Post on 19-Aug-2020
Liling Huang
lilingh@bu.edu
EDUCATION
Master of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Carnegie Mellon University 05.2014
Applied Second Language Acquisition
Sun Yat-sen University 06.2010
Major: English (Teaching Chinese as a Second Language) Minor: Korean
Certificate of completion Beijing Normal University & Hong Kong Baptist University 08.2011
United International College
TESOL (English Teacher’s Training Program)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Boston University, College of Arts and Science, Full Time Lecturer 07.2015 to present
Ø Course taught: 3rd semester Chinese, 3rd year Chinese 1, 1st semester Chinese, 2nd Semester Chinese,
Social Interaction in Chinese, Topics in Chinese through Media: Digital Chinese
Boston University, School of Hospitality Administration, Guest Lecturer 01.2016 to 0.5 2016
Ø Course taught: Hospitality in China
University of Pittsburgh, Part Time Instructor 09.2014-04.2015
Ø Course taught: 1st year Chinese
Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate Student Instructor 08.2013-05.2014
Ø Course co-taught: 3rd year Chinese
Ø Assisted the professor in the course of Studies in Chinese Literature and Culture (4th year Chinese)
Sun Yat-sen University, Student Instructor 09.2008-06.2009
Ø Course taught: Conversational Chinese (1st year Chinese)
Ø Assisted the director of TCSL Department to set up a TCSL library and organize cultural workshops.
Pittsburgh Taylor Allderdice High School, Teaching Assistant 01.2014-05.2014
Wanzai Middle School, Curriculum Reform Leader and English Teacher 07.2010-07.2013
Ø Taught English and led the two-year-long English curriculum reform that aimed at cultivating students’
independence and collaboration.
Guangzhou New Oriental School, Part time English teacher 04.2007-08.2007
Ø Recruited students, taught English and organized activities for the English Summer Camp.
COURSE TAUGHT
Language Courses:
100 Level: Beginning Chinese, Conversational Chinese, Global Speaking—Introduction to Chinese
200 Level: Intermediate Chinese
300 Level: Advanced Chinese
Content-based Courses:
LC319 Social Interaction in Chinese
LC420 Topics in Chinese through Media: Digital Chinese
HF282 Culture and Communication Travel Serious: Hospitality in China
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Boston University, 2015-Present
100 Level: Online Chinese LC111 (Granted by Summer School, Boston University)
200 Level: Online Instructional Videos for Intermediate Chinese I
300 Level: Web-based Curriculum: Social Interaction in Chinese
400 Level: Digital Chinese
HF282: Culture and Communication Travel Serious: Hospitality in China
PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERNECE ATTENDANCE
Ø Panel Presenter, ACTFL 2016 Annual Conference, Boston, MA 11.2016
Chinese is not that Difficult: Technology Enhanced Education
Ø Presenter, NECTFL 2016 Annual Conference, New York, NY 02.2016
Present “Integrating Technology into Teaching Chinese Pragmatics”
Ø Presenter, Fall Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania,
University of Pittsburgh 04.2015
Presented “Teaching Pragmatics in L2 Chinese Classroom”
Ø Presenter, International Pragmatics Conference of the Americas, UCLA 10.2014
Presented “Turn Taking and Wait Time in Chinese-as-Foreign-Language Classroom Interactions”
Ø Presenter, Inaugural Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania,
Carnegie Mellon University 05.2014
Presented “Turn Taking as a Teaching Strategy in Chinese-as-a-Foreign-Language Classes”
Ø Paper Accepted by Spring Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association of California, Stanford
University 03.2014
Topic: “Effect of a Three-step Morphological Intervention on Chinese Vocabulary Gains”
Ø Attendant, Spring Workshop of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania,
Carnegie Mellon University 10.2014
Ø Attendant, ACTFL, Annual Convention & World Language Expo, Orlando, FL 11.2013
Ø Attendant, Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Fall Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 10.2013
RESEARCH PROJECTS & GRANTS
Ø Chinese Online Summer Course, Boston University (Granted by Summer School, Boston University)
Ø Project Conductor, Carnegie Mellon University
Learning Chinese Dragon Boat Festival On Line
Ø Project Leader, Sun Yat-sen University
Chinese Learning Software (granted by Sun Yat-sen University)
Ø Project Participant, Sun Yat-sen University
Chinese in Focus (Travelling in China) (granted by Chinese government)
Ø Project Participant, Zhuhai Educational System
The Application of Music in the ESL classrooms (granted by Zhuhai Education and Training Center)
Ø English Curriculum Reform Pioneer, Wanzai Middle School
Collaborative Learning Curriculum Reform
PUBICATION& MANUSCRIPTS
Ø Huang.L. (Under Review). Turn Taking and Wait Time in Chinese-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom
Interactions, Chinese as a Second Language Research.
