De Bao Xu
Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Chinese, Chair
East Asian Languages and Literatures Department

 
• Ph.D. Theoretical Linguistics-Phonology, 1991, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
• M.A. Chinese Linguistics, Dept. of Linguistics, 1988, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
• M.A. History of the Chinese Language-Classical Chinese, 1985, Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R.C.
• B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, 1982, Talyuan Teacher's College, Taiyuan, P.R.C

 
• Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Chinese (2012-)
• Visiting Chair Professor, College of Humanities, Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus, (2009-present)
• Chair, East Asian Languages and Literatures Department, Hamilton College (2000-present)
• Member of Council of Academic Policy, College of Humanities, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai campus (2009-present)
• Senior Visiting Professor, Graduate Program, Chinese Dept., Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Macau, (2008-09)
• Professof of Chinese, Hamilton College, New York (2005-present)
• Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (2002-03)
• Director, ACC study abroad program (Associated Colleges in China), Beijing, China (1999-00)
• Associate Professor of Chinese, Hamilton College, New York (1998-2005)
• Assistant Professor of Chinese, Hamilton College, New York (1995-1998)
• Director, East Asian Languages and Literature, Hamilton College, New York (1996-1997)
• Acting Director, East Asian Languages and Literature, Hamilton College, New York (1992-1993)
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese, Hamilton College, New York (1991-1995)
• Research Assistant, Language Learning Lab, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (1986-1991)
  

 
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching (English version), a peer-reviewed journal on the teaching and learning of Chinese as a second/foreign language, affiliated with International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching (TCLT)
• Editor-in-Chief, Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the U.S., China Social Sciences Press
• Editor, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, the Ohio State University, June 12-14, 2010
• Guest Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Chinese Teacher’s Association, special issue on Technology-based Chinese Language Teaching and CALL Study, Vol. 44:1, Feburary 2009
• Editor, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, University of Macau, June 6-8, 2008
• Editor in Chief (with Professor James Huang), Contemporary Linguistics Theory Series 1st edition, (1997-1999) (8 volumes)
• Editor in Chief (with Professor James Huang), Contemporary Linguistics Theory Series 2nd edition, (2004-06) (12 volumes)
• Editor, Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar (2001)

 
• Executive Board Director of CLTA (2009-present)
• Member of CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Association)
• Member of LSA (Linguistic Society of America)
• Member of IACL (International Association of Chinese Linguistics)
• Member of ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages)
• Member of CLTA (Chinese Language Teachers Association)
• Member of CLSJ (Chinese Language Society of Japan)
• Member of PAC (Phonologist's Association of China)
• Member of LAC (Lexicologist's Association of China)
• Board Member of CET 1995-1996

• Chinese 110 Elementary Chinese (I)
• Chinese 120 Elementary Chinese (II)
  
