Ching-ning Chien earned her two M.A. degrees in Special Education from Tennessee Technological University in 1968 and in English Education from the Ohio State University in 1985 as well as a Ph.D. degree in Education from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1998. Since 1979, she has joined in the faculty at Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan where she is currently an associate professor in Applied Linguistics. She is mainly responsible for teaching listening, speaking and reading to freshman and sophomore students. She was also the chairperson of the Department of Applied Linguistics and Language Studies for five years (2000 ~ 2005). Her research interests include foreign language learning and teaching, bilingualism, phonological awareness and second language acquisition.
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