Dr. Wei Cai

Professor

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Biography

Wei Cai is a Professor and the Division Chair of Chinese Studies and Japanese Studies at the University of Calgary. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from Hebei Normal University, a Master of Arts in Linguistics from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and a Doctorate in Philosophy in Language Acquisition from the National University of Singapore. His research interests encompass language listening, language acquisition, vocabulary acquisition, teacher education, and artificial intelligence in language learning. Cai has served as the Director of the Language Research Centre from 2017 to 2019. His contributions to the field involve developing platforms for Chinese teaching professionals in Canada to share experiences and research findings. He promotes collaboration and scholarly exchanges to improve the quality of Chinese language education. His innovative approach has resulted in engagement with theoretical and pedagogical issues within Chinese language teacher education, focusing on the real-world challenges faced by Chinese L2 teachers.

Research Interests

Awards

#2023

Robert Roy Award

#2019

Leadership Internationalization Award

#2025

Leadership Mentorship Award

Courses

CHIN 301 Continuing Chinese CHIN 411 Foundations of Chinese Language Learning and Teaching LLAC 602 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics CHIN 412 Aspects of Chinese Language Teaching and Learning EALS 501 Advanced Research in East Asian Languages Studies

Requirements for University of Calgary

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:97
GRE General
Verbal
Required:150
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:5.5
Prerequisites
4-year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 3rd or 4th year course in Theory of Computation 3rd or 4th year course in Software Engineering 3rd or 4th year course in Systems (OS, Compilers, Networking) 3rd or 4th year course in Application (AI, Graphics, Databases)
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Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.