Office: ST 432
Office Hours: M & W 11:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m.
Tel: 818-677-3467 (message only);
        818-677-2019 (office)
E-mail: libu.larson@csun.edu
URL: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/libu.html

Education:

Graduate School:
M.A. Degree in E.S.L.
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate School for E.S.L.
December, 1987

University:
B. A. Degree in English Language and Literature
Foreign Languages and Literature Department
Jinan University
Guangzhou, P. R. China
June, 1982

Secondary School:
School Diploma
Secondary Girls' School of Beijing Normal College,
Beijing, P. R. China
December, 1972

Teaching Experience:

1999 – present:
Chinese 101, 102, 201, 202 & 499
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literature,
California State University, Northridge
Lecturer for the teaching of Elementary, Intermediate and Up-division Chinese

1998-Fall 2001
Conversational Mandarin Chinese (Beginning)
Department of Foreign Languages,
Extension of University of California, Los Angeles
Lecturer for the teaching of Elementary Chinese

Spring & Fall, 1996
Chinese 100
Department of Modern Languages and Literature,
California State University, Los Angeles
Lecturer for the teaching of Elementary Chinese

1987-1996
Chinese 101, 103, 102, 104, 201, 202 & 499
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature,
California State University, Northridge
Lecturer for the teaching of Elementary and Intermediate Chinese

1985-1987
Chinese 1A, 1B, 1C
Asian Languages Culture Department,
University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching Assistant and Associate Assistant for the teaching of Elementary Chinese

1988- 2005
Chinese 1B, 101, 4A, 6A & 201
San Fernando Valley Chinese Culture Association
Chinese Program
Teacher of Elementary Chinese

Sept. 1990-1991
Dean of
San Fernando Valley Chinese Culture Association
Chinese Program

1982-1984
Elementary Chinese & Intermediate Chinese
Asian Languages and Culture Department,
Jinan University,
Guangzhou, P. R. China
Lecturer for the teaching of Chinese to foreign students

Publications and Products:

• VocabuLearn 1-3, translated & proofread, in 1991
• Foreign Student in Guangzhou , a practical Chinese Conversation text-book,     in 1982
• Created and updated web pages, such as: Chinese101, 102, 201, 202, ex101, sfvcca1B, sfvcca101, beyond class activities, Chinese Section, top 300 Chinese characters, Chinese last names, strokes of Chinese characters,etc., with interactive on-line exercises since Spring, 2002
• Das Bauhaus - practicing living through art and multiculture since 1996
• Art Block - an annual art workshop at Northridge since 1999

The List of Publications and Development on the Internet: Spring, 2002 to present
• Chinese 101: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/101.html,
• Chinese 102: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/102.html
• Chinese 201: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/201.html
• Chinese 202: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/202.html
• Conversational Mandarin Chinese (Beginning): http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/ex101.html
• SFVCCA 1B: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/sfvcca1bf.html
http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/sfvcca1bs.html
• SFVCCA 101: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/sfvcca101.html
• Beyond Class Activities: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/activities.html
• Strokes of Chinese Characters: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/stroke.html
• Chinese Section: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/
• Li-Bu Larson's Home Page: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/libu.html
• Chinese Traditional Medicine and Philosophy (You may need Chinese fonts to read the following web sites)
• Yinyang Wuxing
• Yinyang
• Wuxing
• Diagnosis
• Chinese Philosophy
• Jing Qi Shen
• Chinese Medicine History
• Poem of Month: HTTP://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/zhiyuankuteng.html
• Painting of Month: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/beihong03.html
• Tests for Chinese 101 to 202: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/tests.html
• A Timeline - The Chinese Dynasties: https://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/timeline.html
• Jasmine Flower Song: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/moli.html
• Relatives, Relatives's Pictures and Proper Address: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/qinqiindex.htm
•  Top 300 Chinese Characters: HTTP://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/300.html
• Chinese Last Names: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/lastname.html

Research Interests:

• Exploring the possibility and feasibility to use computers in teaching Chinese
• Experiment learning Chinese in the Chinese communities and through the internet
• Practicing living through art and multiculture                                     Up

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 By Li-Bu Larson
December 12, 2006