EDUCATION

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• Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition, The Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2011 - 2016.

• M.A. in Course Design and Teaching Theories, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, PRC, 2007 - 2011.

• B.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, PRC, 2003 - 2007.

 

 

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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• Department of  Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2011 - 2016.

• Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2014 - 2016.

• College of Chinese Language Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, PRC, 2008 - 2009.

• College of Applied Arts and Science, Beijing Union Univeristy, Beijing, PRC, 2008 - 2009.

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OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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• STARTALK 2016 Summer Chinese Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Summer 2016.

• World Language Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Summer 2013.

• Confucius Institute, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, 2009 - 2010.

• Dewey International Studies Elementary School, St. Louis, MO, 2009 - 2010.

• 1 on 1 Mandarin, Beijing, PRC, 2008 - 2011.

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PUBLICATIONS

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Journal Articles

Li, Y. (2015). Task-Based Language Teaching of Chinese as a Second Language. Teaching Chinese in International Contexts, 7, 7-24.

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Book Chapters

Li, Y. (2010). A Study on Strategy Use on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition of Advanced Heritage and Non-Heritage Chinese Learners. In W. Zhang & H. Xing (Eds.). Chinese Testing, Acquisition and Cognitive Exploration. Paper presented at the First Postgraduate Symposium on Language Testing and Acquisition, Beijing, China: Beijing Language and Culture University Press.

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Li, Y. (2018). Context and Reading Comprehension of Chinese Colloquial Idioms. In X. Wen & X, Jiang (Eds.). Studies on Learning and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. New York: Routledge.

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Book Reviews

Li, Y., & Shen, H. (2015). [Review of book 500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions: An Annotated Frequency Dictionary, by L. Jiao & B. Stone]. The Modern Language Journal, 99(3), 618-619.

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Li. Y. (2015). [Review of the book Task-Based Language Learning - Insights from and for L2 Writing, edited by H. Byrnes & R. M. Manchón]. Writing and Pedagogy, 8(1), 237-242.

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Manuscript Reviews

• 2018 SLA Graduate Student Symposium Proceedings, University of Iowa & Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), Fall 2018.

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HONORS AND AWARDS

 

• Graduate College Summer Research Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Summer 2015.

• Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) Walton Presentation Award, Philadephia, PA, November 2012.

• First Place Thesis Award, Fourth Postgraduate Symposium on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Beijing, PRC, May 2011.

• Third Place Thesis Award, First Postgraduate Symposium on Language Testing and Acquisition, Beijing, PRC, October 2008. 

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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

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• Chinese Language Teachers Association

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

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TRAINING

ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Assessment Workshop, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, June 2014.