Xiaoya Gu
Language Lecturer of Chinese, NYU Shanghai
Email
xg8@nyu.edu
Room
W733
Xiaoya Gu is a Chinese language educator with experience teaching learners from middle school to university in both China and the U.S. She has served as a Language Lecturer at Shanghai New York University since 2019. Previously, she taught Chinese at the Confucius Institute of MTSU and conducted summer Chinese courses at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Her teaching focuses on creating engaging, culturally rich, and effective language learning experiences.
Education
- MA, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - BA, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language
Hangzhou Normal University
Research Interests
- Second language acquisition and Chinese language pedagogy
- Multimedia and technology-enhanced language teaching
- Phonetic errors in the acquisition of Chinese as a second language
- Incorporating culture in second language pedagogy
Courses Taught
- Elementary Chinese I
- Elementary Chinese II
- Introduction to Conversational Chinese