Ø Huang.L. (2015). A Preliminary Discussion on Teaching Pronunciation and Pragmatics in Elementary Chinese
Class, Studies in Chinese Learning and Teaching, 1(1), http://mlrc.hss.cmu.edu/sclt/Issue.html
Ø Huang.L. (2013). Effects of Three-step Morphological Intervention on Chinese Vocabulary Gains—a Case
Study on an American adult of Chinese.
Huang.L. (2013). 跳舞的香烟(Dancing Cigarette), Polyglot, Carnegie Mellon University.
CONTRIBUTION TO BOOK PUBLICATION
Ø Title of the publication: Modern Mandarin: The Routledge Course (Level 1, Simplified Characters
Responsibility: Review the manuscript of the textbook.
Author: Claudia Ross, Baozhang He, Pei-Chia Chen, Meng Yeh
Publisher: The Routledge, London
Ø Title of the publication: Chinese in Focus--Traveling in China
Responsibilities: wrote the draft of Unit 2 in Student’s Book and exercises, proofread the draft of the dialogues
from Unit 4 to Unit 9 in Student’s Book.
Editor: Dr. Yuhong Zheng
Publisher: Haitian Press, Beijing
SERVICE
Ø Organizer, 2016th Chinese Spring Festival Party, Boston University
Ø Organizer, 2015th Chinese Speech Contest, Boston University
Ø Organizer, 2015th Chinese Spring Festival Party, University of Pittsburgh
Ø Organizer, Fall Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania,
University of Pittsburgh
TEACHING TRAINING
Ø ACTFL-OPI workshop, San Diego State University, USA
Ø Wikispace workshop, Boston University, USA
Ø Digital Humanities workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Ø Technology Enhance Learning workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Ø ACTFL-OPI workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Ø Educational Psychology Training, Guangdong Psychological Health Educational System, China
Ø National Seminar Effective Teaching, Education Research Institute of the Youth Development, China
TECHNOLOGICAL PROFICIENCY
Ø Blue Griffon, Word Press, Blogger, Blackboard, Moodle, Courseware, Edmodo, Classroom salon, Microsoft
Offices, Keynote, Prezi, Illustrator, Google Docs, Audacity, Voice Thread, Kahoo, Dubut, Quiktime Player,
Youtube, Facebook, IMovie, Hot Potatoes, Live Code, Comic Books, Live Mocha, Camtasia, etc.
LANGUAGE SKILLS AND OTHER SKILLS
Ø Mandarin Chinese (Native), English (Proficient), Cantonese (Not fluent), Korean (Elementary), Chinese
calligraphy, tachi, badminton, electronic piano
TEACHING AWARDS
Ø Top English Teacher, Zhuhai City
Ø First Prize in Young Teacher’s Teaching Competition, Zhuhai City
Ø First Prize in English Listening Teaching Competition, Zhuhai City
Ø Third Prize in National English Vocabulary and Grammar Teaching Competition, Zhuhai City
SCHOLORSHIP AND OTHER AWARDS
Carnegie Mellon University, 2013-2014
Ø 50% Tuition Remission Scholarship
Ø Additional Student Merit Scholarship
Sun Yat-sen University, 2006-2010
Ø Excellent Student Scholarship
Ø Third Prize in National New Concept English Speech Contest
Ø Undergraduate University Research Grant
Ø Honor of Excellent Leader of Youth League
Ø Honor of Excellent Volunteer
Ø First Prize in Mandarin Speaking Contest
CERTIFICATES
Ø Certificate of Mandarin Speaking Test (91/100)
Ø Certificate of Educational Psychology Training Qualification
Ø Certificate of Test for English Majors, Top Level, Level 8
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Ø AMPRA (American Pragmatics Association), USA
Ø ACTFL (American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages), USA
Ø CLTA (Chinese Language Teaching Association), USA