We are delighted to invite you to the 3rd Lecture of the FAH Macao Humanities Forum (2024/2025), scheduled for 15 January 2025. The forum provides a platform for world-renowned scholars from diverse humanities fields to share their research with the FAH community and other UM scholars. All members of the UM community are cordially invited to this splendid event.

In this upcoming forum, we are honored to have Professor Lening Liu as our guest speaker to deliver a lecture on “Pedagogical Grammar: Its Status and Formation in the International Education of Chinese.” Professor Liu is a Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University and co-director of The Certificate Program of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages. He holds a BA in Chinese Language and Literature and MA in History of Chinese Language from Shaanxi Normal University, and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Florida. Since 1995, he has been teaching at Columbia University, where he served as Director of Chinese Language Program and Director of Confucius Institute. His research interests include syntax, discourse grammar, and Chinese language pedagogy, among others. His publication record includes influential works such as “A Teacher’s Manual for the Instruction of Chinese: Methods and Techniques” and “A Course on Intercultural Communication.” He has also co-edited widely-adopted textbook series including “Approaching China: Elementary Chinese” and “Understanding China: Advanced Chinese.” He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of The International Society for Chinese Language, Editor-in-Chief of International Chinese Language Education, and as an editor for TCSOL Studies.

 Details of the forum are as follows:

Speaker: Professor Lening Liu

Topic: Pedagogical Grammar: Its Status and Formation in the International Education of Chinese

Date: 15 January 2025 (Wed)

Time: 16:00 – 17:30

Venue: E21A-G035 

Language: English (with onsite simultaneous interpretation into Mandarin)

*Light refreshments will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please register for the forum by 13 Jan 2025 (Mon) via https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ah5ixv3FTJaa9Xo