Adjunct

Xiaonan Chu

Xiaonan Chu

Adjunct Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 510 Kent Hall
Office Hours: M, W, Th 10:20–11:20 a.m.
Email: xc2375@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Bilingual and Bicultural Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
Certificate: Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL), Teachers College, Columbia University
MA: English Literature, China University of Petroleum
BA: English, Changchun University of Science and Technology

Classes Taught

CHNS UN1111 FIRST YEAR CHINESE W I
CHNS UN1112 FIRST YEAR CHINESE W II

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition
Chinese Language Pedagogy
Language Input and Learner Engagement
Differentiated Language Instruction
AI-Supported Language Learning
Curriculum Development

Bio

Xiaonan Chu began teaching as an adjunct Chinese language instructor at Columbia University in Fall 2025. She previously served as a Teaching Associate in Chinese at Columbia and has taught Chinese and English in both the United States and China. Her experience also includes curriculum development, teacher education, and interdisciplinary program design. Her current interests center on responsive language-learning ecologies that integrate rich and comprehensible input, meaningful communication, differentiated pathways, learner agency, and AI-supported learning. She is particularly interested in how language curricula can respond to learners’ diverse linguistic backgrounds, cognitive strengths, and developmental needs.

Publications

Chu, Xiaonan. “On a Contrastive Method of Teaching Culture in ELT Classroom for College-Level Students.” Higher Education of Social Science, 3(3), 2012.

Chu, Xiaonan, and Xiuhua Wang. “Characteristic Analysis of Mandarin Chinese From a Cultural Perspective.” Studies in Literature and Language, 7(2), 2013.

Book chapter in preparation (co-author): Interdisciplinary theme-based learning for K–12 educators in China.

Filed Under: Adjunct, Korean

Jiyeon Janice Kim

Jiyeon Janice Kim

Adjunct Lecturer in Korean

Office: 502F Kent Hall
Office Hours: T 2:30 pm -3:30 pm
Email: jyk2123@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Teacher’s College at Columbia University (’15)

Classes Taught

KORN UN1101 First-Year Korean I

Research Interests

Second Language Acquisition.

Jiyeon Kim has been teaching a wide range of Korean levels to all ages since 2014. She received her M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Teachers College Columbia University and holds a TESOL certificate from University of California, Riverside. She is currently working at the Korea Society as a Korean language instructor.

by

Shuichiro Takeda

Shuichiro Takeda

Adjunct Lecturer in Japanese

Email:  st3377@columbia.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Educational Background

Master of Educational Technology, University of British Columbia
BA, Psychology, Hunter College
BA, English and American Literature, Nanzan University

Research Interests

Japanese Pedagogy

Shuichiro Takeda began his teaching career in Quebec City, where he taught Japanese to adult learners until 2015. Since then, he has taught Japanese language courses at all levels at Hunter College, Japan Society, The New School, New York University, and Columbia University. Beyond language instruction, he has designed and taught cultural courses such as Japanese Pop Culture, History of Manga and Anime, and Society in Japan, as well as workshops on Japanese business etiquette. Outside the classroom, he is the author of The Beginner’s Guide to Manga and Anime (Scholastic Inc., 2024) and has provided Japanese language coaching for the HBO Max series Tokyo Vice and the Searchlight Pictures film Rental Family.