Category Archives: School

Well that year went by fast! Classes are now long done, and it was a good semester–all pass! Also, congratulations to my graduate student advisee, Ivan Mak, who successfully defended his thesis in June 2024 and is now on his … Continue reading →

Dear students, Welcome to the new semester! I’m teaching two courses this semester at National Chi Nan University’s Depatment of Foreign Languages and Literatures, both have class pages on NCNU’s Moodle site, please check there for class details. My school … Continue reading →

Hello to my students and other visitors, My apologies for the neglected look of this blog. I had a semi=major software update issue that took quite a while to resolve. The cite now appears to be working again, and I … Continue reading →

Back in Puli, and classes have started. All is going well, except that I’m busy moving lots of books! For friends and students who did not know, I am now an adjunct professor, following my retirement this summer. I’m glad … Continue reading →

We have been back to on line classes for a couple of weeks and will soon be at the end of the semester. I hope that everyone has been able to make the transition (again!) and that you have been … Continue reading →

Back in class again! Last semester had very few posts, hope to have a few more this semester. Some big changes are coming, more on that in the weeks ahead. In the meantime, stay healthy!

The new semester has started and we are now back where we belong–in the classroom! The first two weeks of our late breaking semester were online of course, and it was just enough to remind me of why I like … Continue reading →

Whoops! Almost forgot to put up my annual summer break post! The grades are in, now go relax. I’m revising a book, so no breaks for me. I am still on campus this summer, if you see us out for … Continue reading →

Today is the last day of finals week, congratulations to everyone for making it through a challenging semester. The last four or five weeks online were especially challenging for me, hopefully my online-teaching skills are now considerably sharper than they … Continue reading →

A big thanks to my Chi Nan students for their enthusiastic participation in our first week of online classes. And an even bigger thanks to my TA Hsin-yi for her help in setting up the Big Blue Button on Moodle … Continue reading →