C'est Moi, Sun.

Hi there, this is Peijian Sun. Currently, I am studying at University of Oklahoma as an exchange student for the 2011/2012 academic year. Over the last semester, not only did I endeavor to gain a high achievement in my academic study, but also I joined a club called “Christians on Campus”, which helped me get a more sound image of Americans. It is also because of this club that I have learned how to communicate with Americans, how to manage my study and life. During the winter break, I took three weeks to have a self-planned tour at both the east coast and west coast. It was an awesome trip, which taught me the importance of team-work and pre-planning. 

Back to my professional study, I a full-time master student majoring in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at Minzu University of China. Over the past 2010/2011 academic year, I received the systematical training on how to be a qualified Mandarin teacher. And the courses offered by my university range from the most theoretical levels to the very practical ones. After one year’s intensive study, I gained almost all the required credits. In order to further strengthen my professional skills and English proficiency, I applied for the exchange program and ended up studying in University of Oklahoma. All the graduate level courses that I was and am taking are in regard with education and linguistics, which provide me with an utter most valuable opportunity of gaining the very best understanding of what education is about.

Regarding my working experience, I have had 3 years of empirical teaching at Zhejiang Shinyway Languages Institute, involving Listening, Speaking, Writing and American History courses. I also have had some experience in tutoring some foreigners Chinese, since Shinyway has a mandarin center. Moreover, I was recruited by Associated Colleges in China (ACC) last summer as a mandarin teacher, responding for teaching and tutoring American students Chinese. In my undergraduate and graduate college years, I served as a class head, department manager, and vice-president in the Student Union.

This is something about me, a man born and raised in China, now studying at OU.