Leeann Chen
- Title
- Adjunct Faculty
- Leeann.Chen@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Global Security and Intelligence Studies Depart
- College
- College of Business, Security & Intel
Office Hours
MW 1-3pmAreas of Expertise
teaching Chinese as a second language
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M.A. - Master of Arts in English, Bradley University
Currently Teaching
- LCH 306: Asian Literature
- LCH 206: Contemporary Chinese Lit.
- LCH 205: Modern Chinese Media
- LCH 420: Senior Review
Publications
Theory and Practice of Integrated and Interactive Teaching of CFL Vocabulary Using Power-Point. Selected Articles of the 8th International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2007.
Real-Life Practice of Elementary Chinese. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2004. Second printing, 2006.
The Other Side of the Coin for Beginning CFL Programs in China: Experiential Pedagogy in Study Abroad. Teaching Chinese in the World. 2005
Writing to Host Nationals as Cross-Cultural Collaborative Learning in Study Abroad. Frontiers: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. 2002. Reprinted in Methods for Teaching Travel Literature and Writing. 2004.
World Literature: Travel to Asia. Scholarly Publication, 2000.
Professional Experience
Taught at all levels and in study abroad programs at ERAU, 2009-present.
Memberships and Credentials
Building an Infrastructure for ROTC Students to Learn Chinese. Award from National Defense University and the Institute of International Education, 2009-2011.
STARTALK Awards from the National Foreign Language Center at University of Maryland, 2007-2008.