Print publications：

Lin, Z., & Huang, H. Y. (2021). Google Tour Creator 在美国大学生海外汉语网络课程中的应用 [The application of Google Tour Creator in overseas virtual Mandarin language course for American college students]. In L. H. Cheung & K. H. Tse (Eds.), 國際漢語教材設計與遠程電子教學 [Design of International Chinese Language Teaching Materials and Distance E-Teaching] (pp. 330–355). Academic & Professional Book Centre.

Lin, Z. (2020, June). 沉浸式教學思考：互鑒共享，取長補短 [Reflections on immersion language teaching: Learning from each other to address deficiencies]. 華文世界 [The World of Chinese Language], 125, 122–128. 

International Conference Presentations：

Lin, Z., & & Huang, H. Y. (2020, July 11). The application of Google Tour Creator in an overseas virtual Mandarin language course for American college students. International Forum of Textbook Development and Virtual Conference on Teaching Chinese as an International Language, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong.

Lin, Z. (2014, December 30). A comparative study of Chinese and Uyghur: Teaching Chinese noun classifiers. The 4th Symposium on Chinese Language Education, Ideology and Culture, National Pingtung University, Pingtung, Taiwan.

Guest Speaker: 

Lin, Z. (2024, September 18; 2025, September 19). Supporting graduate students beyond the classroom: Live in Saskatoon, love the Living Skies (Invited guest lecture for EADM 990: Seminar for international graduate student cohort). Department of Educational Administration, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Lin, Z. (2019, October 4). My experience and practice of teaching Chinese in the United States (Invited guest speaker for CHI6497P: Pedagogy on international Chinese: Listening and speaking). Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as an International Language (MATCIL) Programme, Faculty of Humanities, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong.

Before joining USask, Richard Zifang Lin worked in different parts of the world with Chinese L2 learners at both the post-secondary and K–12 levels, and supported university-level international students for more than a decade. His teaching experience at universities and high schools in the United States, along with long-term involvement in overseas intensive and immersive language programs, enables him not only to quickly identify students’ learning challenges but also to make language learning both efficient and engaging. He also brings experience in curriculum design, student coaching, and teacher training and mentoring. He is qualified to teach Chinese language courses across all proficiency levels, from introductory to advanced.

B.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

M.A. in Teaching Chinese as an International Language, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

M.A. in Teaching of Chinese (College Level), Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA

M.Ed. in Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada