Ms Emma L. Wu

• University Associate Professor in Chinese

Contact

• elw39@cam.ac.uk

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• In 2019, Emma was asked to speak (alongside some of her colleagues and some of our students) about our Faculty programme by the University Admissions Office.

About

Ms Wu teaches Chinese language at all levels to undergraduates. She does not supervise postgraduate students. She is interested in linguistics (comparative and historical), second language acquisition, bilingualism (simultaneous and sequential), Mandarin grammar in L2 education, language teaching pedagogy, consecutive and simultaneous Interpreting, and Translation. 

In 2014, Ms Wu was named as one of Cambridge's Most Eccentric Professors in The Cambridge Tab.

2020 Interview by the editor of the Chinese Studies Newsletter (pp. 10-11) [PDF]

Publications

Selected publications

Practical Chinese Usage: Common Words and Phrases Routlegde Book 11 December 2020 Routledge Wu, E. L. Insider China Book 6 July 2009 Lexus for Languages Han, L., Wu, E.L. & Cai, H. A2 level Chinese Examination Study Guide Cypress Books Book 1 January 2008 Cypress Book Co. UK Ltd Yu, B. & Wu, E. (Editor-in-chief) Sims-Williams, Nicholas (ed.) Sogdians in China (translation into Chinese) Chapter 1 December 2005 Zhonghua Book Company Sims-Williams, N. Wu, E. (Translator) Collins English-Chinese Dictionary Collins Book 6 December 2004 HarperCollins Publishers. Wu, E. (Editor) Langenscheidt English-Chinese Dictionary Book 1 September 2000 Langenscheidt Wu, E. (Editor-in-chief)