Zhang Kai 张凯

A native of Hebei province, Zhang Kai received his BA in Economic Law from Hebei University in 2001, and an MA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language from Middlebury College & the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 2010. From 2001 to 2005, he taught intermediate and advanced Chinese at the Inter-University Program (IUP) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, serving as the Director’s Assistant from 2002 to 2003. During this time he also compiled a course textbook for business Chinese. From 2005 to 2006, he taught beginning and intermediate Chinese courses as a Visiting Lecturer at Yale University. He has taught fifth year and third year Chinese as a member of the Middlebury College Summer Chinese School (2006, 2008, 2011), and also taught beginning and advanced Chinese as Visiting Lecturer at Middlebury College (2008-2009; 2010-2011). In addition to his teaching experience, Zhang Kai also served as Director of Instruction at the Inter-University Program (2004-2005; 2006-2008). In this role he oversaw the supervision, hiring and training of new teachers, he advised students and organized course schedules, and continued to teach Chinese language courses. During this time he also compiled two textbooks for use in IUP legal Chinese courses: Cases of Criminal Law and Cases of Civil Law. Zhang Kai is happy to be back in Beijing where he and his family can once again enjoy the local cuisine, and he looks forward to working with students and teachers to explore the diverse and ancient cultural treasures of China’s capital city.