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Education
Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
Dept. of Linguistics

MA in Applied Linguistics
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
Dept. of Linguistics

BA in English
Shanghai Teachers’ University
Department of English
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Research Interests
• Applied Phonetics/Experimental Phonetics
• TESOL Theory and Methodology
• Computer Assisted Language Teaching (CALL)
• Cross-Linguistic Speech Perception and Production
• Online Teaching and Learning

 Research Projects Completed:
• Degree of foreign accent and length of residence in target language environments
• Computer assisted training for learning Mandarin tones and English vowels
• Collaborative learning in web-based courses: process vs. product oriented learning tasks.
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Current Project

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Chinese as a Foreign Language learners' difficulties with Mandarin Consonants

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Teaching

California State University, Fresno

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Professor of Linguistics, Since 2014

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Associate Professor of Linguistics, August 2009 –May 2014, 

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Assistant Professor of Linguistics, August 2003- July 2009

Courses I teach:

Ling 236 Teaching Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation
Ling 141 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Ling 155 Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Ling 139 General Phonetics
Ling 147 Bilingualism (face-to face and Web-based)
Chinese courses at all levels

August 2002 - June 2003 Full Time Lecturer
Department of Linguistics, California State University, Fresno

Jan. 2002 – May 2002 Part Time Lecturer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Developed and taught an MA in TESOL course:
“Linguistics and Language Teaching”

Summer Semester 2001 Sessional Instructor
Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University

Fall 2000-Summer 2001 Language Instructor
Language Training Institute, Simon Fraser University

Jan. 1995 – Fall 2001 Teaching Assistant
Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University

July 1988 - Dec. 1994 Full Time Lecturer
Department of English
Shanghai University for Science and Technology
Feb. 1982 - July 1988 Full Time English Instructor
Shanghai No. 6 Normal School

Other experience:
Nov. 2001- May2002 Visiting Research Scholar
Language Center, Hong Kong Baptist University
ESL Pronunciation/Inter-language phonology
April 1997- Sept. 1999 Research Assistant & Research Associate
TeleLearning NEC (a Canadian government funded project for
promoting Internet Technology in education)​