• Ms XIE Xinyan, Christina (M.A., B.A.)

     
    • Daily Used Post Title

      Language instructor
    • Areas of Scholarship

      Putonghua Teaching, Teaching Chinese as the second language
    • Education

      • Master of Arts in Language Education
      • Bachelor of Arts in Language Education
    • Work Experience

      1998 - Present Instructor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
      1988 - 1989 Language Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages, Michigan State University, USA
      1987 - 1988 Language Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
      1985 - 1987 Research Assistant, Department of French, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      1982 - 1985 1982-1985 Assistance Lecturer in languages, Department of Foreign Languages, Hunan Normal University, China
    • Administrative Duties

      1998 - Present Subject Leader for various Chinese courses for native and non-native speakers in the departments of PolyU
      2005 - Present Member of Social Welfare Team of CBS, PolyU
      Member of Departmental Health, Safety and Environment Committee, CBS, PolyU
      2006 - Present Member of Non-Head of Department Consultative Group, PolyU
    • Research Output

      2006 Participated in the Manuscript Writing for RTHK Putonghua Radio Programme
      2007 Participated in writing Putonghua Textbook for Non-Chinese Speakers , CBS, PolyU
    • Hobbies and Interests

      Language Learning and Teaching, Translation, Travel, Sports and Music