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Yang Xiao Lecturer Email: xiao@ucdavis.edu Office: 324 Sproul Hall

Education

• ABD, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures, University of Hawaii (2006)
• M.A., Chinese Language and Literature, Hunan Normal University, China (2000)

Research Interests

• Discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics
• Chinese as second language pedagogy
• Computer-assisted language teaching

Teaching Experience

• Middlebury Summer Chinese School: Jun. 2006 - Aug 2006;Jun. 2007- Aug. 2007, Level II instructor
• Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures, University of Hawai'i at Manoa:Aug. 2003. - Dec. 2006: Teaching Assistant; Lecturer
• The China Studies Abroad Program of Council for Christian Colleges & Universities(hosted at Xiamen University): 2001-2003: Instructor
• Overseas Education College, Xiamen University: 2000-2003: Instructor
• Department of Teaching Foreigners Chinese, Hunan Normal University: 1998-2000: Teaching Assistant, part-time lecturer

Workshops

• Chinese Summer Institute - Pragmatics in CFL Classroom, The University of Hawai'i-Manoa National Resource Center East Asia in conjunction with the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaii-Manoa
  Aug. 2005: Demo teacher and research assistant
• Training Programs for Chinese Language Teachers from Southeast Asian Oct. 2002: Lecturer

Publications

• "Teacher's Perspective about Pragmatic-focus Approach and Material Development." A presentation in Chinese Summer Institute - Pragmatics in CFL Classroom, Aug. 2005
• "A Cognitive Analysis of Comparability of Antonymous Monosyllabic Adjectives" (FanYi XingZhuang JianRong de RenZhi FenXi). Presented at the Seventh International Symposia on Teaching Chinese as A Foreign Language; Overseas Chinese Education (HaiWai HuaWen JiaoYu), No.1, 2003
• A Study of Structure of Coordination in Chinese Language (HanYu LianHe DuanYu YanJiu). Chu Zexiang et al. Hunan University Press; April 2002.
• Xiao, Yang 2001 "Remarks on Training Textbook in Chinese Characters for Chinese Teachers Abroad." (HanYu YanXiu JiaoCai WenZi BuFen BianXie SiLu); Overseas Chinese Education (HaiWai HuaWen JiaoYu), No.1, 2001.
• Chu, Zexiang; Xiao, Yang; Zeng, Qingxiang 1999 "The Comparability in 'Hen'-Structure." (TongBiXing de !"Hen"Zi JieGou). !Ze-Xiang CHU et al, Chinese Teaching in the World (Shi Jie Han Yu Jiao Xue), No.1, 1999.
• Chu, Zexiang; Zeng, Qingxiang; Xiao, Yang 1998 "NP Coordination with Two or More Nouns: A Cognitive perspective." (LiangGe MingCi Huo MingCi DuanYu de BingLie). Proceedings of the 1998 Hunan Linguistics Association's Conference.

Honors

• Eu Tong Sen Memorial Fellowship, University of Hawaii, (2006-2007) Full scholarship for one-semester Chinese studies at Chinese University of Hong Kong (Spring, 2007)
• Tung Bui Guang Dong Project Prize, University of Hawaii, 2006 Award for contribution on using computer technologies in Chinese language teaching and research