POSITION: Assistant Professor of Chinese

DEGREE: Ph.D. in Linguistics, Michigan State University

RESEARCH INTERESTS: First and Second Language Acquisition; Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics; Foreign Language Pedagogy

CONTACT INFORMATION:
368 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-4248
chang23@oakland.edu
http://oakland.edu/~chang23

YOUTUBE: Dr. Chang's Chinese Learning Resources

FACEBOOK: Chinese Language, China Study Abroad, China Club

Hsiang-Hua (Melanie) Chang joined Oakland University as a visiting faculty member in 2008 and started her tenure-track appointment in 2009.  She teaches Chinese language, literature, culture, and civilization.  She is also a faculty member of International Studies and the coordinator of study abroad to China Foreign Affairs University.  Her recent work experience includes serving as the coordinator/instructor of Chinese Outreach to middle and high schools at Michigan State University, and teaching graduate-level Chinese Linguistics and Chinese Grammar courses at Wayne State University.  Her principle research interest is first and second language acquisition of syntax and semantics.  Much of her work concentrates on issues about aspect, existential sentences, and nominal phrases.  She enjoys teaching and studying different languages and cultures, and she likes to use technology both in the classroom and in daily life.
 
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