Ms Lin Chiung Yao

Assistant Director of Centre

Senior Lecturer

Office: AS4/03-09

Email: clslincy@nus.edu.sg

Tel: 6516 5001

Ms Lin Chiung Yao

Brief Introduction Teaching Areas Current Research Research Interests Publications Other Information

Brief Introduction

Ms Lin Chiung Yao joined National University of Singapore in year 2000. She teaches beginner and intermediate Chinese modules in Centre for Language Studies, FASS, National University of Singapore. She obtianed her Master degree in Chinese language at Chinese Studies of National University of Sigapore in 2006, and Mass Communication and Journalism in California State University, Fresno, in 1993. Her first degree was in English Literature at Fu-Jen University in Taiwan (1989). Before joinning NUS, she was a Research Writer and Anchor Editor at The Television Corporation of Singapore and a Teacher and Curriculum Planner at Kid Castle Language Center in Taiwan. Her current research interests are teaching and learning of Chinese characters, Intercultural Communicative Competency, and CALL and its applicaiton in Chinese. She is the winner of the Excellent Teacher Award in 2005 and The Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 2011.

Educational background:

M.A. National University of Singapore in Chinese language
M.A. California State University, Fresno
in Mass Communication and Journalism
B.A. Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
in English Literature, Major; International Trade, Minor.

Career History:

Senior Lecturer (Jan 2013~), Centre for Language Studies, Chinese Programme, NUS
Lecturer (July 2006~), Centre for Language Studies, Chinese Programme, NUS
Instructor (2001~2006),Centre for Language Studies, Chinese Programme, NUS
Instructor (2000-2001),Chinese Language Proficiency Centre, NUS
Research Writer (2000), Variety, Television Corporation of Singapore
News Anchor Editor (1997-2000), Television Corporation of Singapore
News Reporter (1996-1997), Television Corporation of Singapore
Chinese News Editor (1995-1996), Television Corporation of Singapore

Teaching Areas

Current Research

Research Interests

Publications

EDITORIAL WORK ON BOOKS

PUBLISHEDLIN, C Y, eds., Chinese Characters I text book (In English and Chinese)., Singapore: NUS Extension, 2002. 74 pp.

ARTICLES IN JOURNAL

INTERNATIONAL REFEREEDPUBLISHED
LIN*, C Y and K N Chin, "Develop Chinese podcasting materials- podcast units and its application in beginner Chinese Classes". Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 9, no. 1 (supplementary) (2012): 402-416. (Singapore).

Chan*, W M, S W CHI, K N Chin and C Y LIN, "Students’ perceptions of and attitudes towards podcast-based learning – A comparison of two language podcast projects". Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 8, no. Suppl. 1 (2011): 312-335. (Singapore).

Chin*, K N, C Y LIN and W M Chan, "Mobile learning-podcasting for Chinese language learning". Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 2, no. 2 (Full issue PDF on Technology and Chinese language teaching) (Dec 2011 2011): 37-49. (United States). (In Chinese).

NOT CLASSIFIED PUBLISHED LIN, C Y, "Hanzi de Kexuehua Jiaoxue Changshi (The systematic and cognitive approach in teaching Chinese characters)". Journal of Singapore Middle School Chinese Teacher's Association, no. 32 (2007). (Singapore). (In Chinese).

LIN, C Y, "Lim Boon Keng: His Feminism Inclination and Two Marriages". Journal of Singapore Middle School Chinese Teachers' Association, 30 (Yearly on Chinese Education) (2005). (Singapore). (In Chinese).

