Ching-Yuan Tsai

Dr. Ching-Yuan Tsai (Kenneth Tsai) was born in Potze of Chiayi County, Taiwan in 1951. He is one of the 3 children in the family. He went to the local elementary school in Potze, and junior and senior high schools in the city of Chiayi, and then studied at Kaohsiung Teacher's College for his BA degree. He obtained his MA degree from Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan and doctorate in linguistics from University of Hawaii. His research and teaching interests have been lexicography, semantics, and vocabulary teaching. He has published articles in the following journals: Journal of Chinese Linguistics, JCLTA, International Journal of Lexicography, and some local journals in Taiwan. This is his second book, the first one being GRE字彙大全 (Vocabulary Preparation for GRE) published under the pen name of 蔡天健 (Tian-Chien Tsai) in 2006.

蔡清元博士於1951年出生於台灣嘉義縣朴子，家中有三個小孩。小學在朴子唸，初中與高中則是在嘉義唸的，稍後唸高雄師院取得學士學位。碩士學位於台北師範大學取得，而語言學博士則是於夏威夷大學取得。研究與教學興趣為：辭典學、語義學、字彙教學。曾發表論文於下列刊物：Journal of Chinese Linguistics, JCLTA, Journal of Lexicography和台灣本地一些刊物上。本書為他所寫的第二本書，第一本書《GRE字彙大全》以蔡天健筆名於2006出版。