Summary

Professional Profile – Sasha Barron

Sasha Barron is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Language and Area Studies. She has been teaching Chinese language, professional communication, and both Eastern and Western music for more than thirty years in the UK.

She currently serves as the Chinese Language Coordinator and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Sasha teaches at all levels of Chinese language, as well as modules in Language Learning and Teaching and Professional Communication.

She is a member of the International Chinese Language and Teaching Society (ICLTS, 世界汉语协会会员) and the British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS, 英国汉语教学协会会员).

In 2015, the Students’ Union at the University of Portsmouth awarded Sasha the First Prize for “Most Innovative Teacher.”

Teaching Areas

• Chinese Language at all levels within the BA degree course framework (Levels 4, Level 5, and Level 6)
• Language Project: Introduction to Chinese Studies and Contemporary China.
• Language for Professional Communication 1 & 2
• Language Learning and Teaching (Trinity College London Teacher's Certificate)
• IWLP Chinese (S1, S2, S3 and S6)
• Eastern music and instrumental performance (Erhu), and Western music
• Vocal performance (Soprano)

Administrative Roles

Module Coordinator for:

• Chinese Language Grades 1&2, G3&G4 Part1 and Part2 , Post GCSE G2, and Post A level Chinese G3, G4, G6.
• IWLP Chinese S1, S2, S3 and S6.
• Chinese Language Project.
• Chinese Language for Professional Communication Level1 and Level2.

Other Responsibilities:

• Year Abroad Coordinator and Link Tutor for CCNU, BISU, Shanghai Lixin University (China) and Taiwan NTNU.
• Personal Tutor for Levels 4, Level 5 and Level 6.
• Personal Tutor for exchange students from CCNU, BISU, Shanghai Lixin, and Taiwan NTNU.
• External Examiner for Itchen College, UK