Educational Background:

1. Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Education,

OISE/UT, Canada

2. Name of Institution: University of Victoria

       Location:         Victoria, B.C., Canada
       Duration:         Sept. 1997 -- Aug. 1998
       Degree Awarded:   M.ED. in English Language Arts  from
                        the Department of Communications and
                        Social Foundations, Faculty of Education
       Date Awarded:     November, 1998

 

Supervisor: Dr. Robert J. Anthony (on the right hand side of the above photo)

Committee Member: Dr. Geoffrey Potter (on the left hand side of the above photo)

Graduate: Daniel Teng-Lung Peng (in the middle of the above photo)

     3.Name of Institution: National Chung-Hsing University
       Location:         Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Duration:         Sept. 1985 -- June 1989
       Degree Awarded:   B.A. from the Department of Foreign
                       Literature and Languages
       Date Awarded:     July, 1989

     4. Name of Institution:    National Changhua University of Education
       Location:            Changhua City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Duration:            Sept. 1993 -- June 1994
       Certification Recieved:  Transcript of Records, 20 Credits in Education
       Date awarded:         June 1994

     1. Name of Organization:    Ming-Dao Senior High School
       Location:              Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Job Title:              English Teacher
       Position Responsibilities:  English-Teaching
       Dates Employed:        August 1998 Till Now (Full-Time Employment)
       Project URL:  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/8828/index.html

     2. Name of Organization:    Ling-Tung Vocational High School
       Location:              Taichung City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Job Title:              English Teacher
       Position Responsibilities:  English-Teaching and Class Advisor
       Dates Employed:        July 1995 - Aug. 1997 (Full-Time Employment)

     3. Name of Organization:    Chiao-Tai Vocational High School
       Location:              Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Job Title:              English Teacher
       Position Responsibilities:  English-Teaching and Class Advisor
       Dates Employed:        Sept. 1994 - July 1995 (Full-Time Employment)

     4. Name of Organization:    Einstein Cram School
       Location:              Taichung City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Job Title:              English Teacher
       Position Responsibilities:  English-Teaching
       Dates Employed:        1991-1993 (Part-Time Employment)

     5. Name of Organization:    YMCA
       Location:              Taichung City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Job Title:              English Teacher
       Position Responsibilities:  Engligh-Teaching
       Dates Employed:        1990 - 1991

1. OISE/UT (Ontario Institute for Studies in Educaiton, the University of Toronto), 1999-2001

     1. Ranked within top 10 in an Intercollegiate English Speech Competition
       Name of Organization: Ministry of Education in Taiwan, R.O.C.
       Date Awarded:  June, 1989

      A qualified teaching certificate for high school English teacher
      Name of Institution: Taiwan Provincial Government
      Date Issued: Nov. 11, 1994

1. ETA (English Teachers' Association), Taiwan

     1. Computer Application: Web Page Design

     2. Interpreter Experience: English vs. Mandarin Chinese/ Taiwanese

     3. Musical Instruments: Harmonica and Guitar

     4. Sport: Table-Tennis

Research Interests:

1. ESL/EFL Writing

2. Computer-Mediated Communication Technology

3. Knowledge-Building Pedagogy

4. Computer Applications in ESL/EFL

5. Knowledge-Building Technology

6. Design Experiments

        In my opinion, teachers' use of the CMC technology is dependent on their

   attitudes toward the CMC technology as an instructional tool and their willingness

   to restructure their classes and rethink their approach to teaching. However,

   teachers require time as well as ongoing training and support in order to learn how

   to use the CMC technology and to incorporate it into teaching. I would like to

   learn how to integrate CMC technology with TEFL in Taiwan and provide the

   EFL learners in Taiwan with TEFL platform combined with CMC technology for

   future innovations in instruction design.

        I have a strong desire to improve my teaching methods and demonstrate the

   techniques and activities associated with each method, hopefully finding a

   combination of methods and techniques that will work well for EFL learners in

   Taiwan.