Service
Service on the National Tsing Hua University Campus
· Committee Member for the NTHU Mandarin Center; December 2011 to present.
· Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, 2006-2009.
· Co-chair, 26th Conference on English Teaching and Learning in the Republic of China, held at NTHU May 16-17, 2009.
· Department Representative to the Personnel and Promotions Committee, College of Humanities and Social Sciences; 1996-97; 1997-98; 1999-2000; 2002-2003, 2009-2012.
· Department Representative to the Computers/Internet Committee, 2005-2007.
· Committee Member for the NTHU Language Center; 1999 to 2009, 2010 to present.
· Supervisor of Language Laboratories, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature; 1993 to present.
· Member of various departmental committees.
· Wrote and graded various department-wide and school-wide exams (e.g., English proficiency tests, transfer exams, MA admission exams)
· Helper, 8th Conference on English Teaching and Learning in the ROC (held May 1991 on NTHU campus)
· Co-coordinator, 13th Conference on English Teaching and Learning in the ROC (held October 1996 on NTHU campus)
· Helper, Canadian Studies Conference (held April 1997 on NTHU campus)
· Teacher in Summer Program for English Teachers sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Summer 1989; Summer 1990.
· Teacher in Evening Program (Advanced English—Listening and Speaking), one evening (3 hours) per week, Fall 1997 and Spring 1998.
· Teacher in Training Program for Primary School English Teachers, Fall 1999 (Materials and Methods; Games, Songs, and Nursery Rhymes); Spring 2000 (Teaching Pronunciation and Phonics; Observation and Practicum).
Service Off Campus
· Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL, USA), Elected Member, Interest Section Leadership Committee, 2006-2010.
· Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL, USA), Technology Advisory Committee (appointed), 2007-2009).
· English Teachers’ Association of the Republic of China (ETA-ROC), Newsletter Editor and International Liaison, 1997- 2002; Assistant Secretary, 1997-1998; General Secretary, 1999-2000. Conference Organizing Committee: Sixth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching (1997); Seventh International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching (1998); Eighth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching (1999); Ninth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching (2001). Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2004.
· Fourth Pan-Asian Conference, Conference Chair (hosted by ETA-ROC with assistance from Thailand TESOL, Korea TESOL, JALT (Japan) and FEELTA (Russia)), November 2002, Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center, Taipei.
· Representative of ETA-ROC to PAC (Pan-Asian Consortium) sister organization conferences several times from 1997 to present.
· International Conference on Computers in Education/ International Conference on Computer-Assisted Instruction 2000, Member of Organizing Committee (Taipei, November 2000).
· Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT); Video Special Interest Group. Deputy Coordinator, 1996; Coordinator, 1997.
· Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL, USA), Video Interest Section. Newsletter Editor, March 1997 to March 1999 (2 issues per year); March 2002 to present (5 on-line issues per year). Chair-Elect, March 1999 to March 2000. Chair, March 2000 to March 2001.
· International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL, UK), Media Special Interest Group, Newsletter Editor, 1996-2000 (3 issues per year).
· Reviewer, Reflections on English Language Teaching (journal put out by National University of Singapore) from 2002.
MA Thesis Advisor
|
Name |
Completion Date |
Title |
|
高典君 |
August 1999 |
Can Semantic Maps Help EFL Listening Comprehension? |
|
陳盈潔 |
July 2000 |
Implementation of an EFL Teaching Evaluation Website (co-directed with Dr. Shieh Yen-lung) |
|
蔣佑仁 |
October 2000 |
A Study of the Effect of Various Approaches to Vocabulary Presentation on the Listening Comprehension of University Students in Taiwan |
|
鄭靖玄 |
May 2002 |
Effects of Listening Strategy Instruction on Junior High School Students |
|
周寶齡 |
June 2003 |
Speech Training through a Modified Version of Toastmasters Club and Video Taping |
|
羅家珍 |
December 2003 |
Using DVD Films to Enhance College Freshmen’s English Listening Comprehension |
|
王薏婷 |
June
2005 |
Exploring the Effects of Reduced Forms Instruction on Taiwanese College Students’ Listening Comprehension |
|
鄭湧叡 |
July 2006 |
A Comparative Study of Two English
News Broadcasts in Taiwan
|
|
郭怡君 |
July
2006 |
Implementing a Task-based Approach with Senior High School Students: Characteristics of Interactions and Students' Perceptions |
|
林思吟 |
January
2007 |
Using Concordancer-based Worksheets for English Vocabulary Learning at the Senior High School Level in Taiwan |
|
林晏宇 |
December
2007 |
An
Exploratory Study of English Multimedia Writing: Implementing Weblogs in a
College Composition Class |
|
陳雅君 |
July
2009 |
The Use of Animated Films in EFL Teaching: A Comparison of Their Pedagogical Potential with Textbook Materials in Taiwanese Elementary Schools |
|
January
2010 |
Transferability
from Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication to Oral Discussion |
|
|
王茜儀 |
July
2010 |
A
Study Comparing the Effects of Synchronous CMC and FTF Interaction on L2 Oral
Proficiency Development for Students with Various Working Memory Capacities |
|
吳佩樺 |
May
2011 |
An
Exploration of Teachers' Corrective Intention and College Students'
Interpretation of Oral Corrective Feedback |
|
黃秋萍 |
July
2011 |
The
Effect of Semantic Clustering on the Learning of English Vocabulary
(co-directed with Dr. John Truscott) |
|
張佩琪 |
July
2011 |
A Case Study of
Children’s Learning Attitudes and Motivation: The Use of Animated Films in
Vocabulary Learning |
|
Andrew Bennett |
In
Progress |
The Effects of Pre-listening
Activities on Listening Comprehension |
|
紀佩吟 |
In
Progress |
L2 Acquisition and
Generalization of Adjective-noun Collocations through Exposure (co-directed with Dr. John Truscott) |
|
In
Progress |
The Effect of Adopting Cultural Films to
Enhance Students’ Oral Proficiency and Motivation in University English
Courses |
|
|
邱思嘉 |
In
Progress |
Influence of the Order of Subtitles on L2 Learners’
Vocabulary Learning |