PRESENTATIONS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

INVITED TALKS

[39] 2024. Design and Implementation of an Online Chinese Grammar Courses. The 2024 Annual Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). St. Louis, Missouri, April 5-7.

[38] 2023. Liu and Chang. Autonomous and Controlled Reading Motivation of American CFL Learners. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2023 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Chicago. November 17-19. 

[37] 2023. Liu and Chang. Dimensions of American CFL Learners' Reading Motivation and Their Relations to Reading Engagement and Achievement. The 2023 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). On-site (New York City) and Online. April 28-29. (Panel)

[36] 2023. Liu and Chang. L2 Motivational Self System and Learner Factors: A Study of American CFL Learners. The 2023 Annual Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA). Washington D.C., March 31 - April 2.

[35] 2022. Liu and Chang. Promoting Program Development and Student Learning via “Chinese Corner". The 2022 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). Online. April 22-24. (Panel)

[34] 2021. Chang and Song. AP® Chinese Language and Culture Exam: Strategies for Success in Speaking and Writing. The 7th International Conference on Chinese Heritage Language Education. National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS). Online. August 6-8. (Panel)

[33] 2021. Song and Chang. From Lower to Higher Level Reading: Using Digital Books to Bridge the Gap. The 11th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching (TCLT11). Online, Yale University, May 28–30.

[32] 2021. Wieden and Chang. Klein, aber fein – the Art of Building Chinese and German Language Programs through Curricular and Extracurricular Activities and Initiatives. The 23rd Annual Conference of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL). Online. April 23-24.

[31] 2021. Chang and Meng. Learning Chinese Language and Culture Through Leveled Reading. The 2021 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). Online. April 15-17. (Panel)

[30] 2021. Chang and Liu. Enhancing University-Community Partnerships: Customized Business Chinese Courses. The 2021 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). Online. April 15-17. (Panel)

[29] 2020. Guan, Chang, and Shi. Chinese for specific purposes: Curriculum development and teaching practice. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2020 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Online. November 20-22. (Panel)

[28] 2020. Wieden, Chang, and Saenz-Roby. Collaboration in recruitment and retention: From classes to communities. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2020 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Online. November 20-22. (Panel)

2020. Liu and Chang. L2 Motivation Questionnaire for American Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language. The 2020 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). Orlando, Florida. May 8-10. (Panel) (accepted for presentation, conference canceled)

2020. Chang and Liu. "Chinese Corner" as Out-of-Class Learning Activities. The 2020 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). Orlando, Florida. May 8-10. (Poster) (accepted for presentation, conference canceled)

[27]  2019. Chang and Song. Developing Chinese reading and cultural proficiency with leveled readers. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2019 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Washington D.C. November 22-24. (Panel)

[26] 2018. Wieden and Chang. Curricula for program growth: Cases of business Chinese and business German. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2018 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. New Orleans, Louisiana. November 16-18. (Panel)

[25]  2018. Teaching Chinese Language and Civilization: A Theme-Based Model of the Content-Based Instruction Approach. 2018 International Conference of Chinese Language Teaching and Research. University of California, Santa Barbara. November 10-11. 

[24]  2018. Heritage language learners: Cases from a Japanese language school. The 4th International Conference on Chinese Heritage Language Education. National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS). Detroit/Novi, Michigan. August 4-5. 

[23]  2018. Backward design principles and practices for Chinese language classrooms. 2018 Conference on Second Languages and Cultures: Theory, Practice, and Instructional Strategies, The Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 17. (Poster)

[22]  2018. Formative and summative assessment for communication-oriented business Chinese courses. Panel session with Daoxiong Guan, Assessment for specific purposes: Business Chinese courses. The 2018 National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC). Salt Lake City. May 17-19. (Panel)

[21]  2017. Learning civilization and language through content-based CFL instruction. Teaching and Learning Second Languages as a Process of Discovery – Bridging Theories and Practices, Emory University, March 25.

[20]  2015. A communicative-based intermediate business Chinese course. Panel session with Daoxiong Guan and Yan Zhang, Redesigning the Business Chinese Curriculum for Intermediate Learners - A Communicative-based Intermediate Business Chinese Course. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2015 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. San Diego, California. November 20-22.

