Senior Lecturer in Chinese
Fall 2024 Office Hours: Thursdays 12:00-2:00 pm, Fridays 4:40-5:40 pm, and by appointment
Shutan Dong received her BA in Teaching Chinese as A Second Language and M.ED. in Second Language Acquisition from Beijing Language and Culture University. Before joining BU, she has taught Chinese at all levels, including First to Fourth-Year Chinese, Chinese for heritage speakers, and content-based advanced Chinese courses on contemporary literature among others. She is also experienced in curriculum design and development, hiring and training instructors for study abroad programs, community and program building, advising and preparing students for summer internships, and promoting Chinese on campus as well as community outreach. Her research interests are second language acquisition, language teaching pedagogy, literacy development, writing instruction, and teaching language through the lens of social justice.