Yike Li

Educational Background

MA: Chinese Philology, Beijing Language and Culture University
BA: English, Beijing Language and Culture University

Classes Taught

Chinese GU4013 BUSINESS CHINESE
Chinese UN1115 ACCELERATED FIRST YEAR CHINESE (W)
Chinese UN1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I
Chinese UN1102 FIRST YEAR CHINESE II
Chinese UN2201 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N I
Chinese UN2202 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N II

Research Interests

Pedagogical Grammar
Chinese Phonetics
Development of Audio-Visual Materials

Yike Li was appointed as a Chinese Language Lecturer in the fall of 2020. Prior to joining Columbia University, he taught at Princeton University and Harvard University for six years. He has teaching experiences at different summer language programs, such as Princeton in Beijing and Harvard Beijing Academy. He was awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching and was recognized for excellence in teaching for six consecutive semesters at Harvard. He received funding from the Princeton Center for Language Study and the Department of East Asian Studies of Princeton University to make thirty 1- to 3-minute videos for use as supplementary materials for FIRST STEP – An Elementary Reader for Modern Chinese (Chih-p’ing Chou, Jing Wang and Jun Lei 2014). This effort involved scriptwriting, directing, recording, editing and producing.

Publications

Development of Audio-Visual Materials for First-Year CSL Classes, publication pending