Department of Teaching and Learning

Developing Chinese Language Teachers

Project for Developing Chinese Language Teachers: Staff

Frank Lixing Tang, Ph.D. Ftang 唐力行

Director
Multilingual Multicultural Studies
TESOL/Bilingual Ed/Foreign Language Ed
Department of Teaching and Learning
The Steinhart School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Tel: (212) 998-5469, Fax: (212) 995-4198
frank.tang@nyu.edu

Frank L. Tang, Project Director and Principal Investigator for Project DCLT, is professor of foreign language education at New York University.

Dr. Tang earned his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Teachers College in 1968 and his MA from Shanghai Teachers University in 1981. In 1989 he received his Ph.D. in TESOL at New York University. Dr. Tang has worked extensively with New York City public schools as a teacher, staff developer, and in various administrative capacities, and maintains his strong affiliation with the NYC Department of Education.

Dr. Tang has been actively involved promoting the growth of Chinese teaching in the U.S. He has been actively involved in Asia Society's Chinese Language Initiative. Dr. Tang is also a founding member of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York and the Shuangwen Dual Language School of English and Chinese, and an advisory board member of the Dual Language High School of East Asian Studies.

In addition to teaching graduate courses at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Dr. Tang actively pursues his research interests, which include second/foreign language teaching methodology, language learning strategies, second language reading, and cross-cultural studies.

Robin Harvey 何柔彬

Coordinator, Project DCLTRobin
Barney Building, Suite 501
34 Stuyvesant Street
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 992-9367, Fax: (212) 995-4198
robin.harvey@nyu.edu

Robin Harvey, Coordinator of Project DCLT, holds a B.S. in Chinese Language and Literature from Georgetown University. In 2004 she earned her Masters Degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language from NYU. Robin is a member of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York.

In addition to her work on Project DCLT, Robin is the founder/director and head teacher at Greenwich Village Chinese, an afterschool and weekend Mandarin program for children ages 2 - 12. She also initiated the Mandarin program and taught 7th grade Chinese at Village Community School in the West Village.

Xiaoyan Fan  范晓彦Xiaoyan Fan

Graduate Assistant 
Project DCLT
dclt.nyu@gmail.com

Xiaoyan Fan, Graduate Assistant for Project DCLT, is currently an M.A. candidate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at NYU. She received her Master's Degree in Translation and Interpreting Studies from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China. 

Xing Wang王星

Graduate Assistant
Project DCLT
dclt.nyu@gmail.com

Xing Wang, Graduate Assistant for Project DCLT, is currently an M.A. candidate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at NYU. She received her B.A. degree in International Relations and Economics.

Lishu Chen ���

Graduate AssistantLishu_Chen
Project DCLT

lc1427@nyu.edu

Lishu Chen, Graduate Assistant for Project DCLT, recently received her M.A. in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at NYU. She received her bachelors degree in International Journalism from Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.