Biography

As an award-winning teacher and published scholar with a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Professor Wu is dedicated to helping students learn about China, its language, people, and culture. In her 13 years of experience in both American and Chinese universities, she has taught Chinese language on all levels to students from over fifty countries. She has also lectured these students on wide-ranging aspects of Chinese culture. 

Throughout her career, Professor Wu has sought to extend her commitment to education by “teaching teachers.”  She has taught courses to both undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. In addition, she has given demo classes, some of which were video-taped, to train new teachers.

Professor Wu believes that if taught through effective approaches , Chinese language will not be difficult to acquire.Her classes are fun and engaging. To learn more about her teaching style, here is a video: https://youtu.be/wkpzWz_YVPg."

Honors and Awards

Intercultural Administration of International Students in Fujian Province, the Education Department of Fujian Province Research Fund, China. 07/2016

Certificate of Outstanding Teaching in NSLI-Y program, College of Humanities at Xiamen University and the Confucius Institute at the University of Delaware. 08/2015

Second prize: 9th Annual Xiamen University Teaching Competition, Xiamen University, China. 01/2015

Certificate of Achievement in Teaching, the Confucius Institute at the University of Delaware, DE. 06/2014

The Construction of Database for Lesson Planning in TCSL, Education Ministry of China's Humanities & Social Sciences Project Fund. 10/2010

Innovative Demonstration Lessons Award 2010, the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching. 08/2010

The Analysis of Errors Based on Students’ Corpus of Disclosure, National Social Science Funds of China (second partner). 10/2007

Areas of Research

Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (“TCSL”)
Second Language Acquisition
Chinese Lexicology.
Chinese Language Pedagogy

Courses Regularly Taught

CHNS 201, CHNS 202, Intermediate Chinese
CHNS 301, CHNS 302, Advanced Intermediate Chinese
CHNS 321, CHNS 322, Chinese Conversation
CHNS 455, CHNS 456, Reading in Chinese
ML 271 Chinese Popular Culture