Chinese

Yuan-Yuan Meng

Yuan-Yuan Meng

Senior Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 615 Kent Hall
Office Hours: R 3:00-5:00
Phone: (212)854-0660
Email: ym11@columbia.edu

Educational Background

EdM: Applied Linguistics, Teachers College, Columbia University
MA: TESOL, Teachers College, Columbia University
BA: Education, with a minor in English, National Taiwan Normal University

Classes Taught

UN1101-UN1102 First-year Chinese N I & II
UN1111-UN1112 First-year Chinese W I & II
UN2201-UN2202 Second-year Chinese N I & II
UN2221-UN2222 Second-year Chinese W I & II
CHNS GU4015-GU4016 Fourth Year Chinese I & II
CHNS GU4014-GU4015 Media Chinese I & II

Research Interests

Formulaic Language
Formative Assessment
Second Language Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary Acquisition
Stylistic Features of Chinese Journalistic Language

Yuan-Yuan Meng is Senior Lecturer in Chinese. She is also a certified tester for the Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Her research interests include formulaic language, formative assessment, second language reading, writing, and vocabulary acquisition, and stylistic features of Chinese journalistic language. Her most recent publications include “Written Corrective Feedback: A Review of Studies Since Truscott 1996,” “A curious Lexicographic Relic of the Cultural Revolution (co-authored with David Branner), and “A dynamic view on morphosyntactic accuracy and complexity in dyadic interaction.” She is currently completing a book manuscript, tentatively titled: A dictionary of Chinese idioms.

Publications

Meng, Y. (2019). A dynamic view on morphosyntactic accuracy and complexity in dyadic interaction. In Z.-H. Han (ed.), Profiling learner language as a dynamic system (pp. 17-47). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.          “Written Corrective Feedback: A Review of Studies Since Truscott 1996″ (Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2013)
“A Curious Lexicographic Relic of the Cultural Revolution” (The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2013; co-author)
“Syntactic yoga in Chinese-English lexicography” (Zhōnghuá zìdiǎnyánjiū, 2010; co-author)
Book Chapter David and Helen in China: An intermediate course in modern Chinese (Yale University Press, 1999; co-author)

Yike Li

Yike Li

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 506 Kent Hall
Office Hours: T/R 3:45PM-5:15 PM
Phone: (212) 854-8545
Email: yl4707@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Chinese Philology, Beijing Language and Culture University
BA: English, Beijing Language and Culture University

Classes Taught

Chinese GU4013 BUSINESS CHINESE
Chinese UN1115 ACCELERATED FIRST YEAR CHINESE (W)
Chinese UN1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I
Chinese UN1102 FIRST YEAR CHINESE II
Chinese UN2201 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N I
Chinese UN2202 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N II

Research Interests

Pedagogical Grammar
Chinese Phonetics
Development of Audio-Visual Materials

Yike Li was appointed as a Chinese Language Lecturer in the fall of 2020. Prior to joining Columbia University, he taught at Princeton University and Harvard University for six years. He has teaching experiences at different summer language programs, such as Princeton in Beijing and Harvard Beijing Academy. He was awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching and was recognized for excellence in teaching for six consecutive semesters at Harvard. He received funding from the Princeton Center for Language Study and the Department of East Asian Studies of Princeton University to make thirty 1- to 3-minute videos for use as supplementary materials for FIRST STEP – An Elementary Reader for Modern Chinese (Chih-p’ing Chou, Jing Wang and Jun Lei 2014). This effort involved scriptwriting, directing, recording, editing and producing.

Publications

Development of Audio-Visual Materials for First-Year CSL Classes, publication pending

Lening Liu

Lening Liu

Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Coordinator of Classical Chinese

Office: 626 Kent Hall
Office Hours: T/R 1PM-2:30PM
Phone: (212) 854-7036
Email: ll172@columbia.edu

Educational Background

PhD: Linguistics, University of Florida (1996)
MA: History of Chinese Language, Shaanxi Normal University (1985)
BA: Chinese Language and Literature, Shaanxi Normal University (1982)

Classes Taught

CHNS GU4516 Fifth Year Chinese I
CHNS GU4518 Fifth Year Chinese II
CHNS GU4301 Intro to Classical Chinese
CHNS GU4302 Introduction to Classical Chinese II
CHNS GR5001 Chinese Linguistic and Pedagogy

Research Interests

Linguistics
Historical Syntax
Discourse Grammar
Chinese Language Pedagogy

Lening Liu was born and raised in Xi’an, China. In 1977, right after the Cultural Revolution, he entered college as part of an extremely select group of students to finally end years of disruption of higher learning in China. He 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. 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. 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.

Publications

Handbook for Chinese Teachers Beijing Language University Press, 2017; co-author)
Proceeding of the First International Conference on Modern Linguistics and Chinese Education (Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2016; co-author)
Studying in China (Peking University Press, 2014; co-author)
Approaching China (Peking University Press, 2015; co-author)
A Course on Intercultural Communication (Higher Education Press, 2013; co-author)
Experiencing China (Peking University Press, 2013; co-author)
Contemporary Chinese Reader (Peking University Press, 2011; co-author)
International Standards for Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (Foreign Language Study and Teaching Publisher, 2007; co-author)
Everyday Chinese (Thompson Publications, 2006; co-author)
Pedagogical Chinese Grammar (Beijing Language University Press, 2017)
Legal Chinese (Beijing, Foreign Language Study and Teaching Publisher, 2007; co-author)
A Primer of Classical Chinese (Columbia University Press; co-author)
A Primer of Chinese (Columbia University Press, 2003; co-author)
The Grammaticalization of Chinese Conjunctive Adverbs (The University of Michigan Press, 1996)
A Concise Dictionary of Chinese Traditional Linguistics (Shaanxi People’s Press, 1990; co-author).
A Study of Zhuoan Yunwu (Zhonghua Book House, 1988; co-author)