Hua-Li Jian
PRESENT POSITION AT NCKU
Associate Professor
Department of Foreign Languages & Literature
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph. D., University of Reading, U.K.
M.A., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Linguistics, phonetics and phonology, acoustic phonetics, speech perception and machine recognition, TESOL, LSP/ESP (language/English for specific purpose), computer-aided language teaching and learning, variety of English, language and film
HONOURS
1999 Research Award (Class A): National Science Council of Taiwan
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
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Experiences of Teaching Engineering Students in Taiwan from a Western Perspective. International Journal of Engineering Education. (Science Citation Index) (forthcoming) 2006.
A comparative study of lexical stress placement in the speech of Taiwanese ESL learners and American English. Journal of Humanities and Arts, 19, 79-99. Kaohsiung: National Kaohsiung Normal University. 2005.
Speech Rhythm in English of Taiwanese ESL Learners. Journal of Teaching of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, 1, 105-115. 2004.
Pair-wise Variability Index: Evaluating the Cognitive Difficulty of Using Mobile Text Entry Systems. Springer Verlag Lecture Notes on Computer Science, 3160, 347-350. Glasgow: Springer Verlag. ISBN: 3-540-23086-6 / ISSN: 0302-9743. (Science Citation Index Expanded) 2004.
Perception of long and short tones in Taiwanese Speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102(5), Pt.2, 3095. 1997.
English in Taiwan: Speech Timing and Rhythm of Taiwanese ESL Learners and Its Implications for Language Teaching. Taipei: Taiwan ELT Publishing Co., LTD. 2005.
Improving the Communicative Competence in Spoken English of Taiwanese Engineering Students: A Prosodic Approach. In Win Aung, et al. (Eds.), INNOVATIONS 2006: World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research. Arlington: Begell House Publishing. (Forthcoming) 2006.
Building Good Engineering Vocabulary: Adopting Technical Terminology in Non-English Speaking Countries. In Win Aung, et al. (Eds.), INNOVATIONS 2004: World Innovations in Engineering Education and Research, Chapter 35 (pp. 399-408). Arlington: Begell House Publishing. 2004.
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CORRESPONDENCE Dr. Hua-Li Jian Associate Professor Department of Foreign Languages & Literature National Cheng Kung University No.1, University Road, Tainan, 701, Taiwan TEL: +886 6 2757575 FAX: +886 6 2387730 EMAIL: huali.jian@gmail.com.
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