Name: Zhang Shihai (George)

Degree: Ph.D.

Position：Lecturer
Research Interests: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Chinese Lexicology and Grammar, Semantics, Language and Society, Corpus Linguistics 

Teaching: Primarily engaged in teaching Chinese language (Mandarin) to international students in China. Have taught common Chinese courses including Intensive Chinese, Extensive Chinese, Spoken Chinese and Listening, and some CSP (Chinese for Special Purposes) courses including Scientific Chinese and IT Chinese. Additionly have taught courses in Educational Psychology in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, and An Introduction to Chinese Literature and Culture to postgraduates majoring in International Chinese Education and Communication. Have worked for the Confucius Institute in the UK for two years.

Publications:

1.ZHANG Shihai. An Empirical Study on Competence of Understanding Chinese Metaphors of Intermediate and Advanced International Students. Oceanic Chinese Education, 01/2017,66-75

2.ZHANG Shihai. Morpheme Order in Coordinate Compound Nouns Referring to Persons and Traditional Chinese Ethical Culture. Sinogram Culture, 01/2015,39-43

3.ZHANG Shihai. A Study on the Acquisition of Chinese-culture-loaded Words of Intermediate and Advanced International Students. TCSOL Studies, 03/2012,19-26. (CSSCI Extension)

4.ZHANG Shihai. A Comparative Study of the Acquisition of Culture-loaded Words by International Students. Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Chinese teaching and research), 06/2012,63-69.

5.ZHANG Shihai. A Study on Source and Motivation of Net-words from Theoretic Perspective—with ‘WUMAO’ as an Example. Modern Chinese, 27/2012,106-112.

6.ZHANG Shihai. An Empirical Study on Culture-Loaded Words Acquisition of International Students—Between Chinese-cultural Circle and Non Chinese-cultural Circle Students. Language and Translation, 04/2012,73-77.

7.AN Ran and ZHANG Shihai. Analysis on the Educational Needs of Asian Students Abroad in China. Higher Education Exploration, 03/2008, 103-108. (CSSCI)

8.AN Ran, ZHANG Shihai, and HAO Zhifeng. An Examination of Factors Influencing the International Students’ Choice of Studying in China. Chinese Media Reseach, 2008 Vol.4(1). 62-70. (US Journal)

9.AN Ran, ZHANG Shihai and WU Zhaosheng. Educational Needs of African Students and Modes of Overseas Recruitment. Higher Education Exploration, 05/2007, 110-113. (CSSCI)

10.AN Ran and ZHANG Shihai. Difference in Chinese Syllable Acquisition in International Students. Chinese Language Learning, 04/2007, 64－71. (CSSCI)

11.AN Ran and ZHANG Shihai. Difference in the Process of Listening to Chinese: Foreign Learners of Character-writing and Non-character-writing. Intercultural Communication Studies, 2007 XVI:3, 160-174. (US Journal)

12.AN Ran and ZHANG Shihai. Differences: From Acquiring Sound Perception to the Process of Listening Comprehension between Foreign Students in the Character-writing Circle and in the Non-character-writing Circle. Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Chinese teaching and research), 05/2006, 1－10.

13.ZHANG Shihai.On the Techniques of Novels Written by Dostoevsky. Journal of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (Social Sciences), 05/2005, 48－51.

Textbooks

ZHANG Shihai. (ed.) IT Chinese and Computer Operation. South China University of Technology Press, Sep. 2014

Awards:

1.Honorary Title of “International Students’ Favorite Teachers” awarded by the School of International Education, SCUT, December 2011.

2.Third Prize in International Chinese Teaching Case Competition awarded by Confucius Institute Headquarters/Hanban, September 2014.