Hong Gang Jin
Associate Professor Chinese, Director of East Asian Languages and Literature
Excutive Director of Associated Colleges in China program
USA 1998 Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year (CASE)

• Ph.D. 1989. the Dept. of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. Thesis Title: Language universals, language typology, and L2 acquisition: A cross-sectional study of adult English speakers learning Chinese.
• M.A. 1986, English as a Second Language, University of Illinois., at Urban-Champaign, IL.
• B.A., 1982, English Language and Literature, Shanxi University., Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

• Chinese linguistics
• Language acquisition
• Language pedagogy
• Multimedia teaching material development.

• Associate Professor of Chinese (1995-present), East Asian Languages and Literature, Hamilton College
• Assistant Professor of Chinese (1989-95), East Asian Languages and Literature, Hamilton College
• Director (1989-91, 92-96, 97-present) of East Asian Languages and Literature, Hamilton College
• Executive Director (1995-present) of Associated Colleges in China (ACC, a Chinese a study abroad program in Beijing, China, adminstered by the East Asian Languages and Literature at Hamilton College in conjuction with Oberlin, Williams, and Kenyon Colleges )
• Field Director (1996-1997) of Associated Colleges in Beijing, China (ACC)
• Visiting Assistant Professor (1993), Beijing Normal University, teaching a course entitled Psycholinguistics to graduate students
• Assistant Professor (Summer 1990), Summer School, Middlebury College
• Instructor (Summer of 1989), Summer School, Middlebury College
• Chinese Teaching Assistant (1985-1988), East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois
• Instructor (Summer 1986-1988), Summer School, Middlebury College
• Instructor (1982-1984), Taiyuan Institute of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
• Research Assistant (1987-1989), Dept. of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois
• Librarian (Spring 1985), the ESL Library at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
• Train Conductor (1976-1978), Taiyuan Railway Company, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

• USA-1998 Baccalaureate Professor of the Year, CASE-the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Councile for Advancement and Support of Education
• Class of 1963 Award for Excellence in Teaching, Hamilton College, 1994
• Outstanding Teacher, awarded at the University of Illinois for 1986, 1987, and 1988
• Scholarship awarded by the United Board of Christians, 1985

• Board Member of ACC 1996-
• Board Member of CET 1995-
• Program Consultant and Evaluator for East Asian Studies Program at Monmouth College, 1990-
• Member of Association of Asian Studies, 1987-
• Member of American Linguistics Association, 1989-
• Member of Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1989-
• Member of International Association of Chinese Linguistics, 1992-
• Member of Asian Studies Committee at Hamilton College (Fall, 1989--)
• Academic Council at Hamilton College (Fall, 1993-94)
• Faculty Advisor, Asian Cultural Society, Hamilton College
• Chairperson and Faculty Advisor of Phi Sigma Iota (An Honor Society for Foreign Languages at Hamilton College Branch (1991-1994)

• 110 First term Chinese
• 120 Second term Chinese
• 130 Third term Chinese
• 140 Fourth term Chinese
• 200 Advanced Chinese (I)
• 220 Contemporary China
• 300 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature
• 320 Chinese Press and Television
• 410 China in the 90's
• 420 Selected Readings in China's Post-Cultural Revolution Literature
• Chinese 150
  Chinese Culture and Language (taught in English)
• Chinese 202
  Chinese Films and Society (Taught in English)
• Linguistics/Psychology 230
  Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition (taught in English)
• Honors Project

Books

• Realities of Chinese Society and Culture: A Multimedia Approach to Chinese Language and Society (textbook, CD Rom, vedio tape, and audio tapes), co-authored with De Bao Xu & Neil Kubler, a college Chinese textbook which contains 16 topics on various aspects of modern China through the interaction of TV reports, photo images, and sound, to be published by Chen and Tsui Publishing Company, Boston, 1999
  
