Profile Information
- First name: Danping
- Last name: WANG
- Email address: dpwang@ied.edu.hk
What my friends and students say about me
- "Frank and funny, adventurous and artistic."
- "Independent and open-minded."
- "You have so much to offer professionally in the linguistic field. I think you have only tipped the iceberg as to what you can do."
- "We all agreed in the class that you would be so successful as a teacher in the west."
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Research
Research Interest
- Internationalization of English and Mandarin Chinese
- Pedagogical innovation and teacher education
- Applied linguistics (English and Chinese)
- Second language acquisition
Selected publication
- Self-directed English language learning through watching English Television drama in China. Changing English, 19(3)
- Wang, Danping & Kirkpatrick, A. (in press). English as a lingua franca in teaching Chinese as a foreign language in Beijing: An investigation into teachers’ language beliefs. The Journal of Multilingual Education.
- 王丹萍（in press） 對外漢語教學媒介語問題研究。《中國語文通訊》，香港：香港中文大學中國文化硏究所吳多泰中國語文硏究中心。
- Wang, Danping. (in press). The use of English as a lingua franca in teaching Chinese as a foreign language: A case study of native Chinese teachers in Beijing. In H. Hartmut & Preisler, B. (eds.), Language alternation, language choice and language encounter in international education. Springer.
- Chan, Chitat., Wang, Danping., & Wong, Kathy. (2011). The representations of youth in the liberal studies student works in Hong Kong. The International Journal of Humanities 9(1), pp. 245-256.
- Wang, Danping. (2010). A study of English as a lingua franca in teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages. The International Journal of Learning 17(6), pp.257-272.
Research Projects
- 2012-present. TDG. HKIEd. Building digital teaching portfolio for academic and teaching staffs (Post-Doctoral Fellow)
- building professional learning community by using digital teaching portfolios for academic staffs:
- managing working schedules of publications for Teaching Development Grants, HKIEd
- 2009-2012. GRF. UGC. Study Abroad and second language identity: A Hong Kong base study. (Senior Reserach Assitant)
- 2007-2009. GRF. UGC. Popular culture and education. (Research Assistant)
- successfully assisted two GRF research projects funded by University Grant Committee
- contributed in research grants applications which won two GRF bids in year 2009 and 2011
- effectively initiated and developed workshops, seminars and tutorials for knowledge transfer
- organized two international conferences; budgeted and arranged conference logistics
My teaching philosophy
Teaching to me is to enlighten. As learning ablity is a natural born gift, i believe everyone can be a mater in their areas. What teachers do in the classroom, is to help the learners find out their potentials and provide adequate support to cultivate their interests and build a dialogue for them to connect with the professional areas where the students are longing for. Teacher is not authority, but a consultatnt, and an intellectual who holds a critical view towards political and social affairs.
I'm a language teacher. I have a BA in English linguistics and a MA in Chinese linguistics, and I teach both English and Chinese at universities. I believe that education is language education, since language is a defining quality of what it concerns to be human. Vygotsky's (1978) sociocultural theory and van Lier's (2004) ecological perspective of language and education has influenced and shaped my teaching philosophy.
Teaching Experience
Instructor, The Hong Kong Putonghua Education and Assessment Centre, HKU, Hong Kong
- taught Putonghua to absolute beginners on Chinese speaking and Characters writing
- independently designed multi-media teaching materials and assessment methods
Instructor, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing (2006-2007)
- taught Putonghua to advanced students on public speaking, debating and academic writing
- implemented alternative teaching method by introducing new-literacies and popular culture
Instructor, Renmin University, Beijing (2005-2007)
- coordinated the HK Polytechnic University’s Putonghua Summer Immersion Program
- effectively devised techniques and skills for preparing Putonghua proficiency test
Instructor, Putonghua Summer program organized by Hanban, the State University of Arizona and University of Boston, Beijing (2006)
- taught Putonghua to two absolute beginners classes from the Arizona State University
- designed curriculum, teaching materials and assessment; organized cultural tutors