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Faculty Information
	Mingquan Wang
	m.wang@tufts.edu
	Senior Lecturer in Chinese, Language Coordinator
	P: (617) 627-2579
	F: (617) 627-3945
Address:
	312, Olin Center 180 Packard Ave
	Medford, MA 02155

Opportunity:
	Hanzi Online: A Web-based Tutoring Program on Chinese Characters
Summary:
	Learning to read and write Chinese characters is one of the most difficulty and time consuming tasks in the study of Chinese. A web-based tutoring program on Chinese characters will allow instructors to devote more of the precious class time to the more important aspects of language acquisition (such as real communication in the target language), as students can work on their characters with the tutoring program at their leisurely pace outside of the classroom. I am currently working with AT to develop a web-based tutoring program on Chinese characters: Hanzi Online. The first phase of the project will be a comprehensive review of exiting software programs on Chinese characters. The second phase will be a more detailed project design in collaboration with AT. The third phase will be the creation and implementation of the program.
Contact Via:
	E-mail Phone
What is the timeframe for this research opportunity?
	The initial period will be Mid-May through the end of August. The project will likely continue into the fall and possibly the following year.
Prerequisities for students?
	I. Basic: 1. Advanced proficiency in Chinese (reading and speaking) 2. Internet and computer literate 3. Know-how on installation and set up of Chinese fonts and Chinese IME 4. Know-how on digital audio editing II. Preferred: 1. Native or near-native proficiency in Chinese (reading and speaking) 2. Knows Java and/or Cold Fusion programming.
Responsibilities for students?
	Responsibilities include: 1. Search for “hanzi” software programs 2. Review and evaluate programs 3. Select and recommend features for the “Hanzi Online” program 4. Digital audio editing 5. Data entry 6. Program set-up and implementation support 7. Possible Java and/or Cold Fusion programming