I left Taiwan for boarding school in Boston at the age of fifteen, and later graduated from WellesleyCollegewith a B.A. in Comparative Literature and a minor in Korean Studies. My experience at boarding school has led me to pursue a career in teaching and educating the young minds. I constantly strive to become a role model for students of diverse backgrounds. In addition, being effectively trilingual in English, Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese, and educated in Taiwan, Korea and the U.S., I have a solid understanding of both eastern and western cultures. I have also traveled extensively in China, and such experiences have broadened my perspective and enhanced my understanding of China today.
In the past four years, I taught Chinese at the ThacherSchool, a boarding school from grades 9th to 12th in Ojai, California. Not only did I redesign the entire curriculum to include the AP program, but I also single-handedly taught five different levels of Chinese language classes: Chinese I, II, III, IV and AP Chinese.
In the summer of 2007, I started my Masters in Chinese Language Pedagogy at MiddleburyCollege. With the program spread over four summer sessions, I expect to complete the degree by August 2011. The Middlebury experience has provided me with the essential knowledge to identify critical issues in CFL pedagogy, particularly those applied to the learning styles of my students.
University of VirginiaSTARTALKChineseTeacherAcademyhas again given me the valuable opportunity for professional and personal growth this summer. It has been a very rewarding experience learning from other experienced Chinese teachers who share my passion in teaching.
After the STARTALK program, I am relocating to Seoul, South Korea to teach Chinese at SeoulInternationalSchool. I am looking forward to the new challenges ahead and continuing my mission in teaching Chinese as a foreign language in a new country.
This E-Portfolio was first compiled during the 3-week 2009 Virginia Startalk Chinese Teacher Academy. Please follow the menu on the left panel to view each item in my teaching portfolio. To view the website for the 2009 Virginia Startalk Chinese Teacher Academy, please follow this link:
