Rate Professor Galal Walker

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Chinese Linguistics, Cornell University, 1982.

Research Interests: Chinese language pedagogy, second language acquisition, and cultural linguistics. Focuses on performance-based language instruction.

Appointments: Professor of Chinese, The Ohio State University; Director, National East Asian Languages Resource Center.

Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award, Chinese Language Teachers Association.

Publications: Co-author of Chinese: Communicating in the Culture (OSU Foreign Language Publications, 2004).

Additional Contributions: Developed national standards for Chinese language instruction; frequent speaker at international linguistics conferences.