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Cynthia Y. Ning
Personal:
Work address:
Center for Chinese Studies
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808) 956-2692;
FAX: (808) 956-2682 E-mail: cyndy@hawaii.edu
Education: 1986:
PhD, U. of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Major: Chinese Language & Literature; Dissertation: Comic Elements in the (Yuan
drama) Xiyouji zaju 1977:
MA, U. of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI;
Chinese
Language & Literature 1974-5: Mandarin Training Center, National Taiwan Normal University 1973:
BA, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI; German Language &
Literature 1971-2: Universität Erlangen; Erlangen, Germany
Work experience
1991--:
Center for Chinese Study, UH
Grants &
awards: 2000-: Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation, award
to write the manuscript for “Legacy: Hawai‘i’s Chinese Societies in
the Year 2000” (Principal Investigator, $25,000) 1998–2001: US
Department of Education, International Research & Studies Program,
“Exploring in Chinese: a Second Year Text for Mandarin Chinese” (Principal
Investigator, $167,500) 1997: Selected for “Ninety Fabulous Faculty”
(out of 3,000) of the University of Hawaii, in celebration of the
90th anniversary of the founding of the University 1995–7: National Security Education Program, “A
Two-year Distance Education Program in Mandarin Chinese” (Core investigator,
$337,126) 1995: Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad,
“China Field Study” (Group leader, $54,000) 1994–5: Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, “Legacy:
Profile of Hawaii’s Chinese Community” (Associate Humanities Scholar;
$9,745) 1994: UH University Software Development
Program Award for “ABC Chinese Language Database” (Principal Investigator;
$14,076) 1994: Teacher of the Year award, Hawaii Association
of Language Teachers 1993-96: US
Department of Education, “Program to Develop the Second Language Teaching
and Curriculum Center at the University of Hawai‘i as a National Resource
Center” (Investigator; area project team leader; $1,300,000) 1993–95: US Department of Education, International
Research & Studies Program, “The ABC (Alphabetically-based Computerized)
Chinese-English Dictionary Project” (Principal Investigator; $99,904) 1993: Presidential Citation for Meritorious
Teaching, University of Hawaii 1992: UH Educational Improvement Fund, “Developing an alternative environment
for teaching reading in first- and second-year Chinese, and assessing
the efficacy of this environment using a computerized reading-proficiency
test.” (Principal investigator;
$3,000) 1991: UH Research Relations Fund, “Communicating
in Chinese” (Principal investigator;
$4,000) 1990-93: US
Department of Education, “Program to Develop the Second Language Teaching
and Curriculum Center at the University of Hawai‘i as a National Resource
Center” (Investigator; area project team leader; $1,300,000) 1988-9: Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, “The
Future of Noh & Kyogen: Traditional Japanese Arts in the Post-modern
World” (Project Director; $12,000) 1988-89: US Department of Education, “Program to Train
Teachers for Foreign Language Programs in Elementary Schools” (Investigator;
$110,000) 1987-8: US Department of Education, “Developing
& Implementing Proficiency-based Curricula in Chinese & Japanese
at the Elementary, Secondary, & Post-secondary Levels” (Project
Director; $115,908) 1987-8: Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, “Chinese
Social Relations: The Ideal vs. The Real” (Project Director/Humanities
Scholar; $12,780) 1987: UH University Research Council Travel
Award 1986-7: US Dept. of Education, “Developing Proficiency-based Curricula
in Chinese & Japanese for Elementary & Secondary Schools” (Project Director; $90,618) 1986: Fulbright Summer Seminar in the PRC (Participant
& Language Consultant) 1985-6: US Department of Education, “Developing
Tools for Proficiency Measurement & Instruction in Chinese &
Japanese” (Project Director; $34,492) 1985-6: Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, “East
Asian Outreach” (Project Director/Humanities Scholar; $11,000) 1984-5: Hawaii Committee for the Humanities, “East
Asian Outreach” (Project Director/Humanities Scholar; $1,100) 1975-9: U. of Michigan Graduate Fellowship Awards
Courses taught: First year-Fourth
year Chinese (regular, intensive, experimental, & distance) Mandarin for
Cantonese Speakers Laughter &
Comedy (an Honors Colloquium) Comic Literature
of China & Japan Asian Nations
Studies: China Proseminar on
Asia: China Hollywood Cinema
& US Society (an Honors Colloquium) Chinese Film:
Its Art & History
Publications
(language): Exploring
in Chinese: A Second-year Curriculum, with John Montanaro & Kristine,
Wogstad, Far Eastern Publications, Yale University (forthcoming in
2002) “Breaking
