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Jie Cai, Lecturer, Asian & African Languages & Literature

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2101 Campus Dr
Office Phone:	(919) 684-2902
Email Address:

Office Hours:

Tues 4:30 – 5:30 Chinese 135
Wed 4:00 – 4:50 Chinese 63

Education:

MLS	University of Iowa	1999
MA	University of Iowa	1995

Specialties:

Chinese

Research Interests: Language Pedagogy and Chinese Linguistics

Current projects: Handbook of Contemporary Spoken Chinese

His research and teaching interests are in Chinese language word order, teaching Chinese as a second language, teaching advanced Chinese reading (written style) and writing and the development of teaching materials.

Areas of Interest:

Chinese linguistics and literature

Keywords:

Asia • China • Linguistics • Literature

Recent Publications

1. Cai, Jie, A Sociolinguistic Profile of High-level Heritage Learners for the Development of CFL Teaching Materials, in Research on Concepts and Practice of Developing Chinese Language Teaching Materials, 1st ed, edited by Weimin Xu & Wenchao He (June, 2012), pp. 432-440, ZheJiang University Press, ISBN 978-7-308-10088-5
2. with Pop Chinese: a Cheng & Tsui handbook of contemporary colloquial expressions, 2nd edtion (2006) [product.cfm]
3. Cai, Jie, Handbook of Contemporary Colloquial Expressions (October, 2004), Cheng & Tsui Publications  [abs]
4. Cai, Jie, Teaching Written Style Chinese (shumianyu) at Advanced, SCCLT Conference Proceedings (November, 2002), pp. p.15-18