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Prof. Dr. Lingqi Meng

  • Bachelor's degree (Political Science and German Studies) at Peking University
  • Master's and doctoral studies (political science, sociology, sinology) at the LMU Munich
  • Managing Director/Head of the Language Department of the Confucius Institute Munich (2009-2017)
  • Professor of Chinese at the International University SDI München (since 2017)
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Academic inspiration does not come exclusively from reading, but also a lot from thinking. I appreciate and love the moment of letting my thoughts run free on a sunny afternoon after reading a book, with a cup of tea in my hand.

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Prof. Dr. Lingqi Meng

Lingqi.Meng@sdi-muenchen.de

TitleProfessor of Chinese
role
outside the university
  • Member of the Chinese Language Association
  • Member of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching
NetworkLinkedIn
Research
  • Research on Chinese textbooks:
  • Creation of a Chinese textbook for German native speakers in co-operation with the Confucius Institute Munich (ongoing)
  • Visualisation in Chinese textbooks (ongoing)
  • Curricula and teaching concept

Current publications as part of the project:

(2023).《等级标准》与德语区本土汉语教材编写——反思与挑战 [New Chinese Proficiency Standards and the Development of Indigenous Chinese Language Teaching Materials in German-speaking Countries – Reflections and Challenges].

In: Chinese Proficiency Test UK Committee; Association of Chinese Teachers in the UK (Hrsg.): Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. Collected Papers from the Symposium on European by Country Comparisons and Localisation. London: Cypress Books, 111-120.

(2022).《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》与零起点汉语教材编写——德语区高校本土化汉语教材设计面临的挑战 [„Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education“and the design of textbooks for beginners. Challenges in the creation of Chinese textbooks for universities in German-speaking countries].

In: Chun – Chinesisch-Unterricht 37, 7-16. (Chun-Chinese-Lesson)

(2022). 汉语拼音在德语区高校主干课汉语教材中的使用及其适当性[The use and usefulness of Hanyu Pinyin in Chinese textbooks for sinology students at universities in German-speaking countries].

In: Wippermann, Dorothea u.a. (Hrsg.): Hanyu Pinyin in der Didaktik der chinesischen Sprache und Zeichenschrift. (Hanyu Pinyin in the didactics of the Chinese language and character writing.)   München (Munich): IUDICIUM Verlag (Publishing), 255-272.
research profileLinguistic communication, technical communication, corporate communication, complaint management, language standards, pre- and post-editing, employability