"The technology itself is not transformative. It’s the school, the pedagogy, that is transformative."
- Tanya Byron
Teaching in Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters
FLT841 Literacy, Biliteracy, Multi-literacy and Digital Literacy Assistant Professor
Master-level online course: pre-service and in-service language teachers learn the key concepts, related theories, models in the field of literacy teaching and to design activities, lessons, digital projects for literacy teaching
FLT898 Final Portfolio Assistant Professor
Comprehensive exam: Students' portfolio serves as the final evidence and documentation of their learning outcomes throughout the MAFLT program.
FLT860 Second/Foreign Langage Acquisition Assistant Professor
Master-level online course: pre-service and in-service language teachers learn prominent theories, concepts and methods in second language acquisition (SLA) and design, conduct and report on an action research that serve to apply their new awareness of SLA and inform their pedagogical practices going forward.
FLT807 Foreign Language Teaching Methods Assistant Professor
Master-level online course: pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers learn approaches, methods and materials for the teaching of second and foreign languages from the perspectives of second language acquisition research.
FLT881 Teaching Foreign Language with Technology Assistant Professor
Master-level online course: pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers learn types of technology, theories and designs in the field of computer assisted language learning, along with different technological tools for interaction, collaboration, assessment etc.
FLT885 Experiential Module Assistant Professor
Master-level online course: a practical thesis for foreign language teachers who have completed at least 6 courses within the program.
Teaching in Michigan State University College of Education
TE150 Reflections on Learning Teacher Assistant
Bachelor-level online course: an introductory educational psychology course which provide an overview of major learning theories
CEP820 Teaching Students Online Teacher Assistant
Master-level online course: pre-service and in-service teachers discuss various online learning management systems along with the exploration of various teaching methodologies in the online environment.
CEP 901b Proseminar of Educ Psych & Ed Tech II Teacher Assistant
Doctoral-level hybrid (face-to-face and online) course: a doctoral proseminar to introduce the scholarly disciplines of educational psychology and educational technology and support them in the process of becoming a researcher and scholar.
Teaching in Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus
Contrastive Linguistics: English VS Japanese Instructor / Associate Professor
Applied Linguistics Instructor / Lecturer
English Writing Instructor / Lecturer
Japanese Listening I Instructor / Lecturer
Japanese Listening II Instructor / Lecturer
Basic Japanese I, II Instructor / Lecturer
Comprehensive English Instructor / Lecturer
College English Reading I, II, III & IV Instructor / Associate Lecturer
College English Listening I, II, III & IV Instructor / Associate Lecturer
Teaching Philosophy
1. Task-based teaching; learn by doing.
2. Use technology wisely.
3. Develop self-directed lifelong learners.
2. Use technology wisely.
3. Develop self-directed lifelong learners.