
Wenchi Chang
Adjunct Professor
Biography
Professor Wenchi Chang is a PHP Adjunct Professor in the Chinese language program. She received her MA in Chinese from San Francisco State University in 2008; she also has a BA of Chinese Literature and holds two certificates of Training Program for teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in Beijing Normal University and National Taiwan Normal University. She has taught at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and National Taiwan Normal University Mandarin Training Center. Her teaching experience includes elementary to advanced Chinese, poems, novels, essays and newspapers.
Professor Chang proofread a series of textbooks of Beginning to Advanced Chinese, produced audiotapes and videos of Beginning to Advanced Chinese for Korea National Open University. She also produced recordings of Chinese classes on Korean Broadcasting System. She edited a book of 'USF Students Chinese Essay' at fall 2016. She was selected to present ‘Analysis of the Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension of TOP (Test of Proficiency — Huayu) from the designed principles of HSK’ during the 2008 ACTFL Convention and ‘A lesson focusing on the meaning of individual Chinese characters as analogous to English root words “Integrated Chinese, Level I, Part I” ’ at CLTAC Spring 2010 conference. Her current projects are ‘The relationship between corrections of pronunciation and student learning styles’ and ‘The analysis of common mistakes in Chinese characters writing’.
Expertise
- Elementary to advanced Chinese
- Poems
- Novels
- Essays
- Newspapers
Education
- Certificate of NOVASTARTALK 2013 Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Workshop
- Certificate of Training Program for teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in Beijing Normal University; The Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban)
- San Francisco State University, MA in Chinese (Linguistics and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language)
- National Taiwan Normal University, Certificate of Training Program for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (CSL)
- Fu-Jen Catholic University, Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Literature
- Wen-Tzao Ursuline Junior College, English Diploma Program