Jia Xu

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 506 Kent Hall
Office Hours: TR 11:30-1:00
Phone: (212) 854-8545
Email: jx2196@columbia.edu

Educational Background

EdM: Curriculum and Methodology of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing Language and Culture University (2009)
BA: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language,Beijing Language and Culture University (2005)

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

Research Interests

Classical Chinese
Psychology
Cognitive Studies in Education
Second Language Acquisition
Chinese Language Pedagogy

Before Jia Xu joined the Columbia faculty in 2012, she had taught all levels of Chinese at BLCU. She served as program coordinator and language instructor in the foreign diplomats program of the Confucius Institute and Columbia University’s Summer Program in Beijing. She also set up and taught in the Chinese program at Bentley School in California. She has either authored or co-authored the Chinese Textbook for Foreign Diplomats, the Great Wall Chinese series, Medical Chinese books, and all levels of the new HSK and YCT. Jia Xu currently teaches first-year and second-year Chinese in EALAC.

Publications

Teaching Philosophy, Methods and Practices among U.S. K-12 Chinese Teachers (Intensive Chinese Language Educational Research, Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2011)
Chinese for Foreign Diplomats, publication pending
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)

Chen Wu

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 508 Kent Hall
Office Hours: MWF 10:30-11:30
Phone: (212) 854-2311
Email: cw2725@columbia.edu

Educational Background

PhD: Pre-Modern Chinese Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016)
MA: Pre-Modern Chinese Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA: Classical Chinese Philology, Fudan University (2009)
BA: Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University (2006)

Classes Taught

CHNS UN1101 First Year Chinese I
CHNS UN1102 First Year Chinese II
CHNS GU4017 Fourth Year Chinese Advanced I
CHNS GU4018 Fourth Year Chinese Advanced II

Research Interests

Classical Chinese
Medieval Chinese Narrative Writings
Interrelation between City and Literature

Since Chen Wu joined the Columbia faculty in 2013, she has taught Intro to Classical Chinese and all levels of modern Chinese courses. She has had experience teaching Chinese language at Fudan University as well.

Publications

Translation: Heirloom and Exemplar: Research Concerning the ‘Legacy Portrait’ of Confucius among the Kong Descendants and in Schools and Academies during the Song through Yuan Periods by Julia K. Murray (Taida Journal of Art History, 2013)
Book Review: Manifest in Words, Written on Paper: Producing and Circulating Poetry in Tang Dynasty China (Tang yanjiu, 2012)
“Making Eternity out of Transience: Historical Illusion and Literary Truth in The Palace of Lasting Life” (The Michigan Journal of Asian Studies, 2012)
Translation: The Conflicting and Conflated Narratives of Shun and Noah” by William H. Nienhauser (the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in Hong Kong, 2010)
“Xu Hun zaonian xingji zaikao” (Xuchang Xueyuan xuebao, 2008)
“Putian Linshi yu Tangdai Fujian wenhua de zhenxing: Lin Yun‘Muzhou cishi er fujun shendaobei’ kaolun”
(Quanzhou Shifan Xueyuan xuebao, 2008)
“Shilun Fanchuan nüxing ticai shi zhong de shidafu shijiao” (Xuehai, 2006)

Zhirong Wang

Senior Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 512 Kent Hall
Office Hours: MW 10:00-11:30
Phone: (212) 854-3594
Email: zw30@columbia.edu

Educational Background

PhD: Chinese Language, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA: Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University

Classes Taught

CHNS UN3003 Third-Year Chinese N I
CHNS UN3004 Third Year Chinese II
CHNS GU4019 History of the Chinese Language

Research Interests

Chinese Language
Chinese Historical Linguistics
Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language

Zhirong Wang joined Columbia University in 1996 and has taught courses including Elementary Chinese, Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners, Introductory Chinese, Intermediate Chinese, Advanced Chinese, Readings in Modern Chinese, and History of Chinese Language. She also serves as the EALAC Language Lecturer Coordinator.

Publications

Advanced Chinese for Humanities I: Renwentianxia人文天下 (Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2016)
Advanced Chinese for HumanitiesII: Renwentianxia 人文天下 (Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2016)
An Elementary Chinese Reader for Advanced Beginners I (Peking University Press, 2004)
An Elementary Chinese Reader for Advanced Beginners II (Peking University Press, 2005)
A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese 大学语文 (Simplified Characters Edition) (Columbia University Press, 2004; co-author)
DaxueYuwen: A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese (Columbia University Press, 2003; co-author)