Dr. Liu, Lening

Professor in EALAC, Program Director, Confucius Institute Director of Chinese Language Pedagogy.

Dr.Liu came to the United States in 1990 and studied linguistics at the University of Florida. He joined Columbia's faculty in 1995 and received his Ph.D. in 1996. Liu's research interests are in the areas of historical syntax, discourse grammar and Chinese language pedagogy. He has published a number of articles on the evolution of Chinese conjunctive adverbs, the rhetorical structures of Chinese, the history and innovation of Chinese pedagogy, etc. Courses he has taught include Introduction to Classical Chinese, Readings in Classical Chinese, History of Chinese Language, Educational Chinese Linguistics, Chinese Language Pedagogy and all levels of Modern Chinese. Currently, Liu is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Confucius Institute Director of Chinese Language Pedagogy. He also directs the Chinese Language Program and serves as the co-director of the Certificate Program of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages.

 

401 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-4740
Email: yc2741@columbia.edu

Chen, Yun-Chu

Lecturer of Chinese

Ms. Yun-Chu Chen joined EALAC in the fall of 2011,teaching Elementary Chinese. Before she joined Columbia, she taught Chinese language in France and at several language centers in Taiwan, including ICLP, MTC, and OCAC. Ms. Chen received her B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature (2002) from National Chengchi University, Taiwan, and her M.A. at the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (2010) of National Taiwan Normal University.

508 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-7036
Email: lh2318@columbia.edu

Hu, Lingjun

Lecturer in Chinese

Lingjun Hu received her M.A. in Language Pedagogy from the Ohio State University (2003). She started teaching Chinese in 2000 and joined Columbia faculty in 2006, and has taught Chinese at all levels. She also teaches for the the Columbia and Princeton summer programs in Beijing. Her research interests include second language acquisition and Chinese language pedagogy. She has developed teaching materials for elementary Chinese and is one of the co-authors of a textbook for Business Chinese.

501 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-5038
Email: xl2371@columbia.edu

Li, Xin

Lecturer in Chinese

Xin Li received her B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from Henan University, China (2010), and her M.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language from Beijing Foreign Studies University, China (2012). Xin Li joined Columbia faculty in 2012, teaching Introductory Chinese and Intermediate Chinese. She has also taught for Columbia's Summer Language Program in Beijing for the year 2011 and 2012.

501 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-5038
Email: ym2423@columbia.edu

Mao, Yue

Lecturer in Chinese

Yue Mao received her B.A. (1990) in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language from East China Normal University, China, M.A.£¨2003£©in Chinese Linguistics, and Ph.D. (2010) in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Beijing Language and Culture University, China. She worked in the Intensive Chinese Studies department of Beijing Language and Culture University for more than 20 years. There, she has taught Chinese at all levels. Her research interests are in the areas of intensive Chinese teaching models and teaching methods. She has published a number of books and articles on special-purpose and short-term Chinese teaching models, enterprises' Chinese teaching models, difficulties of listening Chinese, vocabulary teaching, etc. In addition, she has compiled many textbooks on Chinese language.

401 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-4740
Email: ym2379@columbia.edu

Meng, Yanhua

Lecturer of Chinese

Yanhua Meng received her M.A. (2002, Nankai Univesity, China) and Ph.D. (2009, Beijing Language and Culture University, China) in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. She started teaching elementary and intermediate Chinese in 2002 at BLCU. She also taught Mandarin Pronunciation in Hong Kong (2008), and teachers' training courses in Bangkok, Thailand (2005-2006). Her research interests include Chinese Syntax-Semantics, Cognitive Linguistics and Chinese Language Pedagogy.

401 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-4740
Email: ym11@columbia.edu

Meng, Yuan-Yuan

Lecturer in Chinese

Yuan-Yuan Meng has been teaching Mandarin Chinese at Columbia University since 1993.  She has taught classes from elementary to advanced levels, including Readings in Modern Chinese, Media Chinese, and a winter Business Chinese workshop for Columbia's Center for International Business Education and Research.  Her academic interests encompass a range of topics in Chinese syntax, lexicology, and language pedagogy.  She is a co-author of "David and Helen in China,"  an intermediate Chinese text.  Her most recent work is a dictionary project tailored for advanced Chinese learners.  She is also a certified tester of the Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

510 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-3604
Email: sq2106@columbia.edu

Qi, Shaoyan

Lecturer in Chinese

Ms. Shaoyan Qi joined EALAC in the fall of 2004.
Before Ms. Qi joined Columbia, she taught Chinese language at several colleges and universities, including Bryn Mawr, Princeton, and Middlebury.Ms. Qi obtained a M.A.
in Linguistic and Sociocultural Anthropology from State University of New York at Binghamton and a M.A. in Education from Villanova University. Her research interests include instructed SLA and pedagogy of teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

401 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-4740
Email: zs2132@columbia.edu

Shi, Zhongqi

Lecturer of Chinese

Zhongqi Shi received his B.A. (1998) and M.A. (2005) from Beijing Language and Culture University, China. He has studied Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language since his undergraduate and started researching on CAI and Corpus Linguistics. He joined Columbia in 2005 and is currently teaching Advanced Chinese and Business Chinese.

