Yao-c.v. 020401 CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: Tao-chung (Ted) Yao ADDRESS: 500 University Ave., #706, Honolulu, HI 96826 TELEPHONE: Office: (808) 956-2071 Home: (808) 947-4637 E-MAIL [email protected] FAX (808) 956-9515 Attn: Ted Yao ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 1995-present University of Hawaii at Manoa, Professor of Chinese 1998 (Summer) Hainan University, Resident Director of the University of Hawaii Summer in China Program 1987-1995 Mount Holyoke College, Associate Professor of Asian Studies 1992-5 (Summer) Indiana University, Head, Chinese School, East Asian Summer Language Institute 1989-1992 Mount Holyoke College, Chair, Asian Studies Program 1991 (Summer) Indiana University, Principal Instructor of Level Four Chinese 1989 (Summer) Indiana University, Principal Instructor of Level Two Chinese 1987 (Summer) Indiana University, Principal Instructor of Level Two Chinese 1986-1987 The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor in Chinese Language 1986 (Summer) Middlebury College, Principal Instructor of Fifth-Year Chinese 1984-1986 Mount Holyoke College, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies 1982-1984 Mount Holyoke College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies 1981-1982 University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Visiting Assistant Professor in Chinese Language 1980-1981 University of Arizona, Visiting Assistant Professor in Chinese Language 1979-1980 University of Arizona, Instructor in Chinese Language 1977-1979 University of Arizona, Teaching Associate in Chinese Language 1973-1977 University of Arizona, Teaching Assistant in Chinese Language 1972-1973 The Adult School of Montclair, Instructor in Chinese Language EDUCATION 1 Yao-c.v. 1968 B.A., Soochow University, English Literature 1973 M.A., Seton Hall University, Asian Studies 1980 Ph.D., University of Arizona, Chinese Language and Culture FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION Chinese Language Pedagogy, Computer-Assisted Language Instruction in Chinese, Testing the Chinese Language, Taoism. GRANTS AND AWARDS Award for "Meritorious Performance as a Teaching Assistant," University of Arizona Foundation, April 1974. Josephine de Karman Fellowship, 1978-1979. The Five College Center for East Asian Studies: Grant to compile a Chinese language placement test for the five colleges (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Hampshire and the University of Massachusetts), 1984. Sloan Foundation: Grant to develop computer programs for learning Chinese, 1984. Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation: Grant to produce a videotape to be used with the textbook, New Chinese 300, for the teaching of conversational Chinese, 1984. Mount Holyoke College: Faculty Grant to expand computer programs for learning Chinese characters, 1985. Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation: Grant to develop a computer program for teaching/learning Chinese characters, 1985. The Ohio State University: Faculty Grant to collect authentic Chinese language materials for teaching Intermediate and Advanced Chinese courses, 1987. Mount Holyoke College: Faculty Travel Grant, 1988. U.S. Department of Education: Title VI Grant to collect authentic reading materials for developing into proficiency reading materials, 1988-1991. The Consortium for Teaching and Learning Languages: Grant to develop computer program for teaching/learning advanced Chinese, 1990. Five Colleges Foreign Language Resource Center: Grant to develop computer program for teaching authentic reading materials, 1990. U.S. Department of Education: Title VI Grant to develop computer-adaptive proficiency tests for Chinese, 1990- 1994. Center for Chinese Studies Travel Grant 2000 DISSERTATION "Ch'üan-chen: A New Taoist Sect in North China during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries." A study of the most popular religion in North China during the chaotic Chin-Yuan period which had significant influences on Chinese society as well as on Taoist religion. 2 Yao-c.v. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Member, Working Committee for developing the Chinese Proficiency Test, Center for Applied Linguistics, 1983. Consultant, Committee for selecting secondary schools to receive grants to initiate instruction in the Chinese language, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, 1983. Chair, The Five Colleges East Asian Languages Program, 1985-1986. Evaluator for the Chinese Language Program at Whitman College, 1988. Reviewer, representing the American Council on Education, for the evaluation of the Defense Language Institute's Proficiency Testing Program, September, 1989. Chair, Asian Studies Program, Mount Holyoke College, 1989-1992. Executive Board Member, Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1989-1992. Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1989-present Member, Chinese Language Consultant Team on the use of computer technology to improve the teaching of Chinese at the Defense Language Institute, September, 1990. Member, Committee for the Validation Test for ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) proficiency guidelines for Chinese, American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1991-1992. Evaluator for the Chinese Language Program at Williams College, 1991. Evaluator for the Asian Studies Program at Dickinson College, 1993. Member, Committee for developing SAT II-Chinese Achievement Test, Educational Testing Service, 1992-1995. Member, National Advisory Board of Chinese Language Testing Program, Center for Applied Linguistics, 1994-1996. Evaluator for the Chinese Language Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, 1996. Evaluator for the NFLRC Summer Institute at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996. Editor, Newsletter of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1995-present Chair, Committee for developing SAT II-Chinese Achievement Test, Educational Testing Service, 1995-2000. Editorial Board Member, Language Learning and Technology, 1996-2000. Evaluator for the Stanford University Chinese Language Placement Tests, April 1997. Advisory Board Member, Foreign Language and Culture Exchange, 1997-present President, Chinese Language Education Association of Hawaii, 1998-present Managing Director, International Society for Chinese Language Teaching, 1999-present 3 Yao-c.v. HI-TECH TEACHING MATERIALS DEVELOPED Videotape for Learning Chinese Conversation, 1984, a videotape to help students learn the dialogues in the New Chinese 300. (Available from the Five Colleges East Asian Center) Chinese Character Tutor (CCT), 1985, a computer program for Elementary Chinese Students to learn Chinese characters. Co-authored with Mark Peterson. There are six versions of CCT, and they are available from the authors. Speak Mandarin (Yale Romanization) Read Chinese Book One ( Yale Romanization) Elementary Chinese Reader I (Pinyin) Beginning Chinese Reader, Part I ( Pinyin) Practical Chinese Reader (Lessons 1-20) (Pinyin) Character Text for Beginning Chinese (Lessons 1-9) ( Pinyin) Mr. Wang and Ms. Li, co-authored with Hua-yuan Li Mowry, 1988, a computer program for learning verbs concerning dressing. Distributed free with Hanzi Assistant by Panda Software, Dartmouth College. "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King": A Level 3 Interactive Video Lesson, 1991. Field test copy available from the author. Authentic Reading Materials, 1992, a HyperCard stack for learning authentic Chinese reading materials. Field test copy available from the author. Computer-Adaptive Proficiency Test for Reading Chinese, 1994, a computer-adaptive reading proficiency test which gives instant rating based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. Contact the author for more information. Expanded version completed in 1998. Websites created and maintained Integrated Chinese Website, 1997-present, a website to support the Chinese language text series Integrated Chinese. URL: http://nts.lll.hawaii.edu/tedyao/icusers/ Chinese Language Teachers Association Newsletter Online, 1998-present, the electronic version of the Chinese Language Teachers Association Newsletter. URL: http://nts.lll.hawaii.edu/tedyao/clta/ University of Hawaii Center for Chinese Studies Library Committee Website, 2000-present, a website to provide information on Chinese resources at the University of Hawaii and beyond. URL: http://nts.lll.hawaii.edu/tedyao/library/ CHN470 Website. 2001-present, a website for the course “Chinese Language and Culture” URL: http://nts.lll.hawaii.edu/tedyao/chn470/ TEACHING INTERESTS Chinese language (at all levels), Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Chinese religion and thought, Chinese history. RESEARCH INTERESTS 4 Yao-c.v. Teaching/Learning Chinese through computers, videotapes and interactive video Pedagogy of Chinese Language History of Taoism Relations between Buddhism and Taoism PUBLICATIONS BOOKS The Character Book, a workbook to accompany Read Chinese Book One, co-authored with Timothy Light, New Haven, Connecticut: Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1985. Let's Play Games in Chinese, co-authored with Scott McGinnis, Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1989. Let's Play Games in Japanese, co-authored with Scott McGinnis and Mineharu Nakayama, Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company, 1992. Reading Chinese for Proficiency: An Introduction to Signs, New Haven, Connecticut: Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1994. Integrated Chinese, Level One, Textbook, co-authored with Yuehua Liu and others, Boston: Cheng &Tsui Company, 1997. Integrated Chinese, Level One, Workbook, co-authored with Yuehua Liu and others, Boston: Cheng &Tsui Company, 1997. Integrated Chinese, Level One, Character Workbook, co-authored with Yuehua Liu and others, Boston: Cheng & Tsui Company, 1997. Integrated