  • Textbooks:
    Chinese Primer, Du-duan Chen et al, Princeton University
    Chinese Primer, multimedia software, De Bao Xu and Hong Gang Jin, 2 CD-ROMs
    Supplementary materials in Chinese culture and civilization
• Chinese 130 Intermediate Chinese (I)
• Chinese 140 Intermediate Chinese (II)
  • Textbooks:
    Intermediate Reader of Modern Chinese, C.C.Chou at el, Princeton University
    A Trip to China, C.C. Chou at el, Princeton University
    Supplementary materials in Chinese literature
• Chinese 150 Introduction to Chinese Culture, Society, and Language
  • Textbooks:
    The Chinese--Adapting the Past, Facing the Future, University of Michigan
    China Emerges--A Concise History of China from Its Origin to the Present, Diable Press
    Heritage of China--Contemporary Perspectives on Chinese Civilization, University of California Press, Berkeley
    Supplementary materials from various sources
• Chinese 200 Advanced Chinese (I)
• Chinese 220 Contemporary China
  • Textbooks:
    China in the 90's, Xu, De Bao and Hong Gang Jin, Printed at Hamilton
    Realities of Chinese Society and Culture, De Bao Xu et all, Printed at Hamilton College, 1996, 1997, and 1998, contracted with Cheng & Tsui Company at Boston for its publication
    China Scene: An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course, multimedia software, De Bao Xu and Hong Gang Jin, 2 CD-ROMs
    Studying in China-Living, De Bao Xu et all, Printed at Hamilton College 1996, 1997, and 1998
    Selected materials in Chinese culture and literature
• Chinese 300 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature
• Chinese 320 Chinese Press and Television
  • Textbook:
    Selected materials in Chinese modern literature
    Chinese Breakthrough, textbook, workbook, video tape, audio tapes, De Bao Xu et all, Cheng and Tsui Company, Bosston, 1995
    Chinese Breakthrough, multimedia software, CD-ROM, De Bao Xu and Hong Gang Jin, Cheng and Tsui Company, Boston, 1996
    Studying in China-Culture, De Bao Xu et all, Printed at Hamilton College
• Chinese 400 Classical Chinese Language and Culture
• Textbooks:
Classical Chinese-A Basic Reader, Princeton University Press
Supplementary materials in Chinese history and literature
• Chinese 430 Masterpieces of Chinese Literature
  • Textbooks:
    An Anthology of Chinese Literature , Stephen Owen
    Supplementary materials in classical Chinese literature (poetry, prose, novels, etc.)
• Chinese 445 Introduction to Classical Chinese
  • Textbooks:
    Introduction to Classical Chinese, De Bao Xu, Printed at Hamilton
    Supplementary materials in Chinese history and literature
• Chinese 470 History of Chinese Language
  • Textbooks:
    Hisotry of Chinese, Wang, Li
• Linguistics 301 Historical Linguistics
  • Textbooks:
    The Principle of Historical Linguistics, Mouton de gruyter 1991
    Introduction to Historical Linguistics, Oxford Press 1992
    Historical Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, 1991
• Honors Project
• History of Chinese Linguistics, University of Macau, 2008-09
• Generative Phonoloyg, University of Macau, 2008-09
• Design and Practice in Teaching Classical Chinese in English Evironment, National Taiwan Normal University, 2002-03

Books

• Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar, Academic Press, New York, 2001.
  
• A Short History of Linguistics (Robins, Longman), 2nd edition, De Bao Xu et al, translated from English into Chinese (traditional character version), Crane Publishing Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, May, 2000.
  
• China Scene: An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course, textbook, p712, co-authored with Hong Gang Jin and James Hargget, Cheng & Tsui Company in Boston, 2000.
  
• Chinese Breakthrough-Learning Chinese Language through TV and Newspapers, textbook, p438, published by Cheng & Tsue Company, first editon, January, 1995, second edition, March, 1997; third edition, 1998.
  
• Chinese Breakthrough-Learning Chinese Language through TV and Newspapers, workbook, p214, published by Cheng & Tsue Company, first editon, January, 1995, second edition, March, 1997; third edition, 1998.
  
• A Short History of Linguistics (Robins, Longman), 1st edition, De Bao Xu et al, translated from English into Chinese (simplified character version), published by China Social Sciences Publishing House, Beijing, China, January, 1998
  
• Generative Phonology-Theory and Usage, De Bao Xu et al, published by China Social Sciences Publishing House, Beijing, China, January, 1997.
• Studies on Zhongzhou Yinyun, China Social Sciences Publishing House, Beijing, China (forthcoming).
  

Multimedia Teaching Materials in CD-ROMs

• China Scene-A Multimedia Course for Advanced Chinese, two CD-ROMs (1.2GB), Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston, 2001, is a combination of interactive multimedia of texts, video, audio, graphics and animations, containing over 130,000 pieces of media. Built-in activities include interactive instruction on vocabulary, grammar, paced-reading (entire text, individual sentence), video-text, video-alone, character text, cultural notes, and interactive exercises of dictations, and listening comprehension. Other features include on-line instruction and help, free navigation, multiple texts: simplified and traditional characters and Pin-yin, standalone. The software is equipped for China Scene: A Chinese Multimedia Course written by Hong Gang Jin, De Bao Xu, and James Hargett, published by Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston, 2000.
  
