Education

• MSSc Global Political Economy (CUHK, 2018)

• MA Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition (CUHK, 2017)

• BA Linguistics & Chinese Language, Japanese Minor (UC Berkeley, 2016)

University Teaching Experience

• Full-time Teaching Assistant, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (09/2018 – Present)

• Teaching Intern, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (05/2017 – 06/2017)

• Chinese Tutor, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, UC Berkeley (01/2014 – 05/2016)

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Other Teaching Experience​

• Private Chinese Instructor, California (09/2012 – 08/2018)

• Private Spanish Instructor, California & Hong Kong (06/2011 – 11/2020)

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Professional Qualifications

• Trinity Cert TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

        (Trinity College London HK, 2018)

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Conference Presentations

• WU Bill Lin and WANG Tianxiao. “A Seat at the Table for ABCs: Internationalizing the Course Curriculum of Upper Elementary Putonghua for International Students.” Poster presented at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022; 14-16 December 2022; Hong Kong.

• HOYAN Hang Fung Carole, LIU Zhenxia, WU Bill Lin, DONG Yining, WEI Danli, WANG Tianxiao. “Putonghua as a Second Language Taster Course for International Students: With a Focus on Learning Chinese Characters.” Poster presented by HOYAN and LIU at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022; 14-16 December 2022; Hong Kong.

• LIU Zhenxia, WANG Tianxiao, WEI Danli, WU Bill Lin. “Flipped Classroom Preparation for Elementary Chinese (Putonghua Reading & Writing I) for International Students at CUHK.” Poster presented by LIU and WANG at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022; 14-16 December 2022; Hong Kong.

• LIU Zhenxia, WANG Tianxiao, WEI Danli, WU Bill Lin. “Animated Dialogues with Audio-Visual Cues for Elementary Putonghua for International Students.” Poster presented at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2021; 26-30 July 2021; Zoom. *Won the commendation award for pedagogical innovation.

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Research Interests

• Heritage Chinese Bilingualism (heritage language acquisition and development)

• Teaching Chinese & English as a Second Language (second language acquisition)

• US Political Economy (corporate influence on public policy and elections)

• Earthquakes (major fault lines in California and the impending “big one”)

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