Ph.D., Foreign Language Education, Purdue University
Certificate, Management, Purdue University

Courses Taught at California State University at Fullerton

Chinese 101: Fundamental Chinese - A
Chinese 102: Fundamental Chinese – B
Chinese 203: Intermediate Chinese – A
Chinese 204: Intermediate Chinese – B
Chinese 310: Mandarin Chinese in the Business World
Chinese 311: Mandarin Chinese for International Business 
Chinese 315: Introduction to Chinese Civilization 
Chinese 325: Contemporary Chinese Culture 
Modern Languages 495: Internship in Foreign Languages
Modern Languages 496: Student-to-Student Tutorials
Modern Languages 499: Independent Study

New Course Authored

Chinese 203: Intermediate Chinese – A (from 3 units to 5 units) 
Chinese 204: Intermediate Chinese – B  
Chinese 225: Business Chinese
Chinese 301: Advanced Chinese Writing
Chinese 407: Chinese through Film
Chinese 466: Introduction to Chinese Linguistics

Honors and Awards

Honors

Outstanding Faculty Award in Scholarly Creativity. California State University, Fullerton (2010)
Outstanding Faculty Award in External Community Service. California State University, Fullerton (2009)
Outstanding Faculty Award in Collaborative Teaching. California State University, Fullerton (2008)
Outstanding Service-Learning Instructor Award, California State University, Fullerton (2007)

Awards 

1. Mini-grant for community-based research ($1,250) funded by CSUF's Office of University Research, Initiatives and Partnerships (2012)
2. International Travel Grant ($1,000). College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The 9th  International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy, July 24 – 26, Beijing (2011).
3. Wang Family Fellow Award ($10,000). California State University.Business Language Research in China (2010)
4. Participant in Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) ($1.2Million) of U.S. Department of Education with Walnut Valley Unified School District (WVUSD) and College of Education (2010-2011)
5. California State University Discipline Research Project Grant ($7,000) with faculty members from CSU LA and CSU Long Beach, developing critical issues in Chinese language learning (2009 ~ 2010)
6. College of Humanities & Social Science Grant ($6, 200) with Jie Tian and Dr. Laichen Sun, Building up Chinese collection in Pollak Library, California State University, Fullerton (2006)

Publications

Intercultural Rhetoric

Liu, J. (2012).Connecting Inner Circle and Expanding Circle: Young Chinese English Learners’ Perceptions of Purposeful Audiences. The Linguistics Journal, Submitted.

Liu, J. (2010). English Writing in Public High Schools in China and America: A Comparison Analysis. International Journal of Language, Society and Culture, 30, 54-62.  

Liu, J. (2009).Intercultural Rhetorical Pattern Differences in English Argumentative Writing. Journal of  English as an International Language, 4, 93-109.

Liu, J. (2007). Placement of the thesis statement in English and Chinese argumentative essays: A study of contrastive rhetoric. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 4 (1), 122-139.

Applied Linguistics    

Liu, J. (2011). Placement Test Development for Chinese Heritage Language Learners. Journal
of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 10, 169-192.

Liu, J. (2011). Curriculum Design and Teaching Materials Development: Needs Analysis Theory for   
Chinese Writing. The Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Chinese Language
Pedagogy, 41-49. MinZu University Press: Beijing, China.

Liu, J. (2010).Chinese Through Film: A Content-Based Instruction for Students at Intermediate and Advanced Levels. Journal of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, 2,146-152. Nanjing University Press.

Liu, J. & Shibata, S. (2008). Why college students want to learn Asian languages: A comparative study of motivational factors for the selection of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 5, 33-55.    

International Education

Liu, J. (2010). Assessing Students’ Language Proficiency: A New Model of Study Abroad
Program in China. Journal of Studies in International Education, 14(5), 528-544. Sage Publications.

Liu, J. (2010). The View from the Study Abroad Program in China. Academic Exchange Quarterly,
14(3), 37-40.

International Business

Liu, J. (2012). Chinese for International Business and Curriculum Development: International Executive’s Perceptions. Journal of Global Business Languages, Submitted.  

Conference Presentations

2012

Liu, J. (2012). Curriculum Design for Teaching Advanced Chinese Culture Course. Paper (with full text) presented at the Chinese Language Teachers' Association of Southern California, University of California-Irvine, May 5.

2011

Liu, J. (2011). Connecting Advanced Heritage Speakers with Young Heritage Learners: Community Service-learning Approach. Paper (with full text) presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 18 to 20, Denver, Colorado.

Liu, J. (2011). A Chinese Writing Textbook for Study Abroad: A Pragmatic Instruction Approach, Paper presented at the International Conference on Chinese Textbook and New Resources Development, May 20 to May 22, Columbia University, New York.

2010

Liu, J. (2010). Cross-campus Collaboration on Chinese Language Teaching and Learning, Paper presented at the 13th CSU Symposium on University Teaching, April 24, California State University at San Bernardino.