  
• Chinese Breakthrough-Learning Chinese Language through TV and Newspapers, CD-ROM (580MB), Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston, 1996; is a combination of interactive multimedia of texts (traditional and simplified character), video, audio, graphics and animations. Over 100,000 pieces of media are linked with five activities: introduction, dialogs, authentic video and multiple choices, newspaper reading, and vocabulary; equipped for Chinese Breakthrough---Learning Chinese Language through TV and Newspapers
  
  
• Chinese Primer-A Multimedia Course for Beginning Chinese, two CD-ROMs (1.3GB), being reviewed by Princeton University Press for its publication, used at Hamilton College since 1996, is a combination of interactive multimedia of texts, video, audio, graphics and animations, containing over 150,000 pieces of media. Built-in activities include interactive instruction on vocabulary, grammar, paced-reading (entire text, individual sentence), video-text, video-alone, character text, cultural notes, and interactive exercises of dictations, listening comprehension, character writing exercises (over 700 Chinese characters) with glossary and alphabetic index. Other features include on-line instructions, free navigation, and multiple texts: traditional character and Pin-yin, standalone. This software is equipped for Chinese Primer, a 6 units, 25 lessons material, written by Da-Duan Chen et al, Princeton University Press.
  
  
• Chinese Mother, CD-ROM (545MB), multimedia interactive software, equipped for a supplementary material for advanced Chinese: a TV play Chinese Mother, a multimedia course incorporating video, audio, texts, linked instructions and exercises, used at Hamilton College since 1999.
  
  
• Purchasing a Bicylce, CD-ROM (490MB), multimedia interactive software, equipped for a supplementary material for advanced Chinese: a TV play Purchasing a Bicylce, a multimedia course incorporating video, audio, texts, linked instruction and exercises, used at Hamilton College since 1999.
  
  
  

Independent Software for Chinese Language Teachers

• Hamilton Templates I and II, CD-ROM, was created for Chinese (two-byte) language teachers to create their own multimedia materials without getting into technical details in 1999, and have been continuously developed/improved after being presented at CALACO'99/00/01, NEALL'99/00, TCLT'21st (Hamilton College, June, 2000), ACTFL'99/00/01, and 2001 LLEEP Conference at Ohio State University (April 20-21, 2001), etc. Hamilton Templates have also been instructed at one day-workshops at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1999), TCLT'21 (Hamilton College, June 8-10, 2000), Yale University (March, 2001), and Ohio State University (June, 2001) and many liberal arts colleges since its creation. Hamilton Templates I and II consist of two components: TEXTS (I) and EXERCISES (II). TEXTS includes audio-visual based vocabulary learning/practice, reading/listening comprehension, speaking exercises, grammar/cultural notes, and video/text-based instructions. EXERCISES includes dictation (vocabulary/sentence), listening/speaking exercises, and writing comprehension. Hamilton Templates allows the language teachers to freely link video and texts, video/texts and speech, and video/texts and designed instructions and exercises. Finished Templates will be a series of standalone program, which can be used either in a language lab or a classroom, or on a personal computer. Some more features of the software are listed below for further illustration:
  
  • (1) Transparent functions with simple clicks
  • (2) Multiple versions of texts (Traditional/Simplified/Pinyin)
  • (3) On-line recording capability for both teachers and students
  • (4) Glossary, cultural and grammar notes
  • (5) Free linkage of video/text/speech with individual word and sentence
  • (6) Student access-control
  • (7) Automatic grading system
  • (8) Teacher's access and printing ability
  • (9) On-line instruction and help
    
    

Articles, Book Chapters, and Video/audio Tapes

• Preface for Historical Linguistics: Dialectal Comparison and Historical Strata, China Social Sciences Press, February 2011

• "A Brief History of the International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century, Edited, University of Macau, June 6-8, 2008.

• "Pedagogical Issues in Teaching Classical Chinese", in the Proceedings of Reflecting on the Future of Chinese Language Pedagogy: A Conference Honoring the 40-year Career of Professor George Chih-ch'ao Chao, University of Chicago, October 11, 2002, National Taiwan Normal University Press, Taipei, Taiwan, 2004.

• "From Rule-based Analysis to Constraint-based Analysis", p1-26, in Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar, edited by De Bao Xu, Academic Press, New York, 2001.
  
