NUO Min 諾敏 Instructor Tel: (852) 2358 7843 Email: lcnuomin@ust.hk Office: Room 3309 About the Instructor NUO Min has joined the Center for Language Education, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since 2006, teaching and developing courses in Chinese communication to both local and international students. Her areas of interest include translation studies, intercultural communication, curriculum design, and the teaching and learning of a second language. Qualifications Doctoral Candidate in Applied Language Sciences Hong Kong Polytechnic University MPhil in Translation Studies Hong Kong Baptist University MA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Hong Kong Polytechnic University Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics Beijing Foreign Studies University BA in English Minzu University of China, Beijing Certified University Lecturer Accredited by Ministry of Education, China Certified National Assessor of State Putonghua Proficiency Test (PSC) Accredited by the National Language Commission, Ministry of Education, China 1 Current/Recent Teaching LANG 1120 Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students I LANG 1121 Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students II LANG 1122 Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students III LANG 1123 Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students IV LANG 1124 Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students V LANG-PM1 MBA Putonghua for Non-Chinese Language Background Students I LANG-PM2 MBA Putonghua for Non-Chinese Language Background Students II SBMT-6010H-L1 Business Chinese for MBA students Other Chinese Business Communication, Putonghua proficiency courses Professional Interests Chinese teaching and testing Teaching Chinese as a foreign language Curriculum design and course development in TCFL Curriculum design of common core courses (LANG1120 - LANG1126) for non-Chinese language background students at HKUST Course development: LANG 1120/1121/1122/1123: Chinese for Non-Chinese Language Background Students I/II/III/IV Social Media and L2 learning 2 Intercultural Communication Translation Publications 2013 Teaching Challenges Faced by International Chinese Language Teachers in Information Age, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching Xu Xiufen & Nuo Min Paper July, 2013. Beijing: Higher Education Press. pp. 279-283. 2006 Chinese translation of Mohammed Keshtgar and Rob Stein's Patient Pictures: Breast Cancer Book Oxford, UK: Health Press 2004 Selected Chinese translation of Amma Darko’s Faceless. Writers of Post-Colonial English Speaking Countries (Special Issue of Visiting Writers 2004) Book International Writers Workshop, 2004, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 2003 A causal model for analyzing translated plays and performances: A study of three Chinese performances of O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. Translation Quarterly (Special Issue VII, Selected papers at FIT Third Asian Translators’ Forum) Paper Vol. 29, 2003. pp. 84-124. 3 Presentations 2014 The relationship between types of Chinese learning motivation and motivational intensity: A quantitative investigation on HKUST international students Nuo Min & Xu Xiufen Presentation University of Ningxia, Yinchuan, July 2014: The 11th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language (ICCSL11) 第 11 屆對外漢語國際學 術研討會 "Ni shou" and "wo shuo" as discourse markers: Their semantic change Xu Xiufen & Nuo Min Presentation University of Ningxia, Yinchuan, July 2014: The 11th International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language (ICCSL11) 第 11 屆對外漢語國際學 術研討會 2013 Benchmarking, curriculum development, and students of diverse backgrounds: A university program of L2 Chinese courses in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Nuo Min & Xu Xiufen Presentation University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 2013: The First Conference on Teaching Chinese as an International Language 首屆國際漢語研討會 2012 Teaching Chinese pedagogical grammar Nuo Min & Xu Xiufen Presentation Xi’an, August 2012: The 11th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching 第十一届国际汉语教学研讨会 4 Challenges to TCFL teaching: How to benefit from Information Technology Xu Xiufen & Nuo Min Presentation Xi’an, August 2012: The 11th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching 第十一届国际汉语教学研讨会 5