A Teacher’s Manual for the Instruction of Chinese: Methods and Techniques focuses on introducing the principles, techniques and methods of Chinese language teaching, including basic principles and common knowledge like how to teach a big, small or dialogue class and how to prepare lessons, essential instructional methods and techniques such as drills and questions, and cutting-edge topics in Chinese language teaching such as style teaching, Chinese characters teaching and reading-aloud practice. 

Feng Shengli, CUHK professor, BLCU Changjiang scholar, a tenure-track professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures of the University of Kansas, worked as a professor and dean of the Chinese division in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations of Harvard University, dean of Harvard Beijing Academy, and a chair professor in BLCU, and held positions such as member of International Association of Chinese Linguistics, subeditor of  Language and Linguistics, and proposal reviewer of the National Science Foundation of the United States. Dr. Feng is now an editorial member of nearly ten Chinese and foreign journals on linguistics and language teaching and a reviewer of Chinese and foreign linguistic journals and publishers.

Liu Lening is a professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures of Columbia University and dean of the Chinese Faculty, whose major research interests are syntax, textual grammar, and Chinese teaching methodology.

Zhu Yongping, a tenure-track associate professor of University of Notre Dame, is now the dean of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures after fulfilling his position as the dean of the Chinese Faculty. Dr. Zhu’s major research interests include the history of Chinese language and the methods of second language acquisition and teaching.

Yan Ling is a senior lecturer in the Chinese Faculty of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures of Columbia University who has more than thirty years’ experience in language teaching and research and has been teaching Chinese in the United States for twenty years. Dr. Yan’s research interests include syntax, prosodic syntax, stylistic grammar, and Chinese teaching methodology.