  
• "Lexical Third Tone Sandhi and the Lexical Organization of Mandarin", p45-94, in Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar, edited by De Bao Xu, Academic Press, New York, 2001.
  
  
• China Scene: An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course, videotape, 73m, edited, Cheng & Tsui Company in Boston, 2000.
  
  
• China Scene: An Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course, three audio tapes, collaborated with Hong Gang Jin, Cheng & Tsui Company in Boston, 2000.
  
  
• "A Syntactic Account for the Inseparability of the Verb and the Classifier in the Structure V + C + N in Tone Sandhi", Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 34:3:77-90, October 1999
  
  
• "Introduction to Contemporary Linguistic Theory Series", Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 26.1, 1998, University of California at Berkeley
  
  
• "Chinese Language Study Abroad: Visiting Hamilton's New Program in Beijing", Hamilton Alumni Review, Spring edition, Hamilton College, Spring, 1997.
  
  
• Chinese Breakthrough---Learning Chinese Language through TV and Newspapers, videotape, 43m, edited, Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston, 1995.
  
  
• Chinese Breakthrough---Learning Chinese Language through TV and Newspapers, two audio tapes, collaborated with Hong Gang Jin, Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston, 1995.
  
  
• "On the Prosodic Structure of a Sentence", in the Proceedings of NACCL 7 and ICCL 4, edited by Tsai-Fa Cheng, Yafei Li, and Hongming Zhang, P474-482, Volume 2. Published by GSIL, University of Southern California, April, 1995.
  
  
• "The Date of the First Printing of Zhongzhou Yinyun as Edited by Wang Wen-bi and the Relation among the Various Editions of that Book"), China's Philology, No.1, Beijing, China, 1991.
  
  
• "The Authorship and the Date of Zhongzhou Yinyun and Its Relations with Zhongyuan Yayin", China's Philology, No.4, Beijing, China, 1989.

Papers Delivered, Talks, Lectures, and Workshops

• "Multimedia Templates for Chinese and Japanese Instruction" Keynote Speaker at 2001 East Asian LLEEP Conference held at Ohio State University, April 20-21, 2001.
  
  
• "Historical Development of the Chinese Language-Morphology, Phonology, and Syntax", invited lecture at the Chinese Center at Colgate University, New York, April 11, 2001
  
  
• "Technological Theories and Applications on the Holistic Approach to Advanced Language Curriculum", invited talk at Yale University, April 6, 2001.
  
  
• "A Multimedia Template for Video-based Instruction", paper and presentation at CALICO Annual Symposia, Central Florida University, March 13-17, 2001.
  
  
• "Introducing Hamilton Templates I and II", ACTFL '00, Boston, Nov. 17, 2000.
  
  
• "An Easy-use Template for Multimedia Chinese Language Teaching", TCLT21st (Technology and the Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century), Hamilton College, NY, June 8-11, 2000
  
  
• "Hamilton Multimedia Templates", one-day workshop conducted at the conference/workshops of TCLT21st (Technology and the Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century), Hamilton College, NY, June 8-11, 2000
  
  
• "An Easy-use Template for Multimedia Exercises", NEALL'00 (North East Association for Language Learning Technology), Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College, PA, March 3 - 5, 2000
  
  
• "Combining Experience-centered and Mind-centered Learning Activities Through Multimedia Materials", CALICO '99, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Thursday, June 3,1999.
  
  
• "Incorporating Multimedia Approach into Chinese Curriculum", presentation given at the Conference of Technology and Language Learning in New England and New York: A Look Into the Future , at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, May 24-26, 1999
  
  
• "Using Multimedia to Teach Topic-Comments Sentence Patterns in Chinese", paper delivered with Hong Gang Jin at the 1999 Conference on Chinese Language Teaching at Princeton University, Princeton University, April 24, 1999.
  
  
• "Introduction to Classical Chinese", lecture given at the Chinese Center, Colgate University, April 16, 1999.
  
  
• "Multimedia Approach and Multimedia Software Development on Chinese Language Teaching", one-day workshop conducted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 27, 1999
  
  
• "A Template for Multimedia Exercises", presentation given at NEALL'99 (North East Association for Language Learning Technology), Hamiton College, March 12-14, 1999.
  