the Tyranny of the Textbook: “Winging It” in the Chinese Language
Classroom,” in The Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association,forthcoming “Second
Language Studies and College-level Chinese Language Textbooks in the
U.S.” in China Review International, Volume 8 Number 1 (Spring 2001),
pp. 34-56 Communicating
in Chinese: A First-year Curriculum, Far Eastern Publications, Yale
U. Student’s book 1: Listening &
Speaking, 1993. 243 pp. Teacher’s book 1: Listening &
Speaking, 1993. 199 pp. Student’s book 2: Reading & Writing,
1994. 288 pp. Teacher’s book 2: Reading & Writing,
forthcoming in 1999. Picture cards to accompany Student’s
Book 1, 1994. Audiotapes to accompany Student’s
Book 1, 1995. Listening
Comprehension Workbook with Audiotapes, with Yeh Meng, 1999. Video
modules for listening/viewing comprehension: Say It in Chinese, by
The Hawaiî Department of Education, to be aired on PBS in Fall, 2002 Testing bank, forthcoming. Chinese
Language Video Lessons for Classroom Use with Stephen Fleming and
David Hiple, UH Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center,
1997 Chinese
Sentence Book: A Copy-Ready Workbook, Bess Press, 1996 Chinese Language
Video Clips for Classroom Use with Stephen Fleming and David Hiple,
UH Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, 1996 Readings in
Authentic Chinese Texts (3 levels) with Stephen Fleming & David
Hiple, UH Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, 1994 Authentic Chinese
Video with Madeline Spring, David Hiple, & Stephen Fleming, UH
Second Language Teaching & Curriculum Center, 1994 Review, College
Chinese by Shou-ying Lin,
The MLA Journal, Vol. 76 No. 1, University of Wisconsin Press, 1992 Review, Chinese
for Beginners & Advanced Beginners
by Ellie Mao Mok, in The MLA Journal, Vol. 73 No. 2, University
of Wisconsin Press, 1989 Review, The
Chinese Language by John DeFrancis,
in The Honolulu Star Bulletin & Advertiser, Feb. 1985 Resources in
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, National Resource Center for
East Asian Studies, U.of Hawaii at Manoa, 1983
Publications
(literature & film) “Qingchunji
(Sacrificed Youth)” and “Zhang Nuanxin” in Women Filmmakers and Their
Films, St. James Press, forthcoming ““Other”-cultural
Comedy: US and Chinese Comic Cinema” in The Honolulu Magazine, November,
1996 “Chinese Romantic
Comedy” in The Comic in the Culture, a Humanities Guide by the UH
Summer Session, 1996 “Yuan zaju zhong
de xiju chengfen: zaju zhong de Tang Sanzang he Sun Wukong” (Comic
elements in Yuan zaju: Tripitaka and Monkey in the Xiyouji zaju),
Hebei Shiyuan Xuebao (Journal of the Hebei Teachers Institute), Yuan
Qu Yanjiu Zhuanhao (Special Issue on Yuan Drama), Hebei Teachers Inst.
Press, No 2, 1990 “Meiguo de Quxue
Yanjiu” (Yuan drama studies in the USA), Hebei Shiyuan Xuebao (Journal of the Hebei Teachers Institute),
Yuan Qu Yanjiu Zhuanhao (Special Issue on Yuan Drama), Hebei Teachers
Institute Press, No. 2, 1990 “The Uses of
Traditional Chinese Fiction” in Myriad Worlds: 200 Years of the Chinese
in Hawaii, Hawaii Heritage Center, 1989 Translation,
“Ah Jia’s Theory of Xiqu Performance” by Liu Yizhen, with Hu Dongsheng,Yang
Zhi, & Dai Ling, in Asian Theatre Journal Vol. 5 No. 2, U. of
Hawaii Press, 1988 “The Treatment
of Personal Liberty in Chinese Dramatic Comedy,” in Chinese Social
Relationships: The Ideal Vs. The Real, Center for Chinese Studies,
U. of Hawaii at Manoa, 1988 Translation,
“Literature & I” by Ba Jin, with Yihua Wang, in Stone Lion Review
No. 14, Harvard University, 1986
Papers presented (language)
“Second Language
Studies and College-level Chinese Language Textbooks in the US” on
the panel “Chinese Language Teaching in the US”; invited paper presented
at the conference “Chinese Contributions to America: An International
Academic Conference,” held October 20-21, 1999, in Flushing, New York. “Materials for
the Second Year: Student Input, Simulated Authentic Video, and the
Feature Film” on the panel “The Challenge of the Second Year”—Chinese
Languaage Teachers Association (CLTA)/American Council on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) joint Annual Meeting, November, 1998,
Chicago “Techniques
for Teaching on Interactive Television” (panel presentation)—CLTA/
ACTFL joint Annual Meeting, November, 1997, Nashville “Slices of Life: Videotexts in the Classroom”
(panel presentation)—CLTA)/ACTFL joint Annual Meeting, November, 1996,
Philadelphia “Using Authentic
Video in Classroom Instruction” on the panel “Distance Learning in
Mandarin Chinese”—CLTA/ACTF joint Annual Meeting, November, 1995,
Anaheim, CA “Integrating
Authentic Reading into Classroom Instruction” on the panel “Teaching
Reading Using Authentic Texts”—CLTA/ACTFL joint Annual Meeting, November,
1994, Atlanta, GA “Communicating
in Chinese: An Overview” on the panel “Communicating in Chinese in Principle and Practice”—ACTFL
