Research Interests for Yan Liu

Dr. Yan Liu's primary research interests include second language reading, biliteracy development, and teaching / learning Chinese as a second language / a foreign language / a heritage language

Current projects:

Reading instruction and assessment for college foreign language content courses

Areas of Interest:

Second Language Acquisition
Second Language Reading
Biliteracy Development
Heritage Language Acquisition
Foreign Language Instruction and Assessment
Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language or a Second Language

Recent Publications

1. Liu, Y; Ji, J; Wu, G; Liang, M-M, 针对华裔学生的美国大学中文教材, Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報). The journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA, vol. 58 no. 3 (December, 2023), pp. 237-261, John Benjamins Publishing Company [doi] [abs]
2. Liu, Y; Ji, J; Wu, G; Liang, M-M, 传承中文 Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners Stories about Us (April, 2023), pp. 257 pages, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781000860344 [abs]
3. Liu, Y, Boundary Crossing: Integrating Visual Arts into Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, in Crossing Boundaries in Researching, Understanding, and Improving Language Education: Essays in Honor of G. Richard Tucker., edited by Zhang, D; Miller, R (March, 2023), Springer, ISBN 978-3-031-24078-2 [abs]
4. Liu, Y, Cross-language and cross-disciplinary collaborations in a Mandarin CLAC course, in A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chinese and Japanese Language Teaching (February, 2023), pp. 159-175, Routledge [doi]
5. Reisinger, D; Valnes Quammen, S; Liu, Y; Virguez, E, Sustainability across the Curriculum: A Multilingual and Intercultural Approach, in Education for Sustainable Development in Foreign Language Learning: Content-Based Instruction in College-Level Curricula, edited by Fuente, MDL (November, 2021), Routledge [doi]