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Yi-Hsien Liu

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Chinese
Yi-Hsien Liu
Pronouns She / Her / Hers Email yihsienl@usc.edu Office THH 355 Office Phone (213) 740-3707

Research & Practice Areas

Chinese syntax; Second language acquisition; Language pedagogy

Education

  • Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Southern California, 2013

  • Research Specialties

    Chinese syntax; Second language acquisition; Language pedagogy

  • Conference Presentations

    • Communicative tech tools and their application in CFL classroom Keynote Lecture, Department of Teaching Chinese as a Second Languag, Invited, Spring 2022
    • Online curriculum design and implementation Keynote Lecture, Department of Teaching Chinese as a Second Languag, Invited, Spring 2021

    Other Presentations

    • Make the “boring” materials fun again: what task-based learning can do for us, Chinese Language Teachers Association Southern California Spring Workshop, , 2021-2022
    • Ungrading the Language Classroom, UCLA Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms conference, , 2021-2022
    • Entering a New Stage of Teaching Business Chinese, 2019 ACTFL Annual Conventions, , 2019-2020
    • Curriculum Standardization: A College-Level Chinese Language Program as an Example , International Conference of Chinese Languages Teaching and Research, , 2017-2018
    • Getting Down to Business , Beyond the Limited Scope: Chinese for Specific Purposes Conference, , 2017-2018

  • Book Chapters

    • Liu, Y., Hwang, H. (2022). V-gei v.s. Double Object Construction: the Mental Representation of the Mandarin V-gei Construction. New Explorations in Chinese Theoretical Syntax John Benjamins.
    • Language, Art, and Culture: Calligraphy II, East Asian Languages and Cultures, 2017-2018

  • Administative Appointment

    • Director of the Chinese Language Program, 08/2018 – 05/2024

    Conferences Organized

    • Chair, Chinese Language Teachers Association of Southern California (CLTA-SC) Spring Workshop , Spring 2021
    • Chair, CLTA-SC & USC joint workshop for Chinese language teaching professionals in Southern California, Spring 2018
    • The First Annual USC workshop on East Asian Language Education , Fall 2014

    Professional Memberships

    • California Teachers’ Association, 2022 –
    • Modern & Classical Language Association of Southern California (MCLASC), 2022 –
    • American Society of Shufa Calligraphy Education (ASSCE) member, 2019 –
    • Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) member, 2018 –
    • Chinese Language Teachers Association of Southern California (CLTA-SC) member, 2014 –
    • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2013 –
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