Annual Meeting, Nov. 1993, San Antonio, TX “The Issue of
the Writing Task” on the panel “Computer-Adaptive Reading Proficiency
Testing in Chinese”—CLTA Annual Meeting, Nov. 1993, San Antonio, TX “Cultural Considerations
in Devising Role-plays” on the panel “Role-plays in East Asian Languages”—ACTFL
Annual Meeting, November 1992, Chicago, IL “Implications
of Criterion-based Testing for Classroom Teaching” on the panel “Criterion-based
Testing and Teaching in Chinese”—CLTA Annual Meeting, November, 1992,
Chicago, “Performance-based
language instruction” as an invited speaker at the Colloquium on Teaching
East Asian Languages, Indiana University, August 30, 1992, Bloomington,
IN “Standardized
Testing Techniques Applied to Classroom Testing” on the panel “Proficiency,
Prochievement, and Achievement Testing in Less CommonlyTaught Languages”—ACTFL
Annual Meeting, November 1991, Washington D.C. “Proficiency-based
language instruction” (keynote address), British Columbia Chinese
& Japanese language teachers conference, November, 1991, University
of British Columbia, Whistler, British Columbia “Preliminary
data from 1989-90 standardized testing project in Chinese and Japanese”—CLTA/ACTFL
Annual Meeting, November 1989, Boston, MA “Criteria for
Teaching & Testing a Proficiency-based Curriculum”—ACTFL Annual
Meeting, November 1988, Monterey, CA “Communicating
in Chinese” on the panel “New Materials in Teaching Chinese as a Second
Language”—CLTA/ACTFL Annual Meeting, Nov. 1990, Nashville, TN “Varieties of
Information-gap Activities”—HALT/HCTE Joint Annual Conference, February
1988, Honolulu “Implementing
Proficiency-oriented Curricula in Chinese”—CLTA/ACTFL Annual Meeting,
November 1987, Atlanta, GA “The Proficiency-based
Curriculum in Chinese & Japanese at the Elementary & Secondary
Levels”—Annual HALT/HCTE Conference, April 1987, Honolulu
Papers presented
(literature) “For Money or
Love: Configurations of Romance in Early Drama” on the panel “In Honor
of James I. Crump’s Contribution to the Study of Yuan Drama”—Assc.
for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, April, 1996, Honolulu, HI “Romantic Comedy
in Traditional Chinese Drama” on the panel “Transgressor-heroes in
Chinese & Japanese Comedy”—Modern Languages Association Annual
Convention, December 1991, San Francisco “Comic Elements
in Yuan zaju: Tripitaka and Monkey in the Xiyouji zaju”—First International
Conference of the International Society on Yuan Drama Studies, February
1990, Shijiazhuang, PRC “Yuan Studies
in the USA”—First International
Conference of the International Society on Yuan Drama Studies, February
1990, Shijiazhuang, PRC “The Chinese
View of Liberty”—symposium on “Chinese Social Relationships: The Ideal vs. the Real,” April 1988, Honolulu “The Comedic
Tradition in Classical Chinese Drama”—International Conference on
Comparative Literature sponsored by the UH/EWC, January 1988, Honolulu “Comedy in Yuan
Drama: Tripitaka & Monkey in the Xiyouji Zaju”—AAS Annual Conference,
April 1987, Boston “The East Asian
Presence in Hawaii”—AAS Annual Conference, March 1985, Philadelphia,
PA
Workshops conducted
“Performance-based
Instruction in Chinese” with co-presenters Stephen Fleming, David
Hiple, and Tao-chung Yao, held at the University of Hawaii under a
grant form the University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource
Center (15 participants came from institutions teaching US students
in the US, Taiwan, and the PRC), July 10–21, 2000 “University
of Hawaii–Peking University Chinese Language Teaching Workshop #2”
with co-presenters Stephen Fleming, David Hiple, and Tao-chung Yao,
under a grant from the National Security Education Program, at Peking
University (participants were from approx. 10 institutions in Beijing),
April 18–20, 1996 “University
of Hawaii–Peking University Chinese Language Teaching Workshop #1”
with co-presenters Stephen Fleming and David Hiple, under a grant
from the National Security Education Program, at Peking University
(participants were from approximately 15 institutions in North China),
April 11–13, 1995 “Principles
& Practice of Proficiency-based Language Instruction”—Yale-in-China
program, Chinese U. of Hong Kong, March 17–19, 1994 “The Chinese
Speaking Test”—sponsored by the Center for Applied Linguistics (Washington,
D.C.), offered at annual conference of the Chinese Language Teachers’
Association, Washington, D.C., Nov. 21-22, 1991 “Principles
& Practice of Proficiency-based Language Instruction”—given in
Chinese at the Yale-in-China program of the Chinese University of
Hong Kong, September 11-14, 1991 “The Chinese
Speaking Test”—sponsored by the Center for Applied Linguistics (Washington,
D.C.), offered at the U. of Hawaii, July 6-7, 1991 “Foreign Language at the Elementary School:
Methodology”—College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures, August
6-24, 1990,Honolulu (course coordinator).
