1. Ways of Combining Teaching and Research
Helen H. Shen
Department of
Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures

2. About me …
Research
Chinese L2 literacy development and Reading acquisition
Chinese L2 Instructional theories and methodologies

3. About me … Teaching Teach both graduate and undergraduate courses
Serve as the Coordinator for the Chinese Language Program
Serve as an academic advisor

4. 迎春故早发，独自不疑寒。
It blooms in early spring and stands there solitary embracing cold weather
　　千磨万击还坚劲， 任尔东西南北风。
It is still strong and upward after thousand strikes of the wind from all directions.

5. Teaching and research go hand in hand and complement each other to construct a “double harvest” of our academic life.
双丰收
double harvest

6. Why do we combine teaching and research?
Improve cost effectiveness for time spent
and the quality of both teaching and research
This will help
Increase visibility of the university
Realize self-fulfillment
一箭双雕 One arrow kills two vultures

7. How do I combine teaching and research ?
1. Offer graduate courses which allow
research-teaching linkages of mutual benefit

8. How do I combine teaching and research ?
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Seminar in Research Design
Allows me to use my own research expertise in teaching
Benefits my own research

10. How do I combine teaching and research ?
2. Get graduate students involved in my research An excellent way of mentoring graduate students and speeding up my own research process

11. 3. Use research results to enrich my teaching
Teaching Chinese as a Second Language:
Classroom Instruction and Practicum
Allows me to use my own research results and curriculum development experience
Helps graduate teaching assistants understand teaching pedagogy for Chinese L2 instruction from theory to practice
Helps myself design pedagogically sound teaching plans and activities for undergraduate courses

12. Reference books for improving teaching
New Learning
Edited by Robert-Jan Simons, Jos van der Linden and Tom Duffy (Springer 2000, 2010) ISBN ,
Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom by Chet Meyers and Thomas B. Jones(Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993) ISBN ,

13. How do I combine teaching and research ?
4. Find research topics from my teaching
My undergraduate teaching
Supplies me with research questions
Inspires me to write textbooks for undergraduate courses

14. college textbooks
This book was published in It is a popular book. About 10,000 copies have been sold since then.

15. 5. Balance my time between teaching and research
Planning my time carefully
Using my time wisely
Maintaining a strong sense of time

16. Let’s work hard and work wisely to mesh the double harvest in teaching and research!

17. Thank you! 谢谢！