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)