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