Courses Education Research Projects Publications

Dr. Tim Xie  Department of Asian and Asian American Studies Office: FO3-315 California State University Long Beach (562) 985-5278 vc     (562) 985-5135 fax txie@csulb.edu Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 9:00-10:00, Tues & Wed   2:00-4:00

Courses I Teach:

CHN 101 Web version, BeachBoard version

Fundamentals of Chinese, Fall 2002

CHN 102 Web version, BeachBoard version

          Fundamentals of Chinese, Spring 2003

CHN 201 Web version, BeachBoard version

Intermediate Chinese, Fall 2002

CHN 202 Web version

Intermediate Chinese, Spring 2000

CHIN 380 Topics in Chinese Linguistics: Introduction to Chinese BeachBoard version

Introduction to Chinese, Spring 2003

CHIN 410 Chinese Information Processing, BeachBoard version

Introduction to concepts of Chinese computing and learning the skills of Chinese computing, Fall 2002

CHN 490 Business Chinese, Fall 2001

Education & Background:

Ph.D. in foreign language education, University of Pittsburgh, 1992
MA in linguistics, Shanghai International Studies University, 1980
B.A. (equivalent) in Russian language and literature, Shanghai International Studies University, 1967
Chinese language coordinator, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cutlutres, University of California, Davis, 1992-1999
Teaching fellow of Chinese, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, 1985-1992

Research Interests:

Technology and Chinese language teaching

Exploring the possibility and feasibility to use computers in teaching Chinese.

 Second language acquisition

The difficulties of learning Chinese by native English speakers

 Sociolinguistics

Language policy, language planning, Chinese script reform

Projects & Collaborations:

Animated Chinese characters

Showing Chinese characters stroke by stroke

Conversational Mandarin Chinese

15 Units of conversational Chinese for beginners, sound files and exercises

How to Use Unicode Pinyin

Web page introducing how to use unicode Pinyin for 2000

Learning Chinese Online

Web site helping students to learn Chinese

Online grammar exercises for PCR users

Interactive grammaer exercises

Online Tools for Chinese Language Instructors

Web resources for teachers

Practical Chinese Reader: Learning Aids Online

A collection of links to online learning materials of PCR users

Shanghai Dialect

Web site for study Shanghai dialect

Technology and Chinese Language Teaching

Presentations at the Hamilton College Techonology and Chinese Language Teaching Workshop (June 2000)

Pros and Cons of Using Computers in Teaching Chinese (PPT)

Presentation at the Second International Conference on Chinese Education and Technology (Guilin, China, December 2000)

Creating a Good Environment for Kids to Learn Chinese (PPT) (Paper)

Presentation at the Summer Seminar of the Southern California Council of Chinese Schools (June 2001)

Using the Internet to Enhance Foreign Language Instruction (PPT) (Handout)

Presentation at the University of Calgary, Canada (October 2001)

Using Web-Based Automatic Translation Services in Teaching Chinese (PPT)(Handout)

Presentation at the annual conference of the CLTA (November 2001)

Three Models of Online Teaching (PPT) (Paper)

Presentation at the 2002 Spring seminar of the Southern California Council of Chinese Schools (June 2001)

Working Papers

Collection of my working papers. Comments are welcome.

Publications & Honors:

Three Models of Online Teaching

In E-Learning and Chinese Teaching to Foreigners. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. 2002.

Using Word Processing Software and the Impact on Pedagogy (PPT) (Paper)

In Forum of Teaching Chinese to Foreigners. Vol. 2. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Press. 2002.

On Broadening the Scope of Comparison between English and Chinese (co-authored with Lu Bingfu)

In Journal of CLTA, Vol. 37:1, 2002. Discussion of comparison between English and Chinese from new perspectives.

Using Internet Relay Chat in Teaching Chinese

In CALICO journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2002. Discussing how to use IRC for teaching Chinese.

e-Generation's Chinese Language Teachers: Meet the New Challenges

In Journal of CLTA, Vol. 36:3, 2001. Discussing the basic skills that the Chinese language teachers should have to meet the challenges in the new millenium.

Pros and Cons of Using Computers in Teaching Chinese.

In Modern Education Technology and Chinese Teaching to Foreigners. Guangxi: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2000.

Using computers in teaching Chinese

          In Mapping the Course of the Chinese Language Field, Chinese Language Teachers Association Monograph Series, Volume III. Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1999. Exploring various ways to use computers in teaching the language

Current Trends in Sociolinguistics, Beijing: Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Chubanshe, 1997

Discussing the current issues in sociolinguistics, co-authored with Tao Hongyin and Xu Daming

A Functional Study of Topic in Chinese: the First Step Towards Discourse Analysis, Beijing: Yuwen Chubanshe, 1995

Translation of F. F. Tsao's book from English