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Profile: Qian Kan

Qian Kan

Biography

Dr Kan is Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Head of Chinese at The Open University. Dr Kan moved to the UK from China in 1988. She gained a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Lancaster before translating and broadcasting for the BBC World Service and teaching Chinese at the University of Lancaster and the University of Cambridge. She joined The Open University in 2009 to lead the development of Beginner’s Chinese course. She is now leading the development of short courses in Chinese language and culture. Dr Kan has also written many Chinese learning resources, including Colloquial Chinese, now in its 3rd ed., for Routledge.