Adjunct Instructor of Chinese

B.A., 1995

Email - s2hlai@mail2.vcu.edu
Phone - 804.827.1111
Fax - 804.827.0127

Office - Lafayette Hall
312 N. Shafer St.
Richmond, VA 23220

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I am Haishan Lai. I live in Richmond Virginia. I was born in China. I received my first degree in China 1985. It is a Bachelor's Degree in Chinese Language and Literature. I have worked at a university for nine years. I came to America with my son eleven years ago when my husband was studying for his PhD at Virginia Commonwealth University. When my daughter was two years old, I started to try to do different jobs. In 1999, one of my friends suggested me to be a substitute teacher for public schools, so I did and I found out that I love teaching very much. So I went to college to study English in year 2000 at VCU, a year later, the Department of Art Education accepted me and I started to study for Bachelor degree. I finished all courses last summer and I got my diploma. At the time I started studying, I obtained the job at VCU to teach Chinese. During this time of teaching, I found out that the more I taught the more I had a desire to learn about instructional methods. That is why I applied to a master degree of education. I hope this learning experience will help me to improve my teaching skills and help my students to learn better.