Yueming Yu
Teaching Professor Emeritus
Bio
Yueming Yu has been a foreign language professor for the greater part of her adult life. She loves teaching and finds it a very exciting profession, especially in the teaching of a foreign language. She has taught Chinese students English and also taught non-Chinese-speaking students Chinese. In addition to helping students master all the skills necessary in the use of the new language, she has also been leading them into a totally new world in which they get acquainted with different societies and cultures. This new world has been fascinating, and sometimes mysterious to them. To be able to play a part in broadening their minds in looking at the world around them has been the most rewarding aspect of my professional life.
Dr. Yu loves her students. They are young and full of vitality. They have different thoughts and feelings. A good understanding of them and love for them are essential to the success of teaching. She places high expectations on her students, but at the same time, she wants to become their friends. Although she was very much brought up in a society whose tradition it is to emphasize "teacher dignity", her own experience has taught her that genuine dignity can be achieved only when students see her dedication to her work, the effectiveness in her teaching and her sincerity to her students. A teacher is also a role model in a student’s life.