Dr. Krista DU

Lecturer

Email
lckristadu@ust.hk
Telephone
2358-7877
Room
3305

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