Dr. Miao Li

PhD

Positions

Associate Professor Teaching, French and Francophone Studies

Faculty of Arts, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures

Division Chair, French and Francophone Studies

Faculty of Arts, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures: French and Francophone Studies

Undergraduate Advisor, French and Francophone Studies

Faculty of Arts, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures: French and Francophone Studies

Contact information

miao.li@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: 403.220.2058

Location

Office: Craigie HallC316

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Preferred method of communication

Office Hours (September 2, 2025 – December 5, 2025)

Monday: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Thursday: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Or by appointment

For placement and undergraduate advising inquiries, please email frenupa@ucalgary.ca.

Background

Educational Background

B.A. , Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2004

M.A. , Queen's University, 2006

Ph.D , Queen's University, 2013

Research

Areas of Research

18th Century French Literature, Language Pedagogy, Study of Musical Translations

Courses

Course number	Course title	Semester
FREN 209 LEC 01	Beginners' French I	Fall 2025
FREN 209 LEC 02	Beginners' French I	Fall 2025
FREN 412 LEC 01	Thématiques littéraires et culturelles - Le 18e siècle en mouvement	Fall 2025

Projects

Effects of Repetition and Recall on Written Accuracy and Oral Proficiency in French language learning

This project proposes using recall and repetition, corroborated by neuroscientific research to be an effective intervention in L2 learning, to advance students' oral and written French proficiencies. By implementing text and audio learning materials targeted to common challenges in the intermediate French student group, we aim to develop their overall language competencies.

Research Team: Dr. Miao Li (PI), Dr. Shweta Soni (Co-PI), Sarah Joseph, Xavier Ahodetor

Awards

Teaching Award – Emerging Teacher, University of Calgary Faculty of Arts. 2022
Teaching and Learning Grants, University of Calgary Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. 2024

Publications

Journal articles

Entre fidélité et adaptation : la traduction en chinois de la chanson ‘Penser l’impossible’ dans Mozart, l’opéra rock. Miao Li. Convergence francophone 8(2). 52-69. (2024)
Figuration, représentation et pérégrinations des Jésuites en Chine et aux Indes orientales aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Miao Li, Devika Vijayan. Rubriques. (2024)
Making Teaching Communal: Peer Mentoring through Teaching Squares. Rachel Friedmand, Angela George, Miao Li & Devika Vijayan. Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching. 67-74. (2022)
Dialogisme dans les Lettres chinoises (1739-1740) du marquis d’Argens. Miao Li. Convergences francophones. 20-28. (2020)

Books and book chapters

An Outsider’s Perspective’: China and India in the Travels of Marco Polo. Miao Li; Devika Vijayan. Exchanges and Parallels between Italy and East Asia. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 7-24. (2019)
Incorporating D2L and Google Docs in language teaching and learning. Miao Li. Research-publishing.net. 73-81. (2019)
La Francophonie en Action : Méthode de français (B1). Caroline Lebrec, Frenand Léger, Miao Li. (2024)
Student-centred learning and formative assessment: a possible answer to online language and literature teaching and learning. Miao Li. Innovative language teaching and learning at university: facilitating transition from and to higher education. 93-102. (2022)
"Between Fidelity and Adaptation: Translating the Lyrics to Next to Normal, a Broadway Musical." Between Words and Sounds: Cultural Misunderstanding in Literary and Song Translation. Miao Li. Edited by Meghann Cassidy and Stephanie Schwerter. Ibidem Press. 19-36. (2025)