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Elinore Fresh

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Instructional Professor of Chinese
MA, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Office Hours — Fall 2024

  • Mondays and Wednesdays: 12:45 to 2:15 p.m.
  • Or by appointment

Biography

Elinore L. Fresh, M.A., 1990; ABD, University of Hawaii, is currently a Instructional Professor of Chinese in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florida and has been teaching at UF since 1998.  Elinore has taught all levels of Mandarin Chinese, Business Chinese, Chinese to English Translation, Chinese Culture and Chinese Literature courses. In addition to her teaching, Elinore has alternated co-coordination of study abroad program in China with her colleagues. Elinore also holds membership in several professional organizations both state and national such as, Florida Foreign Language Association; the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), and the Chinese Language Teacher’s Association (CLTA). Elinore has been very active in community outreach activities working with local schools in developing and integrating Chinese language and culture into the curriculum. As an active member (1996-2012) of the Jacksonville Sister Cities Association, she was also part of both in-bound Chinese delegations and out-bound delegations to China. Prior to her teaching career, Elinore lived in Taiwan for ten years, Egypt for four years and Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China for one year. While living in Taiwan, Elinore had the opportunity to travel to Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Growing up abroad, immersed in very different cultures, made Elinore keenly aware, at an early age, that effective communication rested in both linguistic and cultural competence, with knowledge of culture being paramount.

Grants

TITLE: A Model Immersive Cultural Learning Environment [co-investigator] AGENCY: Department of Defense
AMOUNT: $625,234
DATES: Sept. 24, 2007-Jan. 23, 2009
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Selected Publications

  • Fishwick, P., Futterknecht, F., Fresh, E., & Henderson, J., & Hamilton, B. D. (2008). “Simulating Culture: An Experiment Using a Multi-User Virtual Environment.” In S. J. Mason, R. Hill, L. Moench, & O. Rose (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference.
  • Henderson, J., P. Fishwick, E. Fresh, F. Futterknecht and B. Hamilton. (2008). An Immersive Learning Simulation Environment for Chinese Culture. To be published in the Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), December.
  • Fresh, E., Henderson, J., Fishwick, P., Futterknecht, F., Hamilton, B. D. (2008) Second Life: Integrating Traditional Web Content with 3D Cultural Immersion.” In conference proceedings International Conference on Contemporary Linguistic Theory and Business Chinese Language Teaching, Shanghai Finance and Economics University Conference, Jul. [In Press]
  • 2003 “Business Chinese: Curriculum Development and Internship Exploration.” Chinese Studies Forum; 63-68.
  • “Selected Female Poets of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.),” Delos 12, 1999. 1-2 (published 2003): 47-53.

Course Development

  • Spring 2008-Chinese Business Culture-Introduced a one-credit course funded by UF CIBER during Summer 2009 developed this course into a three-credit course offered Fall 2009.
  • Spring 2009-worked with DOCE (Division of Continuing Education) to create an online version of the Chinese Business Culture course.
  • Spring 2024-created CHT 3101 Translation Method: Chinese to English

Courses Taught

  • CHI 1130 and 1131 Beginning Chinese 1 and 2 and Honors Beginning Chinese 1 and 2
  • CHI 2230 and 2231 Intermediate Chinese 1 and 2
  • CHI 3410 and 3411 Advanced Chinese 1 and 2
  • CHI 3110 Chinese Literary Heritage
  • CHI 3440 Business Chinese
  • CHI 3500 Chinese Culture
  • CHW 4130 Readings in Chinese Literature
  • CHI 4930 Chinese to English Translation