Chi-Hsuan Catterson
Area(s) of Expertise: East Asian Language and Literature, Chinese
Overview
Ms. Catterson earned her Master’s degree in East Asian Language and Literature from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. She specializes in teaching Chinese as a second language. She also has a M.A. in English as a Second Language also from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and her Bachelor’s degree from National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan, ROC. Zou laoshi, as she is referred to by her students, began teaching part-time at 91ÁÔÆæ in 2006. Her success in encouraging students to continue their Chinese studies led to the creation of the minor. In the 2008 summer, she inaugurated the first Summer Language Institute, which she has taught every summer thereafter through 2014.
Courses Taught
- CHIN 1001 - Elementary Chinese I
- CHIN 1002 - Elementary Chinese II
- CHIN 2001 - Intermediate Chinese I
- CHIN 2002 - Intermediate Chinese II
- CHIN 2003 - Intermediate Chinese III
- CHIN 2004 - Intermediate Chinese IV
- CHIN 3310 - Chinese Conversation
- CHIN 4310 - Advanced Chinese Conversation
- CHIN 4530 - Advanced Chinese III
Education
- M.A., East Asian Language and Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1991
- M.A. , English as a Second Language, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1988
- B.A., English, National Taiwan Normal University, 1984
Work Experience
- Instructor of Chinese, Department of Modern & Classical Languages, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia, 2006 – present
- Chinese Teacher, Iolani School. Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 1998 – July 2006
- Lecturer in Chinese, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Boston University. Boston, Massachusetts, Sep. 1996 – May 1998
- Chinese Teacher, Iolani School. Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 1995 – Jan. 1996
- SLEP (Students of Limited English Proficiency) Teacher, Princess Likelike Elementary School. Honolulu, Hawaii, Sep. 1992 – June 1994
- Teaching Assistant, Division of Foreign Languages, National Chung Hsing University. Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 1991 – May 1992
- Lecturer in Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 1991- May 1991
- Teaching Assistant, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 1988 – May 1990
- English Teacher, Yung-Ho Junior High School. Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 1983 – July 1985