Jiang Liping is an Associate Professor of the College of Advanced Chinese Training of Beijing Language and Culture University as well as a graduate student supervisor. She has rich experience in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL). She taught at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies from 2000-2002 and was appointed by the Office of Chinese Language Council International and Beijing Language and Culture University to give lectures to universities in US, Thailand, Beijing, Hong Kong, Yunnan and Xinjiang. She has chiefly edited or co-edited many books and textbooks on TCFL, including A Course of Classroom Language for Chinese Teachers, Experiencing Chinese: Elementary, Experiencing Chinese: Elementary(Teacher's Book), Step by Step—A Course in Chinese Reading Comprehension, Chinese for Beginners Intensive Reading. She also published more than 10 papers on periodicals of Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies and Chinese Language Learning. In addition, she was in charge of a univ