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Allison Lai
Chinese Instructor
PUBLICATION
-Software Reviews: Quick, draw and Popplet. 2020 Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German. Volume 53, Issue 2
-Implementing Online Platforms to Promote Collaborative Learning in Chinese Language 2017 Classrooms. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching. Volume 8, No. 2.
-Using Online Platforms to Promote Collaborative Learning in a Foreign Language Class. 2017
Florida Foreign Language Journal, 13 Issue, Number 1.
-Enriching Chinese Language and Cultural Learning Experiences through Products, 2016
Practices and Perspectives. Journal of Chinese Teaching and Research in the U.S., 82-91.
-Enhancing Student Engagement through Authentic Materials in a Chinese Classroom. 2015
K-12 Chinese Language Teaching. Available at http://clta-us.org/k-12clt-issue-1/enhancing-student-engagement-through-authentic-materials-in-a-chinese-classroom/
-Assessing Students’ Chinese Communication Skills through Three Modes of Communication. 2015
Journal of Chinese Teaching and Research in the U.S., 119-127.
《悅讀華文,細品文化》 2010 Co-edited with graduate students at Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language. National Kaohsiung Normal University and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
《これで大丈夫!中国語》 2009
Mandarin Textbook for Japanese beginners
Jillion Publishing Co., Ltd.
《生活華語快易通》 2008
Co-edited with graduate students at Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language. National Kaohsiung Normal University
M.A.THESIS
-The Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Marker Woxiang ("I think") in spoken Chinese Discourse and Pedagogical Application.
-“Authentic Connections Beyond Paper Folding: Exploring Origami in a Language Feb, 2025
Classroom” Paper will be presented at Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (NECTFL) 2025 Annual Conference. New York, U.S.A.
-“My City- Promoting Students’ 21st Century Skills with GoogleMyMaps” Mar, 2023
Paper presented at Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Annual Conference. New York, U.S.A.
-“Character Decoding-A New Approach to Teach Chinese Characters” Paper presented at July, 2021
The 6th international conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language.
National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
-“Let Technology SteAm Up Language Arts” Paper presented at Northeast Conference Feb, 2020
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) 2020 Annual Conference. New York, U.S.A.
-“Keep Them Moving! Incorporate Technology and Authentic Activities May, 2019
in the Chinese Classroom ” Paper presented at The 17th New York International Conference
on Teaching Chinese. New York University, New York, U.S.A.
-“Let’s Move! Promoting Student Engagement and Motivation Through Authentic Activities” May, 2018
Paper presented at Conference for Teachers of Foreign Languages-More Than Just Tour Guides:
Cultivating Intercultural Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom. King’s College, U.S.A.
- “Interacting with “Digital Natives” through Online Platforms” Paper presented Feb, 2018 at Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)
2018 Annual Conference. New York, U.S.A.
- Enriching Chinese Language and Cultural Learning Experiences through Products, May, 2016 Practices and Perspectives” Paper presented at The 14th New York International
Conference on Teaching Chinese. New School University, New York, U.S.A.
- “Teaching Culture through the Chinese Zodiac Story” Paper presented at Feb, 2016
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) 2016 Annual Conference.
New York, U.S.A.
- Served as a session discussant at 2015 Greater New York Conference on Chinese Nov, 2015
Education, New York, U.S.A.
- “Assessing Students’ Chinese Communication Skills through Three Modes of May, 2015
Communication” Paper presented at The 13th New York International
Conference on Teaching Chinese. Pace University, New York, U.S.A.
-“Embodied Approach to Chinese Language Learning: Immersion Experience Through March, 2015
Faculty-led Travel Course to Taiwan” Paper presented at 2015 International Conference
on Asian Studies: Taiwan and China in the Global Context.
The University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- “5C Curriculum Design: Take Chinese Link Level 1 Part 2 Lesson 15 as an May, 2012
Example”. Served as an honored speaker in the Program Series of the Taiwan
Academy- the Forum of CSL Teachers in Public Schools, Bridgewater, New Jersey, U.S.A.
-〈SQ3R於華語閱讀課程應用之探究〉Paper presented at the 2010 International March, 2010
Conference and Workshop on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: The
Integration & Application of the Resources in TCSL. Graduate Program and
Department of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Ming Chuan University,
Taiwan.
-〈話語標記「我想」的語用功能探究及教學應用〉Paper presented at「第一 March, 2010
屆國際暨第四屆古典與現代學術研討會」. Graduate Institute of Teaching
Chinese as a Second Language, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan.
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