Xiaohong Hou

Clinical Associate Professor

Xiaohong Hou received an undergraduate degree in Chinese language and literature from Henan University in 2001.  She completed an M.A. degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China in 2004, and a second M.A. in Foreign Language Education from New York University in 2014. Before coming to NYU in 2011, she taught at Beijing Normal University, Central University of Finance and Economics in China (where she was the coordinator of Mandarin Program), Middlebury College, and the University of Vermont.  She currently teaches courses in Chinese language.

Education

B.A. 2001, Chinese Language and Literature, Henan University

M.A. 2004, Linguistics & Applied linguistics, Beijing Normal University

M.A. 2014, Foreign Language Education, New York University

Areas of Research/Interest

Chinese language pedagogy
Foreing language assessment and teaching
Chinese syntax acquisition

Selected Publications

  • Business Chinese Listening and Speaking 《商务汉语听说教程》
    University of International Business and Economics Press. Decenber 2008, ISBN: 9787811342512
    Co-authored with Jin ji and Xiaolei Qiu, Shangwu Hanyu Tingshuo Jiaocheng Series

Conference Presentations

  • “Newcomer Teacher Onboarding Training and Professional Development: What, How, and Why?
    College Park, Maryland April 2016
    The 2nd CLTA International Symposium on Chinese Language Teaching and Learning
  • 试探初级汉语教学中 的文化教学
    July, 2015 Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
    The 13th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy
  • Colloque international sur “La grammaire chinoise et son acquisition-syntaxe et semantique: The Semantic-syntactical Analysis of “shi...de” Pattern and the Acquisition of American students
    Paris, France, June 2015
    Association Recherche et Enseignement du Chinois