Liu, J. (2010). Placement Exam Instrument for Heritage Learners of Chinese. Paper (with full text) presented at the First International Heritage Language Conference, February 20, UCLA, Los Angeles,
California.

2009

Liu, J. (2009). How a Community Service-Learning Approach Supports Advanced Heritage Language
Learners. Paper (with full text) presented at the Annual Meeting of American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 21, San Diego, California.

Liu, J. (2009). Intercultural Rhetorical Pattern Differences in the English Argumentative Writing. Paper (with full text) presented at the 5th Intercultural Rhetoric Conference, June 11 – 13, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  

2008

Carr, N., & Liu, J. (2008). Validating the Use of a Single Rating Scale to Assess Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners’ Writing Ability: A Triangulation Approach. Presented at the 30th Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June, 25 – 28.

2007

Liu, J. (2007). Chinese Heritage Language Teaching and Community Service-learning. Paper (with full text) presented at the Annual Meeting of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 16, San Antonio, TX.

2006

Liu, J., & Lo, J. (2006). Service-Learning Involving Upper-Division Foreign Language Courses in Senior Centers. Presented at the Conference on Community Engagement, September 22, Fullerton. CA.

Liu, J., & Tussing, M. (2006). Developing A SHINE Project: Creating Video and PowerPoint for Advanced Chinese Courses. Presented at the 8th Annual DigitalStream: Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Culture Conference, at California State University, Monterey Bay, March, 25.

2003

Liu, J. (2003). Qualitative Needs Assessment for Executive, Presented at Business Chinese Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 11th .

Liu, J. (2003). Designing an Immersion Business Chinese Program – A Purdue University Case. Presented at the International Conference on Studying and Teaching Chinese Language and Culture in a Multicultural Environment. New York University, May 3. 

Invited Presentations

2011

Liu, J. (2011). U.S.-China Higher Education. Beijing Renmin University High School, Beijing, China, July 7th.
Liu, J. (2011). Chinese language and Culture workshop, Walnut Valley United School District.     
Liu, J. (2011). U.S. – China Relationship Workshop. Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, June 25th.

2010

Liu, J. (2010). Chinese language and Culture workshop, Walnut Valley United School District. 
Liu, J. (2010). Service Learning in a Language Curriculum, The 7th Annual Languages Conference San Diego Mesa College, April 23.  

2009

Liu, J. (2009). Life Experience of Elderly Chinese-American and Service Learning. Presented at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Fullerton, June 18th .
Liu, J. (2009). Educational Issues of Young Chinese American. Presented at the Chinese Scholars Association at University of Southern California, February 1st. 

Service as a Refereed Reviewer

2012

Refereed Textbook Reviewer: Access Chinese Mc- Gill Publisher.

2010

Peer Reviewer, MERLOT (the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), World Languages for the Chinese section (2010).
Curriculum Consultant: Walnut Valley Unified School District (WVUSD), Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) with U.S. Department of Education.

2009

Refereed Textbook Reviewer: Chinese Graded Reader Series (2009). Macmillan Publishers. UK.    
Refereed Textbook Reviewer: Discover China series (2009). Macmillan Publishers. UK.
Refereed Book Reviewer: Ning, C. & Montanaro, J. (2009). Encounters: Chinese Language and Culture . Yale University Press. New Haven, CT.
Curriculum Consultant: Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD), exploring alternative courses of study for their high school students, including AP Chinese courses, traditional and online Chinese courses, under 2009 Federal Language Assistance Program grant.
Supervisor: Community Service-learning Project. Helping K-8 Chinese heritage learners to solve their language learning problems in South Coast Chinese Cultural Center in Irvine, Tzu Tchi Academy in Tustin (2008).

2008

Refereed Panel Reviewer: Second Annual Conference on Literature, Language, and Linguistics, California State University, Fullerton, March 6, 2008.

2007

Refereed Book Reviewer: Xu, J. (Eds.) (2007). Chinese for the Global Community. Boston, MA: Thomason Press. ISBN: 978-730-308-4172
Refereed Panel Reviewer: First Annual Conference on Literature, Culture & Languages, California State University, Fullerton, March 7th, 2007. 2006
Refereed Panel Reviewer: The Conference on Community Engagement: Engagement through the   Disciplines, Fullerton, CA. September 22, 2006.
Refereed Panel Reviewer: The 6th International Service-Learning Research Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 14-16 (2006).
Supervisor: Community Service-learning Project. Interviewing senior immigrants in Happy Day Care  Center, Brea, CA (2006-2009)

2005

Indiana State Representative: National Flagship Language Initiative (NFLI) Program (2005)
            

Conference Session Chair/Organizer

2011

Conference Session Chair: The Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 18 to 20, Denver, Colorado

2010

Conference Session Organizer: The First International Heritage Language Conference, February 20, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.