- Phone:
- (812) 855-5619
- Email:
- dingxiao@iu.edu
- Office:
- Global and International Studies Building, 2005
Education
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 2011-2013
M.A. in Asian Civilizations
Area of Concentration: Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language - Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, 2005-2009
B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature
Joint concentration in English and Literature as the second major
Research Interests
- Second Language Phonology
- Vocabulary Memorization
- L2 Chinese Speaking Skills Development
- Technology in Language Teaching
Courses Recently Taught
- Regular Language Courses:
Indiana University Bloomington, IN, Aug 2015 till present
- First Year Chinese
- Fourth Year Chinese
Penn State University, State College, PA, Aug 2014 till June 2015
- First Year Chinese
- Second Year Chinese (Heritage Track)
- Advanced Written Chinese (Fourth Year Chinese)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, Sep 2013 till May 2014
- Intermediate Chinese
- Advanced Written Chinese (Heritage Track)
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Aug 2011-May 2013
- Beginning Chinese Listening
- Beginning Chinese Vocabulary & Character Writing
- Intermediate Chinese Speaking
Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Aug 2009-May 2011
- Beginning Chinese
- Intermediate Conversational Chinese
- Advance Conversational Chinese
- Summer Intensive Program Language Courses:
Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy, 2011-2014
- Advance Chinese
- Intermediate Chinese
- Beginning Chinese
- Summer Intensive Program Content Courses:
Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy, 2011-2014
- The Mystery of Chinese Characters (Advance Level)
- Popular Internet Phrases and the Culture Behind (Advance Level)
- Chinese Literature "Film: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"
- Chinese Cuisine and Culture
- Chinese Ethnic Dances