Wen
Xiong
(Ph.D., LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia)
Office: 138 Independence Hall
Tel: (401) 874-7025
Fax (401) 874 - 4694
Wen Xiong is a Hanban
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese. She joins us from
LaTrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, where she completed
her Ph.D. dissertation in the area of teaching and learning of Chinese
as a foreign language. While pursuing her doctorate, she also
taught Chinese language and culture at La Trobe University, Monash
University, RMIT, University of Victory Technology, and Deakin University.
Prior to her time in Melbourne, Wen served as Associate Professor
of Chinese Language and Literature and as Director of the Center
for Teaching & Researching Chinese as a Second Language at Shanghai
University. She was also a Visiting Scholar & Co-research
Fellow at the University of Technology of Sydney in Australia and
spent two years teaching at the National University of Laos.
Ms. Xiong's research interests
focus on the learning and teaching of Chinese as a second or foreign
language, the acquisition of Chinese language and culture
