Staff Profile
Associate Professor Shen Chen
Associate Professor
Faculty/Division: Education and Arts
School: Education
Phone: +61 2 4921 6705
Fax: +61 2 4921 7916
Email: Shen.Chen@newcastle.edu.au
Location: HA67 Hunter Building
Campus: Callaghan
Qualifications:
- PhD (La Trobe) 1990
- DipTEFL (BA//DipEd) (NUU, Nanjing) 1977
Academic Appointments:
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University of Newcastle
- Senior Lecturer (1993 - Present)
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Deakin University
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Kingswood College, Melbourne
- Co-ordinator of Chinese and Asian Studies (1990-1992)
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University of Melbourne
- International Teaching Fellow (1983-1984)
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Nanjing Normal University
- Lecturer (1980-1982)
- Associate Lecturer (1977-1980)
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Tangqiao Secondary School, China
Consultancies & Community Service:
- Consultant for Ethnic School in Hunter Region (1997)
- Consultant for an exchange program between Lakes Anglican Grammar School and Guang Ming High School, China (1996)
- Consultant and interpreter for Hunter region Office, Department of School Education when a Chinese education delegation visited Newcastle (1992)
- Representative from Deakin University in Joint Education Systems and Tertiary Institutions LOTE Forum (JESTILF) (1993)
- Consultant and examiner (Chinese Language) for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board (1992-1993)
- Consultant and examiner (Chinese Language) for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board (1990-1993)
- Curriculum consultant, the ethnic School of the Chinese Association of Victoria (1985-1991)
- Occasional translator, Victorian Education Ministry (1983)
Publications/Productions/Exhibitions:
Books and Monographs
- Chen, S (2001) Research on Teaching Strategies for learning Language and Culture. Beijing Language and Culture University Press.
- Li, K., Liu, G., Gao, L. & Chen, S. (1999). Research on Australia's National Identity. Guangxi Publishing Co.
- Chen, S. (1998). The Teaching of Cultures in Foreign Language Education. Beijing Language and Culture University Press.
- 1 prior to 1995
Book Chapters
- Chen, S & Absalom, D. (1999) "Refining Cultural Understanding in ESL Teacher Training" in Crew, V. et.a. (eds.) Emploring diversity in the Language Curriculum pp. 157-170. The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
- Absalom, D. & Chen, S. (1998). "ESL Teacher Training in a Cross-cultural Environment". In Berry, V. & McNeill, A. (eds.) Policy and Practice in Language Education. The University of Hong Kong.
- Chen, S. & Absalom, D. (1996). "Cultural Awareness and Language Teaching Methodology". In Storey, P. et al (eds.) Issues in Language Education. Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Chen, S. (2000). "Kramsch's Post-structuralist View on Language and Culture and her Influence on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language". Language Teaching and Linguistics Studies. 1, 12-18
- Chen, S. (1999). "Evolution of teaching Language and Culture and Its Impact on the Teaching of Chinese in the World". Chinese Teaching in the World, 47, 9-18.
- Chen, S. and Fu, M. (1996). "Two Major Difficulties in the Teaching of Chinese and the Roles of Computer Assisted Language Learning". Chinese Teaching in the World, 37, 88-93.
- Seven prior to 1996.
Videotapes
- Chen, S. (1995). "Methodology for Chinese Language Teaching" (A set of six). University of Newcastle.
Professional Activities:
Refereed Conference Proceedings
- Chen, S (2001) "Four Models of Integrating Language and culture in a Second Language program". The Proceedings of sixth International conference on Language Teaching. Taipai.
- Chen, S. (2000) "Cross-cultural communication: Negotiating Offshore Program" Offshore 2000, Canberra.
- Chen, S. & Absalom, D. (1999). "Refining Cultural Understanding in ESL Teacher Training". ILEC '98 Proceedings. Hong Kong Institute of Education.
- Chen, S. & Fu, M. (1999). "Application of Speech Recognition in Teaching Japanese and Chinese Pronunciation". Program Abstracts of the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics. Tokyo, Japan.
- Chen, S. & Absalom, D. (1997). "ESL Teacher Training in a Cross-cultural Environment". Proceeding of International Language in Education Conference, Hong Kong, December.
- Chen, S. (1997). "Authenticity and Communicativeness in Chinese Teaching Materials". The Proceeding of the Fifth International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching, pp. 141-148. Taipei, Taiwan, December.
- Chen, S. (1997). "The Demonstrative Role of Computer in Chinese Language Teaching". Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference, Chinese Studies Association of Australia, The University of Adelaide.
- Chen, S. (1997). "Bridging Cross-cultural Communication in Asia". The Handbook of the First Pan Asia Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Chen, S. & Fu, M. (1996). "Computer Assisted Language Learning in Teacher Education: Training of Tones and Stress Patterns in Asian Languages". The Proceedings of the IEEE Second International Conference on Multimedia in Education.
- Chen, S. (1996). "Computer Assisted Language Learning in Asian Language Teacher Training". The Proceedings of the Biennial Conference. Asian Studies Association of Australia. La Trobe University, Melbourne.
- Seven prior to 1996.
Theses Examinations
- MEd Thesis La Trobe University
- MA Thesis University of New England
- PhD thesis La Trobe University
Research:
Training and Supervision
- Currently supervising sixPhD students
- Successfully supervised postgraduate research
Prizes, Honours and Awards
- Award for excellence in teaching issued by Vice Chancellor, University of Newcastle (1997)
- La Trobe Postgraduate Research Scholarship (1985-1988)
- International Teaching Fellowship Award issued by the Government of Victoria, Australia (1983-1984)
Scholarly Activities:
Governance
- Acting Assistant Dean (1999 - 2001)
- Internship Co-ordinator (1993-1999)
- Course Director, BEd (Languages) (1993-1997)
Membership of Networks and Professional Associations
- Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
- Chinese Studies Association of Australia
- Chinese Language Teachers' Association of Australia
- American Association for Applied Languages
- International Society of Chinese Language Teaching