Krista joined the Center for Language Education, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2022. She has a doctorate in Chinese Language and Literature from the Central China Normal University. She is an experienced tertiary lecturer in Chinese. Her research interests are second language acquisition and learning strategies.
Professional Interests
- Teach Chinese as a second language
- Learning strategies
- Curriculum design
- Language testing
Professional Service:
- Examiner for Language Proficiency Assessment for Teacher (2012-2021)
- HSK Test Centre administrator (2015-Now)
Scholarship
2023
Conference Presentation
The Application of Blended Learning in Elementary Chinese Listening and Speaking Course
Krista Du Yingzi, Mandy Zhou Tong
Online
The 4th International Symposium of the European Association of Chinese Teaching (EACT)
2023
Journal Publication
The Application of Contextualized Task-based Exercises in Polysemy Teaching Based on "Pragmatic Language Usage" Approach
Krista Du Yingzi
Journal of Chinese Teaching and Research in the U.S.
2021
Conference Presentation
The application of task-based situational exercises in polysemous words teaching which based on Pragmatic framework
Yingzi Du
Presented at Online Annual Conference on Teaching of Chinese, Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York, October, Hong Kong, China
2020
Chapter in Edited Volume
The Learning Strategies of Chinese For Foreign Students in Hong Kong
Chunpu Li, Min Shen& Weiping Wu
The Commercial Press
Linguistics and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (pp.236-245)
2019
Chapter in Edited Volume
Contemporary Chinese Chapter 5 Grammar
Yuhong Du, Xing Ruan
NanJing University Press
Contemporary Chinese(pp.142-205)
2019
Chapter in Edited Volume
The Application of Task-based Situational Exercises in Polysemous Words Teaching Which Based on Pragmatic Framework
Shengli Feng, Chunpu Li & Weiping Wu
The Commercial Press
Linguistics and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language(pp.248-255)
2019
Conference Presentation
The Learning Strategies of Chinese For Foreign Students in tertiary level
Yingzi Du
The First International Forum on Language Education, The School of Linguistics and Language Studies at Carleton University, June, Ottawa, Canada
2014
Chapter in Edited Volume
An analysis of the errors of foreigners who take the Chinese oral proficiency test which based on Pragmatic concerns and a preliminary research about task-based language teaching
Lee, Siu-lun, Chunling Xie & Weiping Wu
The Commercial Press
Linguistics and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language( pp.196-210)
2013
Conference Presentation
An analysis of the errors of foreigners who take the Chinese oral proficiency test which based on Pragmatic concerns and a preliminary research about task-based language teaching
Yingzi Du
The Fifth Annual Conference of Asia-Pacific Consortium of Teaching Chinese as an International Language, The University of Melbourne, August, Melbourne, Australia