Tianran Savaiinaea

Overview

Tianran Liu is an experienced international traveler, a dedicated educator of Chinese language and culture, and an executor of student-centered, performance-based, interactional teaching pedagogy. Before UNC Charlotte, she has also had the experience of teaching the Chinese program at Hampden-Sydney College and the Intensive Chinese Summer Program at University of Virginia.

Educational Background

  • M.A. in Linguistics – University of Virginia
  • B.A.  in Teaching Chinese as A Foreign Language – Nanjing University, China
  •         International Studies and Education – Kyushu University, Japan

Teaching Areas

  • Chinese language at all levels;
  • Traditional and Modern Chinese culture

Select Courses

  • CHNS 2201: Intermediate Chinese I
  • CHNS 2202: Intermediate Chinese II
  • CHNS 3201: Chinese Grammar and Conversation I
  • CHNS 3202: Chinese Grammar and Conversation II
  • CHNS 3050: Introduction to Chinese Civilization
  • CHNS 3050: Learning Chinese Culture through Movies
  •  LBST 2102: Global Connections