Feng Liang

Liang laoshi has taught Chinese for more than six years. He also specializes in Cantonese teaching and learning. He believes that students learn the language best when they actively use what they have learned, through communication in culturally appropriate ways. Therefore, the language learners in his classes are provided with plenty of opportunities to practice and apply what they have learned in everyday situations. He completed his Ph.D. in second language studies at the University of Cincinnati, with a graduate certificate in Asian Studies.

B.A in Management: Hunan University CHINA, 2012 (Public Administration)

M.S.Ed. in Educational Linguistics: University of Pennsylvania USA, 2014 (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) )

Ph.D. in Educational Studies: University of Cincinnati USA, 2020 (Second language studies)

Overseas Chinese heritage language maintenance; Teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign language; Cantonese development

Peer Reviewed Publications

Liang, F (2011. ) An analysis of the positive role of media from the process of administration decision-making .Journal of Zunyi Normal College, , 13 (5 ) ,33-36

Liang, F (2018. ) Parental perceptions toward and practices of heritage language maintenance: Focusing on the United States and Canada .International Journal of Language Studies, , 12 (2 ) ,65-86

Liang, F., & Shin, D. (2018. ) Uniformity or diversity: Chinese netizens' reactions to language policy through the lenses of critical discourse analysis and systemic functional linguistics.Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, , More Information

Liang, F. (2019. ) Adopting mixed methods for research topics in teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language .Researching and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, , 2 (2 ) ,109-122

Member American Educational Research Association (AERA),

Member American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL),

Member Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York (CLTA-GNY),

Member American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL),

-CHIN-1001 BASIC CHINESE 1 Level:Undergraduate

-CHIN-1002 BASIC CHINESE 2 Level:Undergraduate

BASIC CANTONESE 1 Level:Both

BASIC CANTONESE 2 Level:Both

-AIST-2081 INTRO CHINESE CULT Level:Undergraduate