Sponsored by the Hawaii Department of Education. “Interactive
Strategies for Language Teaching”—Hawaii Department of Education,
June 22-29, 1990, Honolulu. “Interactive
Strategies for Language Teaching”—Hawaii Department of Education,
June 13-15, 1990, Hilo, Hawaii. “Proficiency-based
Instruction in Mandarin Chinese”—British Columbia Association of Teachers
of Modern Languages Annual Conference, October 20-21, 1989, Vancouver. Sponsored by the Canadian Ministry of Education. “Workshop on
Language Pedagogy for High School Teachers of Chinese”—East Asian
Summer Language Institute, July 9-15, 1988.
Sponsored by Indiana U. “Teaching Foreign
Language for Proficiency at the College Level”—U. of Hawaii at Manoa,
May 16-20, 1988. Sponsored
by the College of Languages, Linguistics, & Literatures/School
of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, UH. “Foreign Language
Teaching: An Activities-based Curriculum for Functional Proficiency in the First Year”—August 10-14,
1987, The Kamehameha Schools. Sponsored
by the Center for Japanese Studies, UH. Plus over 200
half- and one-day workshops on teaching foreign language for proficiency & teaching Chinese language
& culture, conducted in various public and private schools and
at the university.
Professional service
1994–: Consultant for Chinese films (write articles
& film synopses, act as liaison for Chinese producers, directors,
cinematographers, performers), Hawaii International Film Festival 1994–: Managing Editor, China Review International
(semi-annual journal), University of Hawaii Press 1993–: Member of the Editorial Board, ABC Chinese-English
Dictionary project (the first edition was published in 1996 by the
University of Hawaii Press; an expanded edition is currently under
preparation for publication in 2000) 1993–5: Mentor in the American Council on Education’s
national dissemination project entitled “Spreading the Word: Improving
Foreign Language Instruction in Colleges and Universities,” with major
funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities 1994–5: Chair, Senate Committee on Professional Matters,
U. of Hawai‘i at Manoa 1993–4: Member, UH-Manoa Faculty Senate Executive
Committee 1992–6: Member, UH-Manoa Faculty Senate 1992–3: Chair, Senate Committee on Professional Matters,
U. of Hawai‘i at Manoa 1991–: Member of the Advisory Board for the Chinese
Proficiency Test, for the Center for Applied Linguistics 1991–3: Consultant to the project “Developing computer-adaptive
proficiency tests for Chinese,” supported by a US Dept. of Education
grant to Mt. Holyoke College 1991–3: Final judge for foreign languages, Sterling
Scholar competition, State of Hawaii 1990–: Oral proficiency tester for the American
Council for the Teaching of Foreign
Languages; short-term contracts for testing in Chinese for AT &T
Language ability: Chinese: Mandarin: excellent (rated
Superior for speaking & reading)
Fuzhou: good (estimated Advanced for speaking) Cantonese: fair (estimated Intermediate High for speaking) Shanghainese: minimal (estimated Intermediate Low for listening) German: good (estimated Intermediate High for speaking,
Advanced for reading) French: fair
(estimated Intermediate Low for speaking and reading) Japanese: fair
(rated Intermediate Mid for speaking, estimated Novice High reading) Urdu: minimal (estimated Novice Mid for speaking
and reading)
Professional affiliations
American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (certified Oral Proficiency
Tester for Chinese, trained but not yet certified in ESL; member of
Nominating Committee, 1999-2002; member of Birkmaier Awards Committeee,
1999-2002) Association
of Asian Studies (member) Chinese Language
Education Association of Hawaii (President, 1983-86) Chinese Language
Teachers Association (Executive Director, 2001–2004; President, 1998–9;
Vice President, 1997–8; Member of the Executive Board, 1994–2000;
Program Chair for Annual Conference, 1995–6) Hawaii Association
of Language Teachers (President, 1989-1991; Chair of Annual Conference,
1989-1992) |