[19]  2014. Development and implementation of an intermediate business Chinese course. The First International Conference on Business Chinese Teaching, Textbook Research & Development, and Business Cross-Cultural Communication, Portland State University, November 15-16.

[18]  2014. Objective-centered Chinese courses: from syllabus to assessment. The Third Annual Conference of the New England Chinese Language Teachers Association (NECLTA)--International Conference on Learning and Teaching Chinese Language and Culture, University of Massachusetts Boston, October 4.

[17]  2013. More motivated or less inspired?  The effects of a China study abroad program on language learners. The Second Annual Conference of the New England Chinese Language Teachers' Association (NECLTA)--International Conference on Learning and Teaching Chinese Language and Culture, University of Rhode Island, October 5.

[16]  2013. Narrative analyses of study abroad journals: learning and living in China. The 34th National Convention of Alpha Mu Gamma (AMG) Foreign Language Honor Society of the United States, Elmhurst College, September 26-28.

[15]  2013. Hsiang-Hua Chang and Fei Fei. Learning language through culture: needs analysis and the ‘Critical Incidents’ approach in business Chinese instruction. The Fourth Business Chinese Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. March 15-16.

[14]  2013. The Mandarin distal demonstrative in its initial stage. Conference of the American Association for Corpus Linguistics 2013 (AACL 2013), San Diego State University. January 18-20. 

[13]  2011. From bare to non-bare: factors affecting the development of Mandarin nominals. 12th International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL 12), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. July 19-23. (Poster)

[12]  2011. Building up the nominal tree in Mandarin.  2011 Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii. January 9-12. (Poster)

[11]  2008. Chang, Hsiang-Hua, and Cristina Schmitt. Semantic mappings of bare and demonstrative nominals in child Mandarin. The 20th Annual North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL 20), Ohio State University. April 25-27.

[10]  2007. Mandarin determinerless classifier-nouns. Joint conference of the 15th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL 15) and the 19th Annual North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL 19), Columbia University. May 25-27.

[9]  2006. The structure of Mandarin bare classifier-nouns. The 36th annual meeting of the Michigan Linguistic Society (MLS 36), Oakland University. October 28.

[8]  2004. Chang, Hsiang-Hua, Karen Miller, and Cristina Schmitt. Acquisition of the strong and weak quantifiers in ‘there’-existentials. Generative Approach to Language Acquisition North America 2004 (GALANA 2004), University of Hawaii at Manoa. December 17-20. (Poster).

[7]  2004. Miller, Karen, Hsiang-Hua Chang, Cristina Schmitt, and Alan Munn. Children can use focal stress to calculate quantity implicatures. GALANA 2004, University of Hawaii at Manoa. December 17-20. (Poster) (paper alternate). (voted "Best Poster")

[6]  2004. Miller, Karen, Hsiang-Hua Chang, and Alan Munn. Young children understand ‘some’ implicatures. The 29th Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 29), Boston University. November 5-7.

[5]  2004. The definiteness and information status of the NPs in Mandarin ‘you’-existentials. The 16th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL 16), The University of Iowa. May 21-23.

[4]  2004. Definite NPs in Mandarin ‘you’-existentials. The 40th annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS 40), University of Chicago. April 16-18.

[3]  2004. Strong/weak quantifiers in existential sentences: A pilot study in child English and Mandarin. First Language Acquisition Workshop: Crosslinguistic and Intralinguistic Variation, Michigan State University. April 2-3.

[2]  2002. Acquisition of the aspect marker –le in Taiwan Mandarin –Evidence opposing the prototype account. Joint conference of the IX International Congress for the Study of Child Language and the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (IASCL/SRCLD 2002), University of Wisconsin-Madison. July 16-21. (STAR Award)

[1]  2001. Child acquisition of the aspect marker –le in Mandarin Chinese. The 31st annual meeting of the Michigan Linguistic Society (MLS 31), Eastern Michigan University. October 27.

[24] 2022. Chinese Teaching Materials, Policies, and Planning. National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan. May 27.