BOOK REVIEWS

PUBLISHEDLIN, C Y. Review of "New Practical Chinese Reader 1", ed. Liu Xun. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, 8, no. 1, part. 1 (2011). Singapore: Centre for Language Studies

CONFERENCE PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL ORAL PRESENTATIONPUBLISHED
LIN, C Y, "Chinese is Different: The Exploration of Pedagogy on Computer-assisted Teaching of Chinese Characters(Diannao Shi Da he Wangluo Donghua zai Hanzi Jiaoxue de Yingyong)". The Unigueness of Chinese Linguistics and Pedagogy (Hanyu Dutexing Yanjiu yu Tansuo Lunwenji ) (2015). Shanghai: Shanghai Xuelin Publisher. (In Chinese). (The 2nd International Conference on the Uniqueness of Chinese Linguistics and Pedagogy, 18 - 20 Oct 2013, Shanghai, China)

Chan*, W M, S W CHI, K N Chin and C Y LIN, "Students’ perceptions of and attitudes towards podcast-based learning — a comparison of two language podcast projects". Individual Characteristics and Subjective Variables in Language Learning, comp. W.M. Chan, S.W. Chi, K.N. Chin, J.W. Istanto, M. Nagami, J.W. Sew, T. Suthiwan & I. Walker (2010): 107-136. Singapore: Centre for Language Studies. (CLaSIC 2010: The Fourth CLS International Conference, 2 - 4 Dec 2010, Singapore)

Chin, K N, C Y LIN and W M Chan, "Mobile Learning-- Podcasting for Chinese Language Learning". The 6th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, ed. Xu D. B. (2010): 26-34. Colombus, OHIO: National East Asian Language Resource Centre. (In Chinese). (Plenary paper) (TCLT6-Intenational Conference on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 11 - 14 Jun 2010, Ohio State University, Columbus/Ohio, United States)

PRESENTED BUT NOT PUBLISHED

LIN, C Y, "Is e-writing a friend or an enemy to the acquisition of Chinese characters". ACTFL2014-Annual Convention and World Languages Expo (21 - 23 Nov 2014, St Antonio, Texas, United States)

Chin, K N, C Y LIN and L P Cheong, "The study on blog writing and classroom interaction -- from communicative language teaching point of view". CLaSIC 2008 ( 4 - 7 Dec 2008, NUS, Singapore)

LIN, C Y, "Teaching Chinese Characters Through Sight, Sound and Imagation—A Pedagogical Experiment Known as “SCWCSS”". CLaSIC2006 ( 7 - 9 Dec 2006, Holiday Inn Atrium Singapore, Singapore)

SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

LIN, C Y, "Teaching in a Multi-cultural Classroom". PLIDAM International Colloquium (INALCO, Paris, June 2014): Policy and Ideology in Language Teaching and Learning : Actors and Discourses (11 - 14 Jun 2014, Paris, France)

LIN, C Y, "Traditional, Computer-Assisted, or Blended?---finding a better solution for Chinese oral assessment in the CALL era from learner's perspective". The 7th International Conference & Workshops on Technology & Chinese Language Teaching: 261-272 (In Chinese). (25 - 27 May 2012, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Manoa, United States)

Chin*, K N and C Y LIN, "The study on application of podcast and vodcast teaching for CFL beginners". 10th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching (In Chinese). (25 - 29 Dec 2011, Taipei, Taiwan)

THESES/DISSERTATIONS

UNPUBLISHED BUT FINALIZEDLIN, C Y, Metaphors in Political Advertisements:a case study of Taiwan's presidential election in 2004. M.A. thesis, National University of Singapore, Singapore. 2006. 144 pp. (In Chinese).
LIN, C Y, The Reform and Development of China's Sound Broadcasting System in the Reformation Era: 1976-1990. M.A. thesis, California State University, Fresno, United States. 1993. 189 pp.

PUBLISHED REPORTS

PUBLISHEDLIN, C Y, The Various and Innovative Representation of Mandarin Lexicons---An observation based on sampling of Taiwan's newspaper. CLS Working Paper series, 981-05-4907-5, ed. Chan Wai Meng, Chin Kwee Nyet, and Titima Suthiwan. Singapore: Centre for Language Studies, FASS, NUS, 2005. 19 pp. (In Chinese).

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