Gwen (Guangyan) Chen
Assistant Professor of Chinese
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297210, Fort Worth, TX 76129
817.257.6096;
(Last update: July 2017)
EDUCATION
PhD, – Chinese Pedagogy, The Ohio State University, 2011
Dissertation: Developing a culture-based rating criterion model for assessing oral performances in teaching Chinese as a foreign language
Committee: Galal Walker (Chair), Mari Noda, Marjorie K.M. Chan, Danielle Ooyoung Pyun
MA, – Asian Civilization, The University of Iowa, 2005
MA, – Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Nanjing University, 2001
BA, – Chinese Language and Literature, Anhui Normal University, 1998
TEACHING
Assistant Professor, teaching various levels of Chinese language courses, a business Chinese course, and a cultural civilization course, Department of Modern Language Studies, Texas Christian University.
2014 – present.
Assistant Professor of Practice, teaching the course of Chinese Language & Culture, as well as First-, Second-, Third- and Fourth-Year Chinese, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Southern Methodist University.
2011 – 2014.
Assistant Professor of Practice, teaching courses of First-, Second-, and Fourth-Year Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Notre Dame.
2009 – 2011.
Lecturer, teaching courses of First-Year, Second-Year, and Classical Chinese, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the College of William & Mary.
2007 – 2009.
Teaching Assistant, Coordinator and Instructor of Distance Learning and Chinese Individualized Instruction for First- through Fifth-year Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University.
2004 – 2007.
Teaching Assistant for First-, Second-, Third-, and Fifth-Year Chinese, Asian and Slavic Languages and Literature, the University of Iowa.
2002 – 2004.
Lecturer of First-, Second-, and Third-Year Chinese, the Institute for International Students, Nanjing University.
1998 – 2001.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Chen, G. Investigating the degree of humorous enjoyment in reading funny errors. Accepted in Chinese as a Second Language Research. Forthcoming.
Chen, G. & Springer, K. Recast and its repair on L2 Chinese pronunciation. Accepted in Konin Language Studies. Forthcoming.
Chen, G. (2017). Performed culture: An approach to US collegiate Chinese language education, Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies, 5(1), 84-102.
Chen, G. (2017). Identifying cultural elements in Chinese language curricula using the 3Ps framework, K-12 Chinese Language Teaching, 2, 1-26.
Chen, G. (2016). Developing a model of analytic rating scales to assess college students’ L2 Chinese oral performance, The International Journal of Language Testing, 6(2), 50-71.
Chen, G. (2016). Examining rating criteria used to assess U.S. college students’ Chinese oral performance, Chinese as a Second Language, 51(3), 286-311.
Chen, G. (2014). Teachers’ and non-teachers’ perceptions of a Chinese learner’s oral performances. Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 16, 57-85.
NON PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Chen, G. (2014). Where is culture?: Integrating culture into foreign language instruction. Texas Foreign Language Association Journal, 61, 31-32.
Chen, G. (2000). You jue he se shuo kai qu [Phonological analysis of “Jue” and “Se”]. Journal of Language and Literature Studies, 1, 38-39. Neimenggu: Huhehaote.
Chen, G. (2000). Dongtai zhuci zhe de dui wai hanyu jiaoxue sheji [Pedagogical design of particle “Zhe” in teaching Chinese as a second language]. The Press of Chizhou Teachers’ College, 14 (2), 91-94. Anhui: Chizhou.
GRANTS
Recipient of the funding from TCU Research and Creativities Committee ($4500), available from June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018.
TCU Junior Faculty Summer Research Program recipient ($6000), Summer 2016.
Recipient of the funding from TCU Research and Creativities Committee ($3145), available from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017.
Recipient of The Instructional Development Fund Grant ($2788); available from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017.
TCU Junior Faculty Summer Research Program recipient ($6000), Summer 2015.
Recipient of the funding from TCU Research and Creativities Committee ($4000), available from June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016.
INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
“Identifying Cultural Elements in Chinese Language Curricula Using the 3Ps Framework,” presented at the 15th New York International Conference on Teaching Chinese, New York, May 6, 2017.
“The Ways of Integrating Culture into Chinese as a Foreign Language Education,” will present at the 2017 TFLA, Arlington, TX, October 12-14, 2017.
