Education
B.A., National Taiwan University;
M.A., Yale University; Ph.D. in progress, Yale University
"In learning a foreign language we are oftentimes learning a prestige dialect. That this dialect may not be linguistically more superior to its many socio-geographical variants reveals the arbitrary side to such a quest." - Tek-wah King
Tek-wah King
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Joined Connecticut College: 1994
Specialization:
- Chinese syntax
- Chinese language pedagogy
Since joining the college, Tek-wah King has developed and taught a total of 14 Chinese language courses from the elementary up through the classical level. Devoted to the improving of student learning effect in the foreign language classroom, he stresses the importance of solid technicalities and regularly brings to the classroom innovative pedagogical designs.
Professor King's current offerings include Intensive Intermediate Chinese I & II, where he appeals to etymological findings and pen-calligraphic principles to inform the teaching of Chinese characters, and has created modules utilizing the formats of on-site language practicum and technology-aided presentation. His recent assembly of eight sets of cultural collages with a view to enhancing the retention and activation of linguistic skills in content-enriched contexts was accepted for presentation at the Second Conference on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century, held at Yale University in June 2002.
Tek-wah King is a continuing Ph.D. student in the Department of Linguistics at Yale University. His research work centers on clausal syntax of Mandarin Chinese.
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