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Qiu Yu is visiting us this year from Southwest University in Chongqing, China. She arrived in Eugene in August and is spending a year working with our Chinese Flagship program.  Her primary research interest is Content-Based Instruction; at Southwest University one of the courses she teaches is Economics and Trade - taught in English to English learners.  Here at the University of Oregon she is able to observe Chinese language learners in content area classes that are taught in Chinese - an enlightening experience from her perspective as a native Chinese speaker watching students acquire Chinese.  She is also researching ways to use the CBI approach with her post-graduate English students in China.  “English is a tool for you to learn more information about your subject,” she says.  A year with no teaching obligations is also giving her time to write a second edition of her book English for Economics and Trade.

Ms. Yu and her son, who is attending a local elementary school this year, are enjoying the quiet atmosphere and green spaces in Eugene as well as the opportunity to be immersed in English language and Oregon culture.  We are grateful to have her as part of the CASLS family.