Education

• Doctoral student (EdD) in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership

       University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• MSSc Global Political Economy

       The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018

• MA Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition

       The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2017

• BA Linguistics & Chinese Language, Japanese Minor

       University of California, Berkeley, 2016

University Teaching Experience

• Instructor (Putonghua), Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (09/2023 – Present)

• Teaching Assistant, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (09/2018 – 08/2023)

• Teaching Intern, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (05/2017 – 06/2017)

• Chinese Tutor, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, UC Berkeley (01/2014 – 05/2016)

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Other Teaching Experience​

• Private Chinese Instructor, California (09/2012 – 08/2018)

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Professional Qualifications

• Instructional Design MasterTrack Certificate (UIUC, 2023)

• Trinity Cert TESOL (Trinity College London HK, 2018)

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Funded Language Enhancement Projects

• Internationalization, Collaboration, and Leadership- Enhancing Students’ Cantonese and Putonghua Learning Experiences with a Focus on Written Chinese and Peer-to-Peer Interactions (TDLEG, 2023-2025)
  Project leaders: Chang, K. H. (PI), Wu, B. L. (PI), Wang, T. (co-PI)

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Conference Presentations

• Wu, B. L., & Wang, T. (2024, December 11-12). Supplementary reading materials for students learning Chinese as a second language [Poster presentation]. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2024, Hong Kong.

• Liu, Z., Wu, B. L., He, F., & Wang, T. (2024, December 11-12). Putonghua tutorial system: Vibrant, multifunctional, and continuing to serve the needs [Poster presentation]. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2024, Hong Kong.

• Wu, B. L. (2024, December 7). Investigating student motivation and evaluating different course components using Goal-Setting Theory [Conference session]. The Five-University Annual Graduate Conference on Education 2024 (hosted by Waseda University), Zoom.

• Wu, B. L., & Wang, T. (2022, December 14-16). A seat at the table for ABCs: Internationalizing the course curriculum of upper elementary Putonghua for international students [Poster presentation]. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022, Hong Kong.

• Hoyan, H. F., Liu, Z., Wu, B. L., Dong, Y., Wei, D., & Wang, T. (2022, December 14-16). Putonghua as a second language taster course for international students: With a focus on learning Chinese characters [Poster presentation]. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022, Hong Kong.

• Liu, Z., Wang, T., Wei, D., & Wu, B. L. (2022, December 14-16). Flipped classroom preparation for elementary Chinese (Putonghua Reading & Writing I) for international students at CUHK [Poster presentation]. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022, Hong Kong.

• Liu, Z., Wang, T., Wei, D., & Wu, B. L. (2021, July 26-30). Animated dialogues with audio-visual cues for elementary Putonghua for international students [Poster presentation*]. CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2021, Zoom.  

       *Won the commendation award for pedagogical innovation

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Research Interests

• Heritage Chinese Bilingualism: heritage language acquisition and development

• Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: second language acquisition, pedagogy, TEELE, and e-Learning

• Instructional Design: ADDIE and program evaluation

• US Political Economy: corporate influence on public policy and elections

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