Yanrong Qi

Language Coordinator, Senior Lecturer, Chinese

yqi@ou.edu
Kaufman Hall 212

Dr. Yanrong Qi is a lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. She received her Ph.D. degree in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum from the University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include second language acquisition and Chinese language pedagogy. She has published a textbook and research articles in those fields. Prior to OU, she taught Chinese at Harvard University, where she won the Harvard Excellence in Teaching Award, and at the University of Maryland. She also taught at Middlebury's Summer Intensive Language Program. Dr. Qi has been teaching beginning, intermediate, and advanced level Chinese language courses at OU since 2005. She serves as the Chinese Program Language Coordinator, Chinese Major & Minor Advisor Liaison, and Chinese Language Club Faculty Advisor. She has developed and revised the Chinese courses for multiple levels and trained all graduate teaching assistants for the OU Chinese Program. She won the University Distinguished Teaching Award at OU in 2021.

Selected Publications

Yanrong Qi and Ji Shi, co-eds., Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Abridge Chinese Classic Series, Sinolingua Co. 2019, Ltd. ISBN: 978-5138-1608-3.
Yanrong Qi, “Task-based Teaching on Chinese Descriptive Complements,” in Proceeding of the 11th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy, Bashu Shushe Publisher, 2013, 279-295
Yanrong Qi, “Cues System in Chinese Text and Its Implication and Application in Chinese as a Foreign Language Reading Teaching” in Research on Concepts and Practice of Developing Chinese Language Teaching Materials, Zhejiang University Press, June 2012, 228-231.
Yanrong Qi, Jiening Ruan and Hongtao Liu, “Examining Chinese Literature Text Selections in U.S. Secondary School World Literature Textbooks and Instruction Practices”, in Chinese Edition of World Literature Today, China Social Science Press, December 2010, 114-125.
Yanrong Qi, “Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing in Web-based Chinese Teaching” in Chinese as a Foreign Language Teaching Practice and Reflections, Foreign language Teaching and Research Press, July 2010, 426-430.

Education

Ph.D. in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum. University of Oklahoma. 2016
M.A. in Modern Chinese: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. Nanjing University. 1994
B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature. Nanjing University. 1989