  
• "Multimedia Approach and Developing Multimedia Materials in Chinese Language Teaching", a two-hour lecture given at the World Languages Institute of the University at Buffalo (SUNY) on Sept. 17, 1998.
  
  
• "Towards A Multimedia Approach in Chinese Language Teaching", New Directions--New Perspectives, CALICO '98 Annual Symposium, hosted by San Diego State University, July 7-10, 1998
  
  
• "Multimedia Computer Assisted Program for Beginning and Intermediate Chinese" on the Conference of Chinese Language Teaching, hosted by Princeton University, April 25-26, 1998
  
  
• "Developing Multimedia Materials for Intermediate and Beginning Chinese", on NEALL '98, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, March 6-8, 1998
  
  
• "Using Authentic Materials to Develop a Multimedia Course for Advanced Chinese", on the CLTA annual meeting at ACTFL' 97, Opryland, Nashiville, Tennessee, Nov. 20-23, 1997
  
  
• "Developing Multimedia Materials in the Chinese Language Teaching", on the Conference of Technology and Language Instruction for the 21st Century, Middlebury College, June 20-22, 1997.
  
  
• "Using Macromedia Director in the Chinese Language Teaching", on Mellon Language Technology Workshop, Colgate University, June 2-5, 1997.
  
  
• "Making Study Abroad an Essential Part of the Curriculum: The Curricular Set-Up and Teacher Training of ACC", the 1997 Conference of Chinese Language Teaching in the Northeast Area, Middlebury College, May 10-11, 1997.
  
  
• "The Balance between Receptive and Productive Skill." Paper presented at the Conference of Chinese Teachers in the New England Area: Bowdin College, April 20-21, 1996
  
  
• "Holistic or Discrete Approach to Language Testing?", paper presented at the Conference on Language and Culture at Cornell University, May 6, 1996
  
  
• "A Multimedia Approach to Language Teaching: Rethinking and Restructuring the Language Class", a three hour lecture joint with Hong Gang Jin at Vassar Language Symposium, April 18, 1996
  
  
• "Sources, Design and Utilization of Multimedia Materials for Chinese", 29th ACTFL (29th Annual Meeting & Exposition, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Conjunction with CLTA), Anaheim, California, Nov. 18-20, 1995.
  
  
• "Multimedia materials developed with Macromedia Director", on the 1995 Conference of Chinese Teaching in the Northeast Area: Multimedia Approach to Chinese Language Teaching, Hamilton College, April 15-16, 1995
  
  
• "On the prosodic structure of a sentence", ICCL-4 & NACCL-7 (The Joint Meeting of the Fourth International Conference on Chinese Linguistics and the Seventh North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 27-30, 1995
  
  
• "The usage of multimedia computer software in advanced Chinese language teaching", Guoji Hanyu Jiaoxue Yantaohui (The International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching), Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 26-29, 1994.
  
  
• "A multimedia approach to teach beginning level Chinese", 28th Annual Meeting & Exposition, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Conjunction with CLTA, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 18-20, 1994.
  
  
• "Using audio-visual and real life materials in advanced Chinese language classes", 27th Annual Meeting & Exposition, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Conjunction with CLTA, San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 20-22, 1993
  
  
• "Mandarin Tone Sandhi and the Strict Layer Hypothesis", the Fifth Northeast Conference on Chinese Linguistics, University of Delaware, May 14-16, 1993
  
  
• "Syntactic Evidence of the Inseparableness of the Verb and the Classifier in the Structure V + C + N in Mandarin Tone Sandhi", 26th Annual Meeting & Exposition, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Conjunction with CLTA, Chicago, Nov. 20-23, 1992.
  
  
• "Mandarin Tone Sandhi in Lexical Phonology", The First International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, June 24-26, 1992.
  
  
• "Generalizations of Mandarin Tone Sandhi", 25th Annual Meeting & Exposition, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Conjunction with CLTA, Washington, DC. November 24, 1991.
  
  
• "Tsonga Tonology-the Interface between Phonology and Syntax", the 20th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, April 19, 1989