Role
Dr. Hsiu-Chih Sheu is the Chinese subject leader for the University Language program at NTU. She teaches beginners and intermediate courses and leads Chinese subject across 6 levels. She is also in charge of the first online Chinese module at NTU.
Career overview
Dr. Sheu was a very experienced teacher in Mandarin Chinese and English. Prior to coming to NTU, she taught Mandarin Chinese at the University of York in UK, and English in the English department at Da-Yeh University in Taiwan. She completed a MA in children’s literature from the University of Reading and a PhD in Education from the University of York.
Research areas
Dr. Sheu's research area is in Chinese language teaching and learning, intercultural communication and translation.
She is also currently working on the following research areas:
- Chinese food vlogs (multimodality) in Chinese language teaching, intercultural discussion and translation
- Language exchange between learners of the Chinese language and English language
- Writing for intermediate Chinese readers
- Digital storytelling and language learning
Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil/PhD in the School of Arts and Humanities exist and further information may be obtained from the NTU Graduate School.
External activity
I act as an External examiner for the Chinese subject in Lincoln University.
I am a member of the British Chinese Language Teaching Society.
Publications
Sheu, H.C. (2018). Language learning strategies and intercultural competence in the Year Abroad Study in China. In F. Dervin (Ed), International students in China: Education, student life and intercultural encounters. Palgrave Macmillan.
Sheu Hsiu-Chih (2008). The Value of English Picture storybooks, ELT Journal, Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 47–55, https://academic.oup.com/eltj/article-abstract/62/1/47/417062
Conference presentations:
2022 International Conference on Chinese Popular Culture in Translation and Transmission, University of Leicester. "From Chinese Kitchen to Chinese Experts: popular Chinese
2020 Nottingham Trent University conference. "Classroom dialogues in intercultural communication between home students and international students"
2018 Year Abroad Conference in New Castle University “Year abroad in China: Inside and Outside the classroom.”
2018 The 16th BCLTS Conferences in Warwick University “Please tell me a Joke- The use of jokes in teaching Chinese as a foreign language classroom in UK.
2017 The 15th BCLTS Conferences on Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education, Southampton University, UK. “Imaging the best of both worlds—Exploring the blended use of character handwriting and Pinyin typing in Chinese writing assessment” with Lingling Mao.
2016 The 14th BCLTS on International Symposium on Innovations in Teaching, New Castle University, “The presentation of Chinese culture and
Intercultural communication in the Chinese textbooks for CFL Beginners”
2011 The 9th BCLTS on International Symposium on Innovations in Teaching, Edinburgh, U.K. “The use of Chinese folktales in teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language”