. Southeast University, Nanjing, China. 2009-2010 President-elect. US national Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). 2008-present Panel Expert. Human Resource Promotion Committee, Confucius Institute Headquarters, Beijing, China. 2008-present 华东师范大学紫江学者/紫江讲座教授East China Normal University Zijiang Scholar/Zijiang Chair Professor. 2008 External Reviewer. Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Massachusetts in Boston, March 13-14, 2008. 2007 External Reviewer for promotion to full professor. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. 2006-present 北京语言大学对外汉语研究中心客座教授. Guest Professor, Center for Studies of Chinese as a Second Language (a Key Research Institute of the Ministry of Education of China), Beijing Language and Culture University. 2005-present 华东师范大学中国文字研究与应用中心(国家教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地)兼职教授. Guest Professor, Center for the Studies of Chinese Characters and their Applications (a Key Research Institute of the Ministry of Education of China), East China Normal University. 2006 External Reviewer for promotion and tenure. Iowa State University. 2004 Reviewer. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Proposals. 2003 External Reviewer for promotion and tenure. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 2003 Beijing Normal University Distinguished Alumnus Award. 2003 Faculty. 2003 LSA (Linguistic Society of America) Summer Institute. Michigan State University. Course title: Chinese Language Teaching, a three-week course, June 2003. 2002 Consultant. Framework for the Web-Delivered Oral Proficiency Test (OPT) developed by Center for Applied Linguistics 2001-2003 LCTL (less-commonly-taught languages) Section Head. American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Foreign Language Programs (AAUSC). 2001-present Chair. CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) Chinese Language Advisory Board. 2001 External Reviewer for promotion and tenure. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2001 External Reviewer for promotion and tenure. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. 1999-2000 President. US national Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). 1998-2002 Chair. CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) China Policy Committee. 1998 External reviewer for promotion to full professor. Pomona College, California. 1998 Reviewer. Proposals submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities. 1997-2003 Member. SAT II Chinese Test Development Committee, The College Board & Educational Testing Service. 1994 External Reviewer. The University of Pittsburgh Chinese Language Program. Site visit April 16-20, 1994, written report (16 pages) submitted June, 1994. 1989 External Reviewer. Chinese Program, Wabash College, Indiana. 1988-1989 President. Indiana University Linguistics Club. External Grants and Fellowships 2010 Support from Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) for The Confucius Institute at the University of Iowa for 2009/2010 AY to 2013/2014 AY. Principal Investigator. 2008 Henry Luce Foundation Grant titled “Second Language Acquisition of Chinese: Progress Trajectories and Effects of Learning Context”. $230.000. Three-year grant (January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011) Principal Investigator. 2008 Freeman Foundation Undergraduate Asian Studies Initiative II. Three-year grant: $400,000 from the Freeman Foundation for the first two years with the third year of the grant supported by matching funds from numerous UI sources. Principal Investigator. 2008 Freeman Foundation Program for Teaching East Asia. $90,000 for the academic years of 2008-2010. Principal Investigator. 2007 Pilot study titled “Chinese language learning trajectories and effects of learning context.” Funded by Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE). $9,000 for summer of 2007. Principal Investigator. 2006 China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban) grant titled “Establishing The Confucius Institute at The University of Iowa”. Grant period: March 2006 to March of 2009. Principal Investigator. 2006 Freeman Foundation Program for Teaching East Asia. $90,000 for the academic years of 2006-2008. Principal Investigator. 2005 Grant for converting Chinese Computer-Adaptive Listening Test into a web-based test. ?$10,000. National Flagship Program at The Ohio State University. Principal Investigator. 2002 Grant for developing a DVD for the Task-Based Language Instruction: Chinese Speaking Class, funded by The National East Asian Languages Resource Center at
The Ohio State University, amount awarded for 2002 to 2004: $10,000. Principal 2001 Grant for Chinese Computer-Adaptive Listening Test, funded by The National East Asian Languages Resource Center at The Ohio State University, amount awarded for summer, 2001: $6,500. Principal Investigator. 1999 Grant for Chinese Computer-Adaptive Listening Test, funded by The National East Asian Languages Resource Center at The Ohio State University, amount awarded for 1999-2001: $15,000. Principal Investigator. 1996 Grant for Chinese Computer-Adaptive Listening Test, funded by the United States Department of Education through the Ohio State University National Foreign Language Resource Center, amount awarded for the academic year of 1996-97: $10,000. Principal Investigator. 1996 Grant for Chinese Computer-Adaptive Listening Test, funded by the United States
Department of Education through the Ohio State University National Foreign Language
Resource Center, amount awarded for the period of summer 1996: $2.000. Principal 1995 Grant for Chinese Computer-Adaptive Listening Test, funded by the United States
Department of Education through the Ohio State University National Foreign Language
Resource Center, amount awarded for the period of summer 1995: $8,164. Principal 1990 University Graduate School Grant-in Aid for Dissertation Research, Indiana University. 1989-1990 Full fellowship, C. V. Starr Foundation. 1985-1986 Full fellowship, Indiana University International Programs. 1984-1985 Full scholarship to complete Master's Degree, Phi Delta Kappa (professional association of university educators and administrators). |