2015年5月31日 華文教師專業發展機會 工作坊 (Stanford)
Presenters' bio:
Dr. Amado Padilla, Professor and Chairman
Developmental and Psychological Sciences
Stanford University - Graduate School of Education
Dr. Amado Padilla is an experimental psychologist by training and has a strong interest in applied linguistics and the teaching and learning of second languages. He has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, UCLA, and Stanford University. He has written extensively on a wide variety of topics with over 200 journal articles and book chapters. Some of his articles have appeared in Foreign Language Annals, the Modern Language Journal, and numerous psychological journals. Also of interest is a chapter on “Second language learning and teaching” in the Handbook of Educational Psychology. He has received a number of honors including a Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Education Research Association, the Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education from the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages, Distinguished Contribution Through Research Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association. He holds Fellow status in the American Education Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also the faculty advisor to the California World Languages Project here at Stanford.
Developmental and Psychological Sciences
Stanford University - Graduate School of Education
Dr. Amado Padilla is an experimental psychologist by training and has a strong interest in applied linguistics and the teaching and learning of second languages. He has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, UCLA, and Stanford University. He has written extensively on a wide variety of topics with over 200 journal articles and book chapters. Some of his articles have appeared in Foreign Language Annals, the Modern Language Journal, and numerous psychological journals. Also of interest is a chapter on “Second language learning and teaching” in the Handbook of Educational Psychology. He has received a number of honors including a Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Education Research Association, the Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education from the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages, Distinguished Contribution Through Research Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association. He holds Fellow status in the American Education Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also the faculty advisor to the California World Languages Project here at Stanford.
Dr. Xiaoqiu Xu is a Senior Test Development Manager at Pearson. She has led the research and test development of several language tests including Spoken Chinese Test, English for Professionals Test, Versant Placement Test, etc. She has a PhD in Developmental and Psychological Sciences, with a specialization in second language acquisition, and an MS in TESOL and an MA in East Asian Studies. She has extensive language teaching experience in both China and USA. Before joining Pearson, Xiaoqiu was an instructor and supervisor at the Stanford Teacher Education Program, where she taught a core master-level course on Instruction and Curriculum to pre-service language teachers and supervised their student teaching practicum. She also worked as a research assistant for the California World Language Project at Stanford on multiple language and research projects.
Helene Chan is currently the C& I (Curriculum and Instruction), a Methods Course Instructor for the STEP Program at Stanford University. She also supervises the student teachers in French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese for STEP. From 2004-2014 she was the advisor and supervisor for the student teachers and interns in the Single Subject Credential Program at San Jose State University. She also serves as a board member of the French American School of Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale. She received her BA in French from UC Berkeley, Master Degree in Special Education from the University of Santa Clara, and Master Degree in Instructional Technology from San Jose State University. She retired from Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District where she taught French, Spanish, Chinese and Special Education. She is very active with various foreign language associations. As a cadre team member of the Stanford World Language Program (SWLP) she is responsible for planning and implementing the annual seminar series for new and returning WL teachers seeking to enliven their classroom with a multitude of ready-to-use activities. She is a frequent presenter in the local and state WL associations such as FLASCC, AATF, CLTA and STARTALK. She received several study grants: a French Government grant to study in Nantes, France, a NEH grant to study at the University of Dakar, Senegal, and a NEH grant to study technology at the Iowa State University, Ames Iowa.
She is the recipient of numerous awards: Outstanding Foreign Language Teacher by CLTA (1989), Teacher of the Year by National Textbook Company (1998), Service Awards by FLASCC (1990 & 1994) and Hal Wingard Lifetime Achievement Award (CLTA, 2008). She is a Knight in the Order of the French Academic Palms (2005) from the French Government (Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche).
She is the recipient of numerous awards: Outstanding Foreign Language Teacher by CLTA (1989), Teacher of the Year by National Textbook Company (1998), Service Awards by FLASCC (1990 & 1994) and Hal Wingard Lifetime Achievement Award (CLTA, 2008). She is a Knight in the Order of the French Academic Palms (2005) from the French Government (Ministère de l’Education Nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche).
Ying Jin is currently teaching Chinese at Cupertino High School and Fremont School in Cupertino, California. She has been a teacher of Chinese, as second language, for over 15 years. She is the lead instructor at Stanford University STARTALK Program from 2011 to 2014. From 2011 to present, she is also a cooperative Teacher at Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP). Ying Jin has varied experience as a Chinese language teacher and has taught at middle school through college levels. She holds a BA in Chinese Literature from Peiking University, in China and a MA in Educational Technologies from San Francisco University.
Winnie Tung is a Chinese teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her M.A. in Secondary Education from Stanford University. She has been teaching all levels of Chinese language courses in high school for several years. Her interests span everything from project-based learning to integrating technology into classroom learning. She continues to present at the local, state, regional and national conferences.
Zoey Liu is a Mandarin teacher at Sunnyvale Middle School. She graduated from Stanford University's Teacher Education Program with a Master's Degree in Education and a Secondary Teaching Credential in Mandarin Chinese. Zoey has been teaching middle school and high school Mandarin since 2012. This summer she was co-teaching the Stanford STARTALK program to a group of non-heritage middle school students. Zoey has presented her teaching strategies at STARTALK Conference and other conferences.
Weixin Shi is a teacher candidate at the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP). Prior to joining STEP, she taught Middle and Upper School Mandarin at the Latin School of Chicago in Chicago, IL. Next year, she will be teaching and building the new Middle School Mandarin program at the Menlo School in Atherton, CA. Weixin lives in San Jose with her husband and two daughters, four and nineteen months.
Jing Xu will graduate from Stanford Teacher Education Program in 2015 and will start to work at Woodside High School next school year. Her goal is to provide Mandarin learning opportunities in undeserved minority communities, and to facilitate minority students to reach their full potential in learning and exploring Chinese language and culture.