Time: 13:30, Jul. 3, 2025
Venue: Room 413, Liberal Arts and Sciences Building
Organizer: School of Foreign Languages
Content: Foreign language programs in U.S. higher education are facing unprecedented challenges, including declining enrollment, shrinking budgets, and the growing tendency of institutions to prioritize STEM fields and career-oriented programs. In response to these pressures, universities have adopted innovative interdisciplinary models that integrate language learning with diverse academic and professional pathways, striving to turn weaknesses into strengths.
So,this lecture focuses on curricular and organizational adjustments in universities, such as language programs deeply integrated with career development, as well as digitally driven and technology-enhanced pedagogies in digital humanities. It explores how such practices can help rejuvenate foreign language education.
Drawing on representative case studies and institutional data, the lecture highlights the effectiveness of these interdisciplinary approaches while also examining challenges such as faculty resistance and resource allocation. The talk concludes with insights into future trends in foreign language education.
Speaker:Wang Daliang, associate professor, Ph.D. in Education. He is Chair and tenured professor of Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at High Point University, North Carolina, where he teaches Chinese and East Asian culture. He earned his B.A. in Chinese from Shanghai Normal University and later received his Ph.D. in Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.He has twice been granted tenure at U.S. universities and worked as the founding director of the Intensive English Program at Mercyhurst University. H was recipient of a MEAD Leadership award in 2012, an award for foreign language teachers by Northeast Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Currently serving as President of the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences(ACPSS), Dr. Wang has been invited to deliver lectures at Shanghai Business School, Shanghai Normal University, and Communication University of China, among others. He has also been invited four times by SDJU as a short-term overseas professor to teach undergraduate courses. His research interests include Chinese language teaching, technology-enhanced foreign language pedagogy, Chinese martial arts culture, and second language acquisition. He has published extensively in both domestic and international journals.
