Chie Chao

A native of Japan, Chie Chao became a member of the Yale faculty in 1960 as an instructor of Japanese. During her forty years at the university, she went on to take charge of the first three years of Japanese courses in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, training all new lectors and bearing major responsibility for the intensive drill sessions, examinations and preparation of materials. Professor Chao’s publications include the drill books, teacher’s handbooks and standard texts for “Naganuma Readers”; “New Japan”; the drill workbook for “Spoken Japanese”; “How to Read Japanese”; the Japanese chapter of “World Guide Book” and “Surasura.” Her translations include “Chinese Language in Russian Literature,” “Yale Tour Guide,” and numerous medical documents for the Yale School of Medicine. Professor Chao is a member of the Association of Teachers of Japanese and the Association of Asian Studies.