Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology & Technology (BYU, Provo, UT expected: AUG 2007) Research emphasis: Second Language Acquisition (Chinese emphasis). Expected dissertation topic: An analysis of grammar (syntactic) errors and attrition by adult native English speaking learners of Mandarin as L2.
• M.A. in Language Acquisition (Chinese Emphasis), Brigham Young University Provo, Utah
• B.A. in Chinese literature and Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Professional Experience

• Full-Time Visiting Instructor, Brigham Young University, Asian & Near Eastern Languages Department: Third-year Chinese TV news and newspaper reading (Chinese 302),Advanced Chinese (language and literature) 2004-present
• Part-Time Instructor, Brigham Young University, Asian & Near Eastern Languages Department: Third-year Chinese TV news and newspaper reading (Chinese 302), 2002-2003
• Graduate Instructor, Brigham Young University, Asian & Near Eastern Langauges Department: Third-year Chinese TV news and newspaper reading ; Second-year Chinese ; Second-year Chinese conversation , 1998-2002
• Chinese Literature Instructor, Private RiRen High School in Taipei, Taiwan, 1996-1997
• Lecturer, Stanford Center's Inter-University Program in Taipei, Taiwan, 1994-1996
• Editor and Reporter, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan 1990-1992

Professional Interests

• Second language acquisition, attrition, and pedagogy.
• Chinese media course design.