Haidan Wang

Educational Background

Ph.D.: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Chinese Language and Linguistics

M.A.: Peking University, Modern Chinese Linguistics

B.A.: Peking University, Chinese Linguistics

Research Areas

L2 Chinese pedagogy and acquisition

Curriculum design and development

Assessment and evaluation

Chinese for specific and professional purposes

Pragmatics

Chinese Language Teaching and Pedagogy

Wang, H. (2019). Sustainability in the ‘post-communicative’ advanced Chinese courses: Engaging learners in real-world issues. In C. Melin (Ed.), Foreign language teaching and the environment: Theory, curricula, institutional structures (pp. 161–179). New York: The Modern Language Association of America.

Wang, H. (2019). Methods of teaching Chinese: Evolution and emerging trends. In C-C. Shei, M. Zikpi, & D. Chao (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of Chinese language teaching (pp.81-96). London & New York: Routledge.

Wang, H, & Sun, Y. (2018). Mixed-methods needs analysis of a Chinese language program: Perspectives from stakeholders. Chinese as a Second Language 53(2): 109–130. John Benjamins

Jiang, S., Wang, H, & Tschudi, S. (2014). Intercultural learning on the Web: Reflections on practice. In D. M. Chun (Ed.), Cultura-inspired intercultural exchanges: Focus on Asian and Pacific languages (pp. 127–144). Honolulu, HI: National Foreign Language Resource Center, UHM.

Wang, H. (2011). Review of ActiveChinese Courseware. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 2(1), 95–99.

Yoshimi, D. R., & Wang, H. (Eds.). (2007). Selected papers from Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom: The State of the Art. Honolulu: HI: National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawai‘i.

Chinese for Specific and Professional purposes

Wang, H. (2019). From construction of meanings to meaning design: A literacy- and genre-focused approach to academic Chinese. In H. Tao & H. Chen (Eds.), Chinese for specific and professional purposes (pp. 3-24). New York: Springer.

Wang, H, & Jiang, S. (2019). Chinese for specific purposes: A broader perspective. In C. Huang, Z. Jing-Schmidt, & B. Meisterernst (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of applied Chinese linguistics, Chapter 26, (pp. 407–421). London & New York: Routledge.

Wang, H. (2018) Developing L2 professionals’ ability to interpret written communications through the exposure to diverse, authentic Chinese texts. In C. King de Ramirez, & B. Lafford (Eds.), Transferable skills for the 21st century: Preparing students for the workplace through world languages for specific purposes (pp. 213–247). Sabio Books.

Wang, H. (2017). An ideal for language program development: The case of Business Chinese. In关道雄、刘美如主编《全球视野下的商务汉语教学与研究》Business Chinese language teaching and research from a global perspective (pp. 19–30). Beijing: Peking University Press.

Wang, H, & Wu, J. (2015). Developing a business Chinese reader. In J. Trace, T. Hudson, & J. D. Brown (Eds.), Developing courses in languages for specific purposes (pp. 186–194). (NetWork #69). Honolulu, HI: National Foreign Language Resource Center, UHM.

Wang, H. (2014). Toward deepening cultural and language understanding: The design and practice of a hybrid business Chinese course. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 25(3), 250–262.

Wang, H. (2013). Attaining sustainable growth of a business Chinese program through utilization-focused evaluation. Global Business Languages, 18, 130–144.

Wang, H. (2013). Review of Working Mandarin for beginners. Language Learning & Technology, 17(1), 56–59.

Wang, H. (2011). Chinese for business professionals: Workplace needs and business Chinese textbooks. Global Business Language,16, 27–42.

Chinese Learning Materials

Zhou, Y. & Wang, H. (2020). Chinese for Working Professionals: A Textbook for Intermediate-High to Advanced Learners 学以致用：中高级职场汉语教程. London and New York: Routledge.

Kelm, O., Wang, H. & Chen, J. (2012). Cultural Interviews with International Business Executives http://sites.utexas.edu/culturalinterviews/chinese/

Wang, H., & Jiang, S. (2010). Integrated Chinese BuilderCards: Much more than vocabulary flashcards. Boston, MA: Cheng & Tsui Company.

Jiang, S., & Wang, H. (2005). Chinese BuilderCards: The lightning path to mastering vocabulary. Boston, MA: Cheng & Tsui Company.

Chinese Linguistics

Wang, H. (2016). 歡樂總是向上的嗎？–漢語中的位移動詞與“歡樂”情感的表達 [Is happiness always “moving up”? -Upward movement and motion verb representations in Chinese. 華語文教學研究 Journal of Chinese Language Teaching 13(4): 55-76.

Wang, H. (2001). Syntax-semantics mismatch: A view from Compositional Cognitive Grammar.
In L. Lower and H. Koh (Eds.), Voice and Visions in Global Perspective: Selected Papers
from the Second College-Wide Conference for Students in Languages, Linguistics and
Literature in 1998 (pp. 99-107). Honolulu, HI: National Foreign Language Resource Center,
Research Note #26, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Wang, H. (2000). 意象重构与语义结构表现Yixiang Chonggou Yu Yuyi Jiegou Biaoxian
[Image Reconstruction and Semantic Structure Representations].” In J. Lu et al (Eds.), 面临
新世纪挑战的现代汉语语法研究Mianlin Xin Shiji Tiaozhan de Xiandai Hanyu Yufa Yanjiu
[Modern Chinese grammar studies meeting challenge of the new century]. (pp. 239-247).
Jinan, Shandong: Shandong Education Publishing House.

Wang, H. (1999). Image reconfiguration and syntactic dislocation. Journal of the Chinese
Language Teachers Association, May, 34(2) 1-20.

Wang, H. (1998). Prototypes, exemplars, and images. In H. Lin (Ed.) Proceedings of the Ninth
North America Conference of Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-9) (pp. 251-267). Vol. II. Los
Angeles, CA: GSIL (Graduate Students in Linguistics), University of Southern California.

Wang, L., & Wang, H. (1991). 儿化韵研究中的几个问题 [Some perspectives on the study of
the retroflexed –er]. 中国语文 [Journal of Chinese Language and Linguistics] 2, 96-103.