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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:

University of Newcastle
- Senior Lecturer (1993 - Present)
Deakin University
- Lecturer (1992-1993)
Kingswood College, Melbourne
- Co-ordinator of Chinese and Asian Studies (1990-1992)
University of Melbourne
- International Teaching Fellow (1983-1984)
Nanjing Normal University
- Lecturer (1980-1982)
- Associate Lecturer (1977-1980)
Tangqiao Secondary School, China
- Teacher (1972-1974)

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