Shu Zhu

• ASIA 1760 - Introduction to Chinese (Mandarin)
• ASIA 2760 - Intermediate Chinese (Mandarin)
• ASIA 3760 - Advanced Chinese (Mandarin)

I studied in Wuhan University, China, and started teaching Chinese as a second language to international students there. In 2006, I went to study Second Language Acquisition in the Applied Linguistics area in the University of Iowa, USA. After graduation, I've worked in the Asian Studies Program in the Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba, Canada, since 2009. 

• MA (Second Language Acquisition (TCAFL)), University of Iowa, USA, 2009
• MA (Chinese Literature and Linguistics), Wuhan University, China, 2005
• BA (Humanistic Studies Experimental Class - Chinese), Wuhan University, China, 2002

Research interests

• Instructional theories in teaching Chinese as a foreign language with focus on classroom learning and teaching psychology and methodology
• Cognitive, interactive and communicative language learning approaches 
• Application of multimedia-mediated instruction and pedagogical technologies
• Computer assisted language learning (CALL)

Research affiliations/groups

• Member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
• Member, The Canadian TCSL Association

Book chapters

• Helen H. Shen, Chen-hui Tsai, Lisha Xu, Shu Zhu. Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: Vocabulary Acquisition and Instruction (1st edition), Peking University Press, 2011.
• Liangming Liu, Xiaolian Li, Shu Zhu. The Genres of Criticism Theories on Chinese Modern Fictions, Wuhan University Press, 2003.

Paper

• Shu Zhu. Humanistic Concern: An Analysis about The Relationship between Wang Guowei's Literature Theories and Chinese Modern Humanities, Wuhan University Journal (Social Science) 3-2, 2003.
   

• Work for the Royal Canadian Mint as an expert of Asian culture to vet coin designs, since 2017