Hsin-hung (Sean) Yeh
Hsin-hung (Sean) Yeh is an Associate Teaching Professor of Chinese at Santa Clara University, where he has taught since 2020. Born and raised in Taiwan, he moved to the U.S. in 2010 and taught Chinese full-time at Harvard University for five years (2010–2015). Since 2014, he has also been a regular instructor at the Middlebury Chinese Summer School. In 2015, he relocated to the Bay Area to pursue his Ph.D. in Chinese Linguistics at Stanford University. His research interests include Chinese/Sinophone linguistics (lexical semantics, morphology, and information structure), sociolinguistics (style and language ideology/attitudes), L2 Chinese pedagogy, and language proficiency assessment. He is a certified Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) tester and Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) rater with ACTFL. In addition to his role at Santa Clara University, since Fall 2024 he has also taught Taiwanese language as a lecturer at UC Berkeley.
- Chinese/Sinophone linguistics (lexical semantics, morphology, and information structure)
- Sociolinguistics (style and language ideology/attitude)
- L2 Chinese pedagogy
- Language proficiency assessment
- Integration of EduTech and AI tools into L2 pedagogy
- L2 teacher training
- L2 curriculum and teaching material development
- CHIN 1 - 3: Elementary Chinese I - III
- CHIN 21-23: Chinese Lang & Cultures I - III
- CHIN 100-101: Advanced Chinese I-II
- CHIN 106: Understanding Sinophone World through TV Shows and Dramas
- CHIN 107: Exploring Sinophone World through News, Social Media, and Video Games
- CHIN 125 Love/Affection in Sino Films
- CHIN 126 Sino. Pop Cul. in Glob. Cx.
- CHIN 128: Social Justice in Taiwan
- Other Upper Division Chinese courses
Selected Publications - Articles:
- Yeh, H.-H. and Cao, X. (2023) "The Concept and New Development of Middlebury Model Advanced Chinese Teaching in the Post-epidemic Era" (in Mandarin Chinese). International Chinese Language Education, 8(2), 12-19.
- Yeh, H.-H. (2022). A continuum study of Chinese V N verbal compounds and its pedagogical implications. CLTA Monograph VI (Pedagogical Grammar and Grammar Pedagogy in L2 Chinese).
Selected Publications - Textbooks:
- Chiu, H.-F., Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yeh, H.-H. (forthcoming). Progressive Chinese: Intermediate Course. Taipei (Volume 2), Taiwan: Cheng Chung Bookstore.
- Chiu, H.-F., Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yeh, H.-H. (2023). Progressive Chinese: Intermediate Course (Traditional Chinese) (Volume 1). Taipei, Taiwan: Cheng Chung Bookstore.
- Chiu, H.-F., Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yeh, H.-H. (2023). Progressive Chinese: Intermediate Course Teachers' Manual. Taipei (Volume 1), Taiwan: Cheng Chung Bookstore.
- Chiu, H.-F., Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Yeh, H.-H. (2022). Progressive Chinese: Intermediate Course. Taipei, Taiwan: Cheng Chung Bookstore.