Lecturer

Mihoko Yagi

Mihoko Yagi

Lecturer in Japanese

Office: 516 Kent Hall
Office Hours: Wed & Thur 3-4 PM
Phone: (212) 854-3594
Email: my2891@columbia.edu

Educational Background

Ed.M: TESOL, Boston University
BA: Literature, Waseda University

Classes Taught

JPNS 1002 Introductory Japanese B
JPNS 1101 First Year Japanese I

Research Interests

Language Pedagogy

Mihoko Yagi joined the Japanese Language Program at Columbia in
2024. She received her BA in literature from Waseda University and her
Ed.M in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) from
Boston University. Prior to joining Columbia, she taught at Harvard
University and Boston University, where she had extensive experience
of teaching Japanese at various levels. She has also served as a Japanese
language department assistant at DePauw University. She is passionate
about bridging students’ learning in class to the real world.

Jia Xu

Jia Xu

Senior Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 506 Kent Hall
Office Hours: M 9:00-9:50, W 2:50-5:00
Phone: (212) 854-8545
Email: jx2196@columbia.edu

Educational Background

EdM: Educational Psychology: Cognitive Behavioral and Developmental Analysis, Teachers College, Columbia University

EdM: Curriculum and Methodology of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing Language and Culture University

BA: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing Language and Culture University

Classes Taught

CHNS UN1101 First Year Chinese I

CHNS UN1102 First Year Chinese II

CHNS UN2201 Second Year Chinese N I

CHNS UN2202 Second Year Chinese N II

CHNS UN2221 Second Year Chinese W I

CHNS UN2222 Second Year Chinese W II

CHNS UN3003 Third Year Chinese N I

CHNS UN3004 Third Year Chinese N II

CHNS GU4015 Fourth Year Chinese N I

CHNS GU4016 Fourth Year Chinese N II

Research Interests

Educational Technology
Cognitive Science in Education
Chinese Language Pedagogy

Jia Xu joined the Columbia faculty in 2012. Prior to that, she taught all levels of Chinese at BLCU, serving as program coordinator and language instructor in the foreign diplomats program. She also taught in Columbia University’s Summer Program in Beijing. She set up and taught in the Chinese program at Bentley school in California. She has either authored or co-authored Chinese textbooks for Foreign Diplomats, the Great Wall Chinese series, Medical Chinese books, and all levels of the new HSK and YCT. Jia Xu currently teaches second-year and third-year Chinese and serves as second-year Chinese coordinator in EALAC.

Publications

Authentic Chinese (Volume I). Textbook. (Phoenix Tree Publishing Inc., 2023; co-author)   

Authentic Chinese (Volume I). Workbook. (Phoenix Tree Publishing Inc., 2023; co-author)

Teaching Standards, Approaches, and Techniques for K-12 Chinese Classes in the US (Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology, 2020)
Chinese for Foreign Diplomats, publication pending
Teaching Philosophy, Methods and Practices among U.S. K-12 Chinese Teachers (Intensive Chinese Language Educational Research, Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2011)
Great Wall Chinese(textbook and workbook), publication pending
Official Examination Papers of HSK Level 1 to Level 6 (Sinolingua, 2011; co-author)
Chinese Proficiency Test Syllabus Level 3, 5 & 6 (The Commercial Press, 2010; co-author)
Chinese Proficiency Test Syllabus Speaking, (The Commercial Press, 2010; co-author)
Official Examination Papers of YCT Level 1 to 4 (The Commercial Press, 2009; co-author)

Yanwen Wu

 

Yanwen Wu

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 615 Kent Hall
Office Hours: MW 1-2:30 PM
Phone: 212-854-0660
Email: yw4033@columbia.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D.: Chinese Linguistics, University of Wisconsin- Madison
M.A.: Chinese Linguistics, University of Wisconsin- Madison
B.A.: Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Nanjing University

Classes Taught

CHNS UN2201 Second Year Chinese N I
CHNS UN3003 Third Year Chinese I

Research Interests

Chinese Poetic Tonal Prosody
Second Language Acquisition
Phonology

Yanwen Wu joined the Columbia faculty in the Fall of 2022. Her dissertation, entitled “Tonal Prosody in Recent-style Verse of the Early Tang: From a Statistical Perspective”, studies the poetic metric patterns of Middle Chinese and how Chinese poetic prosody was developed throughout history. Her dissertation was awarded the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship supported by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and was invited to present at several national and international conferences. She also published and co-authored several articles in the field of second language acquisition and Chinese dialectology. Before joining EALAC, Yanwen taught Chinese language classes at all levels at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to teaching, she also had a lot of experience in coordinating and supervising different Chinese language and culture programs at UW-Madison.