Jin Chen

Jin is the Curriculum Writer for Fun Fun Mandarin and a dedicated leader driving the development of the Fun Fun Mandarin software platform. Additionally, she also holds the role of Adjunct Professor at various universities, where she teaches Chinese language and provides training for employees from Fortune 500 companies, including Valve Corporation, Meta (Facebook), Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, among others. With over 14 years of Chinese teaching experience, Jin is a passionate advocate for digital innovation, placing a strong emphasis on contextual learning. She believes that the best classes should enable students to speak sentences from day one, fostering confident conversations within weeks rather than years.

Specialized in: Multimodal Learning, Immersive Learning through storytelling, Movie Talk, Scaffolding Teaching Strategies, Flipped Classroom Methodologies, Technology.

• Doctoral student of Education in Learning Design and Leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
• Fun Fun Mandarin Curriculum Writer
• Johns Hopkins University Chinese Instructor (CTY)
• Colleges Adjunct Professor teaching Chinese with 13 years of rich teaching experience in both in-person and online courses.
• Board of Directors of Chinese Language Teacher Association of Washington
• Licensed Teacher of Multi-Age (PK-12) Chinese Language from the state of Ohio, USA