501 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-5038
Email: ccs3@columbia.edu

Sobelman, Chih-Ping

Senior Lecturer in Chinese

510 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-3604
Email: qt2103@columbia.edu

Tan, Qiuyu

Lecturer in Chinese

Tan Qiuyu received her B.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (2003) and M.A. in Applied Linguistics (2006) from Beijing Language and Culture University, China, and her M.A. in Chinese Linguistics (2008) from University of Wisconsin – Madison.  Her main interest of research is second language acquisition, especially the tonal acquisition of mandarin Chinese, the acquisition of Chinese syntax as well as the representation of learners’ psychological lexicon. She joined Columbia faculty in 2008 and her teaching included Introductory, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Chinese. 

Wang Hailong

501 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-5038
Email: hw21@columbia.edu

Wang, Hailong

Lecturer in Chinese

Hailong Wang has been teaching Mandarin Chinese at Columbia University since 1998. He has taught Elementary Chinese, Intermediate Chinese, Advanced Chinese, Reading in Modern Chinese and other subjects. His research interests include study of Chinese syntax and pedagogy of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. He has authored several Chinese textbooks including Aspects of Modern China and Cultural Interpretations of China.

510 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-3604
Email: xw2167@columbia.edu

Wang, Xiaodan

Lecturer in Chinese

Xiaodan Wang received her B.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language from Beijing Language and Culture University, China (2003), and her M.A. in Chinese Linguistics from Capital Normal University, China (2006). Her main research interest is second language acquisition and pedagogy, especially topics related to Chinese syntax and discourse analysis. She is a co-author of Study Abroad in Beijing, a textbook for intermediate Chinese and Business Chinese.

Xiaodan Wang joined Columbia faculty in 2007 and her teaching included Elementary Chinese and Intermediate Chinese. She has also been teaching for Columbia’s Summer Language Program in Beijing since 2007.

512 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-3594
Email: zw30@columbia.edu

Dr. Wang, Zhirong

Senior Lecturer in Chinese

Zhirong Wang received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Chinese Language with a minor in Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from Peking University.  She joined Columbia University in 1996 and has taught all levels of Chinese language courses as well as the History of Chinese Language course.  In the past six years, Zhirong Wang has served as supervisor of graduate teaching associates for the Chinese Language Program.  She has authored several publications on Chinese language including A Primer for Advanced Beginners of Chinese (co-author, Columbia University Press, 2003); An Elementary Chinese Reader (1 and 2), (sole author, Beijing University Press, 2005).  She is currently working on a workbook and a textbook for advanced Chinese language learners.

512 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-3594
Email: jx2196@columbia.edu

Xu, Jia

Lecturer in Chinese

Jia Xu received her B.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language with a minor in Finance (2005) and her M.A. in Curriculum and Methodology of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (2009) from Beijing Language and Culture University. Before joining the Columbia faculty in 2012, she had taught all levels of Chinese at BLCU, the foreign diplomats program at the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Columbia University's Summer Program in Beijing, and Bentley School in California. Her research interests are in the areas of second language acquisition and teacher education, and she has either authored or co-authored the Chinese textbook for foreign diplomats, online resources for the Great Wall Chinese series, and test materials for all levels of the new HSK and YCT. Jia Xu currently teaches Elementary and Intermediate Chinese in EALAC.

512 Kent Hall
Phone:(212) 854-3594
Email: ly2131@columbia.edu

Dr. Yan, Ling

Lecturer in Chinese

Ling Yan received her M.A in Applied Linguistics in Northwestern Polytechnical University (1996) and her Ph.D in Linguistics from the University of Kansas (2005)). Ling Yan started teaching Chinese in 1999 and has taught Chinese at all levels. She joined the Columbia faculty in 2005. Her research interests include syntax, prosodic-syntax, and Chinese pedagogy. She has developed textbooks, audio and video teaching materials for elementary Chinese (Approaching China) and advanced Chinese (Readings in Modern Chinese). She is a co-author of 201 Mandarin Chinese Verbs (Barron’s).