  
• Studies of Language Acquisition(Yuyan Xide Yanjiu), in Contemporary Linguistic Theory Series Vol I: (James Huang & De Bao Xu eds.) , China Social Sciences Publishing House, Beijing, 1997
  
  
• The Psychology of Language Development (Yuyan Fazhan Xinlixue), on comparative studies of Chinese and English language acquisition, Wunan Book Company LTD, Taipei, Taiwan, Summer, 1995 (first edition), 1997 (second edition)
  
  
• Chinese Breakthrough-Learning Chinese Language through TV and Newspapers (textbook, workbook, CD Rom, vedio and audio tapes), a college textbook co-authored with De Bao Xu and John Berninghausen, published by Cheng & Tsui Publishing Company, Boston, 1995 (first edition), 1997 (second edition), 1998 (third edtion)

Articles

• "The Acquisition of Anaphora and Control in Chinese Children's 'Ask' 'Help', and 'Promise' Verbs," in The Proceeding of First International Symposium on Information Processing of Chinese Language, Beijing, 1994
  
  
• "Topic-prominence and Subject-prominence in L2 Acquisition: Evidence of English-to-Chinese Typological Transfer," in Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, 44:1, March 1994, pp. 101-122
  
  
• "Pragmaticization and the L2 Acquisition of Chinese Ba Constructions," in Journal of Chinese Teacher's Association, Vol. XXVIII: No. 3, 1992, pp. 33-52.
  
  
• "Language Universals in the Acquisition of Chinese Language," in Journal of Chinese Lanuage Teaching in the World, January Issue, 1993 , pp.150-157
  
  
• "An Acquisitional Study of Chinese as a Second Language: a Psycholinguistic Approach," in the Proceedings of the Symposium on Chinese Culture at Shanghai International Studies Institute, May, 1991.
  
  
• "Yu Ken Ni Di Furen Zaiyiqi de Rizi," a translation of Life with Rose Kennedy: An Intimate account. Shanxi: Shanxi Publishing Company, 1989
  
  
• "Syntactic Analysis of Modern Chinese-- An Analysis on 'Ba' Constructions," Taiyuan Shizhuan Xuebao (Academic Journal of Taiyuan Teachers' Training College), No.2, 1983
  
  
• "Ancestors of the Car," a translation in Yin Yu Xue Xi (English Language Learning Monthly), No.4, 1982
  
  
• "Tan 'Feng Wan Zhen' De Yi Shu Te Se" (On the Artistic Characteristics of 'Feng Wan Zhen'), in Yu Wen Xue Xi (The Study of Philology), No. 10, 1980.

• First Language Acquisition by Chinese Children in Different Language Settings, a book co-authored with Dr. Saville-Troike on a two-year longitudinal study of two children's language development in China.
  
  
• Studies on Topic-comment Structures, book edited, contains fourteen articles exploring the unique structure of topic-comment in different languages from the perspectives of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, typology, language acquisition, and psycholinguistics. The fourteen articles have been selected and are in the process of revision
  
  
• China in the 90's, a textbook co-authored with De Bao Xu, introduces the current social issues such as single child policy, privatization, educational crisis, divorce, and DINK couples, etc. in China in the 90's, thought provoking questions are provided at the end of each topic
  
  
• Studying in China: Living (Vol I), Studying in Beijing: Culture (Vol II): a two volume-set of textbooks incorporated with authentic multimedia meaterials, co-authored with De Bao Xu et al, designed specially for students who are participating in the ACC program at the intermediate level to make the best use of language environment and multiple language input. The textbook series has been test-used in Beijing and at Hamilton College.

• " Working toward interactive Chinese Language Teaching for Intermediate Students", multimedia presentation at Conference on Chinese Language Instruction: Materials and Pedagogy, Princeton University, April, 25, 1998
  
  
• "Using Authentic Materials to Develop a Multimedia Course for Advanced Students", at the panel "Test and Multimedia Material Development for CFL Instruction", ACTFL'97 annual meeting, Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee, November 20-23, 1997.
  