“Performed Culture: An Approach to US Collegiate Chinese Language Education,” will present at The Third of International Forum on Linguistics and Chinese Education, South Bend, Indiana, October 14-15, 2017.
Invited speech of “Surviving Chinese Language and Culture,” presented for the 2017 summer study abroad program in TCU business school, Fort Worth, Texas, March 24, 2017.
Invited speech of “Chinese Artifacts,” presented at the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, Fort Worth, Texas, February 13, 2017.
“Globalization and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: A Culture-Based Approach to Collegiate Foreign Language Education,” presented at the 10th Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, October 21-22, 2016.
“Nihao = Hello?: An Illustration of a Culture-Integrated L2 Chinese Pedagogy through Interactive Videos,” presented at the 2016 TFLA, Austin, TX, October 13-15, 2016.
“Is It Fair for English-Speaking Learners in the U.S to take the New HSKs?” presented at the 18thAnnual MwALT Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, October 1, 2016.
Invited lecture of "From ‘Hello’ to ‘Bye’ in Chinese: Do’s and Don’ts in the Chinese Culture," presented for the course of Intro to Asian Studies, Fort Worth, Texas, September 7, 2016.
"Video-Based Cultural Integration of Chinese Greeting Behaviors,” presented at the9th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT9), Macau, China, May 27-29, 2016.
Chair and discussant for the panel “Employing Interactive Videos to Enhance L2 Chinese Oral Proficiency,” presented at the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology, Houston, Texas, April 8-9, 2016.
“Factor Structure of Analytic Rating Scales for Assessing U.S. College Students’ L2 Chinese Oral Performance,” presented at the CLTA Second International Symposium on Chinese Teaching and Learning, College Park, MD, April 13, 2016.
Invited speech of “Dos and Don’ts When Encountering the Chinese,” presented at the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, Fort Worth, Texas, February 23, 2016.
"Investigating Perception of Humorous Texts Originating from Chinese Language Learners’ Errors," presented at the 6th International Humor Research Conference, Dallas, Texas, February 19-21, 2016.
“Could-Based Technologies to Improve Oral Proficiency in Chinese,” presented at the 2015 ACTFL annual conference, San Diego, November 20-22, 2015.
"Investigating Repetition Feedback and Learner Repair Through Analyzing Co-Constructed Classroom Interaction,” presented at the TCU MOLA Research Forum, Fort Worth, Texas, November 9, 2015.
Invited speech of "When East meets West: Challenges Hanban Volunteer Teachers Face in U.S. Secondary School,” presented at Southern Methodist University SSEHD Sino-American Research Group, Dallas, Texas, October 30, 2015
"Investigating Classroom Teachers’ Assessment of U.S. College Students L2 Chinese Oral Performance,” presented at the 2015 East Coast Organization of Language Testers conference, Washington DC, October 9-10, 2015.
“Investigating Culture Identity of L2 Chinese Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices,” presented at the Fifth Forum on Cultivation of International Chinese Teacher, Beijing, July 16-18, 2015.
“Constructing a Database of Chinese Inter-language Oral Corpora,” presented at the First International Conference on Corpus of Chinese Spoken Inter-language, Nanjing, July 10-11, 2015.
Chair and discussant for the panel “Employing Cloud-Based Technologies to Enhance L2 Chinese Oral Proficiency,” presented at the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology, Texas, April 24-24, 2015.
"Classroom Teachers’ Perceptions of U.S. College Students L2 Chinese Oral Proficiency,” presented at the TCU MOLA Research Forum, Fort Worth, Texas, April 9, 2015.
“Exploratory Factor Analysis of Rating Criteria for Assessing Oral Performances,” at the Annual Conference of the Texas Foreign Language Association, Frisco, TX, November 2013.
“Constructing a Cultural Performance-Based Speaking Rating Scale,”
Second International Symposium on Chinese Linguistics, Iowa City, IA, April, 2010.
“Cultural Performance-Based Oral Assessment Framework,” National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Madison, WI, April 2010.
“Scoring Performance in Oral Assessment: Analytic vs. Holistic Rating Scale,” The Annual Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, San Diego, CA, November 2009.
“Phonological Corrective Feedback Patterns and Repair Complexity,” TESOL/Applied Linguistic Graduate Students, Greenville, SC, February 2006.
“NS Perception of NNS Speaking and Writing Ability,” The Annual Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Baltimore, MD, November 2005.
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