[23]  2022. Chang, Song, and Qiuxiang. AP® Chinese Language and Culture Exam: Teaching and Learning Updates. Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC), iChinese.Edu. International Webinar, February 18.

[22]  2021. Chang, Song, and Xu. AP® Chinese Language and Culture Exam: Speaking Free Response Questions. Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC), iChinese.Edu. International Webinar, February 13.

[21] 2020. Chang and Xu. The Smarter Way to Nail AP® Chinese Exam. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2020 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Online. November 20-22.

[20]  2020. Chinese Oral Practice from Beginning to Intermediate-high. Han Yu Yi Jia. International Webinar, August 15.

[19]  2020. AP® Chinese Language and Culture Exam: Speaking Free Response Questions. Chinese Language Education and Research Center (CLERC), iChinese.Edu. International Webinar, April 7.

[18] 2020. An Introduction and Update on the AP® Chinese Language and Culture Course and Exam. National Council of Association of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS). National Professional Development Webinar Series, February 9. 

[17] 2019. Chang, Meng and Song. From Personal to Global: AP® Chinese Essential Reading. The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2019 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Washington D.C. November 22-24.

[16]  2017. AP® Chinese Language and Culture: Introduction and Free Response Questions. National Council of Association of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS). National Professional Development Webinar Series, December 10.

[15]  2017. Current State and Future of Chinese Language Education in the US. Taiwan Week Keynote Presentation and Panel Discussion, Michigan Chinese Educators Association (MCEA). Farmington Hills, Michigan. October 28.

[14]  2017. A Very Brief Introduction about Taiwan. 2017 Taiwan Week Panel Presentations and Discussion, Oakland University. October 5.

[13]  2017. Application of Backward Design in Chinese Heritage Language Classes. National Council of Association of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS). National Professional Development Webinar Series, April 16.

[12]  2016. AP® Chinese Language and Culture: What and How. National Council of Association of Chinese Language Schools (NCACLS). National Professional Development Webinar Series, November 13.

[11]  2016. The Power of Cuteness: Female Infantilization in Urban Taiwan. A session in "ALS/AN 374/575 Cross-Cultural Communication", Oakland University, October 21. (guest speaker & discussant)

[10]  2015. Current State and Future of Chinese Language Education and Teacher Certification in Michigan. 2015 Taiwan Week Keynote Presentation and Panel Discussion, Michigan Chinese Educators Association (MCEA). Farmington Hills, Michigan. October 17. 

[9]  2015. A Very Short Introduction about Taiwan. 2015 Taiwan Week Panel Presentations and Discussion, Oakland University. October 1.

[8]  2014. Teaching Objectives of Chinese Courses: Design and Practice. Metro Detroit Chinese Schools Teachers and Administrators Professional Development, Michigan Chinese Educators Association (MCEA). Oakland University. August 24.

[7]  2013. Learning Language through Culture: Needs Analysis and the ‘Critical Incidents’ Approach in Business Chinese Instruction. Research Colloquium, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Oakland University. April 11.

[6]  2012. (1) Chinese Education in Mainstream Schools; (2) K-16 Chinese Teacher Qualification and Certification. A Seminar of Teaching Chinese in Mainstream Schools, Michigan Chinese Educators Association (MCEA). Madonna University. December 2.

[5]  2012. The Importance of English Worldwide. Sajiao as a communication style in Chinese culture; Women's surnames after marriage in different cultures; Chinese-American "Tiger Mother" Amy Chua and her strict parenting style. A session in "HC 206 (Honors College) Language: Interactions with Culture, Gender, and Identity", Oakland University, November 1. (guest speaker & discussant)

[4]  2012. From Bare to Non-Bare: The Development of Noun Phrases in Child Mandarin. Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan. May 10.

[3]  2012. Curriculum, Course Design, and Teaching in US College Chinese Programs. Department of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. May 8.

[2]  2012. Raising Up True Bilingual Children: Reflections on the Language Acquisition of Cross-Cultural Children. Department of Child Care and Family Studies, Shu-Te University, Taiwan. May 3.

[1]  2011. Chinese Revolution of 1911: Viewpoint of a Taiwan Resident. Panel Presentation and Discussion: 100 Years of China's 1911 Revolution. Oakland University. October 10.