  
• "Quality Control and Curricular Design of ACC" at the panel "Quality Control and Assessment of Study Abroad Programs", paper presented at ACTFL'97 annual meeting, Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee, November 20-23, 1997.
  
  
• "Using Macromedia Director in the Chinese Language Teaching", software presentation at 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", paper at The 1997 Conference of Chinese Language Teaching in the Northeast Area, Middlebury College, May 10-11, 1997
  
  
• "Chinese Language Teaching in the 20th Century", lecture given to the Association of Chinese teachers as a foreign language in Beijing, November, 1996
  
  
• "Sources, Design, and Utilization of Multimedia Courses for Chinese language Teaching". Paper presented at ACTFL'96, Anahiem, Nov.17-20, 1996
  
  
• "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 by De Bao Xu at Vassar Language Symposium, April 18, 1996
  
  
• "Absence of Complementizer System in Early Child Chinese." Paper to be presented at the Joint Meeting of the Fourth International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, June 27-30, 1995.
  
  
• "Reading Comprehension of TV news and QT-Dictation." Paper presented at the Conference of Chinese Teachers in the New England Area: Multimedia Approach to Chinese Language Teaching, Hamilton College, April 15-16, 1995.
  
  
• "A Multimedia Teaching Materials for the Beginning Level Chinese." Paper presented at ACTFL'95 Atlanta, Nov. 16-19, 1994
  
  
• "How to Access Student's Communicative Ability in Oral Examinations." Paper presented at 1994 New England Area College Chinese Teachers Conference, Connecticut College, 1994.
  
  
• "Using Multimedia Materials to Teach Advanced Chinese Language." Paper presented at 1993 Annual ACTFLE Conference, San Antonio, 1993.
  
  
• "The Acquisition of Anaphora and Control in Chinese 'Ask', 'Help', and 'Promise' Verbs: An Reanalysis of the Experimental Study." Paper presented at the First International Symposium on Information Processing of Chinese Language, Beijing, China, 1993
  
  
• "How Did Chinese Children Acquire Control Verbs of 'Ask', 'Help', and 'Promise' Verbs?" Paper presented at the Second North American Chinese Linguistics Conference, Delaware, 1993
  
  
• "Combining TV Broadcasting Programs with Chinese Newspaper to Teach Reading Skills in Chinese." Paper presented at Princeton Workshop on Chinese Language Pedagogy, Princeton, NJ, 1993
  
  
• "Alternation Rules and Social Norms in Chinese Address Terms." Paper presented at 1992 Annual ACTFLE Conference, Washington D.C, 1992
  
  
• "An Acquisitional Study of Chinese as a Second Language: a Psycholinguistic Approach." Paper presented at the International Symposium on Chinese Culture and the World in Shanghai, May, 1991
  
  
• "Pragmaticization and the Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language." Paper presented at 11th Second Language Research Forum at Southern California University, February, 1991
  
  
• "Second Language Acquisition of Chinese 'Ba' Constructions." Paper presented at 1990 Annual ACTFL Conference, 1990
  
  
• "Language Universals and Language Acquisition on Chinese Word Order." Paper presented at Second North-east Conference on Chinese Linguistics, 1990
  
  
• "Address Terms Reflecting Social Norms and Changes in Mainland China and Taiwan." Paper presented at 1990 New York Conference On Asian Studies, 1990
  
  
• "Topic-Prominent and Subject Prominent in Learning Chinese as a Second Language." Paper presented at the Chinese Language Training Workshop at Middlebury College, 1989
  
  
• "Parameter Setting Model and Child Language Acquisition in Chinese". Paper presented at the Linguistic Forum at Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
  
  
• "Typological Parameters in Adult L2 Acquisition of the Chinese 'ba' Constructions " Paper presented at the Chinese Language Teaching Workshop at Middlebury College, 1988.

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