Summary
Lin Li Hall, born and raised in Tianjin, China, received her M.A. from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her fields of interest are second language acquisition, Chinese pedagogy, as well as intercultural communication. She teaches first-year, second-year and third-year Chinese language and culture courses at the University. She is also the academic advisor of the Chinese program. She received the College of Liberal Arts Senior Scholar Mentor Award in 2019 and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by Non-tenure-track Faculty in 2020.
In addition, Lin Li has received federal grants ("STARTALK") from the National Security Agency and National Foreign Language Center. She served as the Instructional Lead (2017–2019) and later as the Program Director and Principal Investigator (2022–2024). She collaborated with local school district teachers to offer free Chinese summer and year-long programs—both in-person and online—to middle and high school students in Nevada.
Courses taught
- CHI 111: First Year Chinese I
- CHI 112: First Year Chinese II
- CHI 211: Second Year Chinese I
- CHI212: Second Year Chinese II
- CHI 221: China and Its Culture
- CHI 224: Culture Through Chinese Calligraphy
- CHI 305: Third Year Chinese I
- CHI 306: Third Year Chinese II
- CHI 309: Chinese Conversation
- CHI 310: Chinese in Intercultural Communication
- CHI 495: Independent Study in Chinese
- ENG 112A: English as a Second Language: Listening and Speaking
Education
- M.A., TESOL, University of Nevada, Reno, 2007
- B.A., Nankai University, Tianjin, China