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