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)

Wen Ting

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: TBA
Office Hours: TBA
Phone: TBA
Email: TBA

Educational Background

PhD: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beijing Language and Culture University (2013)
MA: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing Language and Culture University (2005)
BA: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing Language and Culture University (2002)

Classes Taught

TBA

Research Interests

Before she joined Columbia in 2017, Wen Ting taught Elementary Chinese for foreign students at the Beijing Language and Culture University. She also taught various levels of Chinese at Tokyo University of Foreign Students. In addition, she taught graduate courses in Second Language Acquisition as well.

Publications

Chinese Now (Grade 1) (Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2016)
“The Diversified and Comprehensive Trend of Second Language Teaching” in Research on International Chinese Education (volume 3) (Higher Education Press, 2014)
“Student-centered: Promote the International Chinese Teaching Class” in Chinese Higher Education (2013)
Classroom Management for International Chinese (Higher Education Press，2013; co-author)
Elementary Chinese: Comprehensive Course, volume 1 (Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2013)
“The Research on the Improvement of Chinese Learners’ communication competence from the perspective of C.Test Oral Interview Test” in Research on Chinese Listening and Oral Teaching (Higher Education Press, 2011)
“The Comparison of Attitude and Emotion towards the Target Language Group of Foreign Citizen of Chinese Origin and Foreign Citizen without Chinese Origin” in Linguistic Theory and Application (The Commercial Press, 2010)
“The Investigation of Attitude and Second Acquisition Level under the Different Cultural Distance” in Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies
Second language Acquisition (The Commercial Press, 2009; co-author)