Educational Background

2019, University of Lisbon, Ph.D. in Cultural Studies

Work Experience

2023-present, Language Centre, Tsinghua University, Associate Professor

2019-2023, Language Centre, Tsinghua University, Lecturer

2017-2019, Department of Portuguese Language, School of Foreign Languages, University of International Business and Economics, Lecturer

2013-2017, Department of Portuguese Language, School of Foreign Languages, University of International Business and Economics, Assistant Lecturer

Courses

Portuguese (Second Foreign Language) I;

Portuguese (Second Foreign Language) II

Research Interests

Intercultural Foreign Language Teaching;

Portuguese-Chinese Intercultural Studies

Awards and Honors

2024, Outstanding Individual, Language Centre, Tsinghua University;

2023, Portuguese (Second Foreign Language) I awarded as an Excellent Course, Tsinghua University;

2023, Teaching Excellence Award, Language Centre, Tsinghua University;

2023, Second Prize for Excellent Teaching Research Paper, Language Centre, Tsinghua University;

2022, Teaching Excellence Award, Language Centre, Tsinghua University.

Achievements

Textbooks and Teaching Materials:

1. Yiran Liao, Practical Textbook of Portuguese Phonetics, Beijing: Commercial Press, 2023.

2. Yiran Liao, Dictionary of Portuguese Verb Conjugation, Beijing: Commercial Press, 2016.

Monograph:

1. Yiran Liao, Provérbios chineses e portugueses sobre animais: uma abordagem semântico-cultural. Edições Colibri, 2023.

Representative papers:

1. Yiran Liao, “Desenvolvimento e Prática do Modelo de Ensino Intercultural no Curso Elementar de Português como Língua Estrangeira para o Estudante Universitário”. Orientes do Português. 2023, 4, pp.143-161.

2. Yiran Liao, “Development of Intercultural Foreign Language Talents Training Pattern: The Perspective of Internationalization at Home”, Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023, 46 (4), pp.30-35.

Education reform project:

1. 2022 Undergraduate Education Reform Project of Tsinghua University, "Elaboration of a Textbook Based on Intercultural Teaching Theory for Portuguese as a Second Foreign Language Course".

2. 2021 Undergraduate Education Reform Project of Tsinghua University, "Exploration and Practice of a Portuguese as a Second Foreign Language Course Aimed at Cultivating Intercultural Communication Skills".

Contact Information (Email)

ligialiao@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn