Cornelius C. KublerStanfield Professor of Asian Studies
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At Williams since 1991
ckubler@williams.edu
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[Areas of Expertise and Interest]:
 Chinese language pedagogy
Chinese linguistics (in particular dialectology)
Language contact
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[Courses Frequently Taught]: (CHIN)
Basic Chinese (CHIN 101-102)
Basic Cantonese (CHIN 131)
Basic Taiwanese (CHIN 152)
Introduction to Classical Chinese (CHIN 412)
Introduction to Chinese Linguistics (CHIN 431)
Study Tour to Taiwan (CHIN 025)
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[Education]:
B.A. in Linguistics and Chinese, Cornell University, 1972
M.A. in Linguistics, Cornell University, 1975
M.A. in Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University, 1978
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Cornell University, 1981
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[Previous Posts]:
Chair, Dept. of Asian Studies, Williams College, 1993-99, 2003-09
Chair, Asian Studies Program, Williams College, 1992-93
Chair, Dept. of Chinese, Williams College, 1991-93
Chair, Dept. of Asian & African Languages, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 1988-91
Principal, American Institute in Taiwan Chinese Language & Area Studies School, 1981-87
Scientific Linguist, Standard Chinese and Cantonese Sections, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State, 1980-81
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[Selected Publications]:
Books
NFLC Guide for Basic Chinese Language Programs (2nd ed.), National Foreign Language Resource Center, The Ohio State University, 2006.
Performing Comic Dialogs, Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1995.
Read Chinese Signs (with S. Chi), Cheng & Tsui Co., Boston, 1993.
The Development of Mandarin in Taiwan, Student Book Company, Taipei, 1985.
A Study of Europeanized Grammar in Modern Written Chinese, Student Book Company., Taipei, 1985.
A Speaker from Taipei (with G. Ho), Foris Publications, Dordrecht, 1984.
Vocabulary and Notes to Ba Jin's Jia, Cornell University East Asian Studies Program, Ithaca, 1976.
Selected Articles
"Conducting Teaching Observations in Chinese Language Study Abroad Programs," in Chinese as a Foreign/Second Language in the Study Abroad Context, ed. by Lee, Kubler, Liang, and Ling, Peking University Press, 2008.
"The Handwriting Is On the Wall, But Can We Read It? Training Superior-to-Distinguished-Level Learners in the Recognition of Cursive Handwriting," Journal for Distinguished Language Studies vol. 3, 2005.
"Developing Superior-to-Distinguished-level Learners' Listening Comprehension of Dialects and Dialect-Influenced Non-standard Speech", Journal for Distinguished Language Studies 1:1, 2003.
"Learning Chinese in China: Programs for Developing Superior- to Distinguished-Level Chinese-Language Proficiency in China and Taiwan" in Developing Professional-Level Language Proficiency, ed. by Betty Leaver and Boris Shektman, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
"Some Issues Related to Study Abroad in China" in Wayne He, Huainan Wu, and Changfa Wang, eds., International Research on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Nanjing, 2002.
"Some Thoughts on the Relationship between Spoken Chinese and Written Chinese and Implications for Teaching Basic-Level Chinese to Non-Native Learners", Linguistics Study, Hubei University, 2001.
"Study Abroad as an Integral Part of the Chinese Language Curriculum" , Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 32:3, 1997.
"A Framework for Basic Chinese Language Programs", Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 32:3, 1997.
"Recommendations of the U.S. National Task Force on Basic Chinese", Chinesisch Unterricht 13, 1997.
"Teaching Advanced Conversation and Comprehension Through Xiangsheng", Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association 28:1, 1993.
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[Awards]:
Tuttle Language Grant Grand Prize, 1999
Fulbright Research-Lecturing Award to Taiwan, 1996-97
Mellon Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, National Foreign Language Center, 1993
Association for Asian Studies grant, 1992
Department of State Outstanding Performance Award, 1988, 1989, 1990
Superior Honor Award, American Institute in Taiwan, 1987
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