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)