劉月華

畢業于北京大學中文系。原為北京語言學院教授，1989年赴美，先后在衛斯理學院、麻省理工學院、哈佛大學教授中文。主要從事現代漢語語法，特別是對外漢語教學語法研究。近年編寫了多部對外漢語教材。主要著作有《實用現代漢語語法》（合作）、《趨向補語通釋》《漢語語法論集》等，對外漢語教材有《中文聽說讀寫》（主編）、《走進中國百姓生活——中高級漢語視聽說教程》（合作）等。

儲誠志

夏威夷大學博士，美國中文教師學會前任會長，加州大學戴維斯分校中文部主任，語言學系博士生導師。兼任多所大學的客座教授或特聘教授，多家學術期刊編委。曾在北京語言大學和斯坦福大學任教多年。

謝勤

長期任職于大型國企計算機信息管理部門，高級工程師。愛好語言學及文學，業余從事文學創作，經常在報刊發表散文、隨筆及雜記等。

Yuehua Liu

A graduate of the Chinese Department of Peking University, Yuehua Liu was Professor in Chinese at the Beijing Language and Culture University. In 1989, she continued her professional career in the United States and had taught Chinese at Wellesley College, MIT,and Harvard University for many years. Her research concentrated on modern Chinese grammar, especially grammar for teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Her major publications include Practical Modern Chinese Grammar (co-author), Comprehensive Studies of Chinese Directional Complements,and Writings on Chinese Grammar as well as the Chinese textbook series Integrated Chinese (chief editor) and the audio-video textbook set Learning Advanced Colloquial Chinese from TV (co-author).

Chengzhi Chu

Chu is associate professor and coordinator of the Chinese Language Program at the University of California, Davis, where he also serves on the Graduate Faculty of Linguistics. He is the former president of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA,and guest professor or honorable professor of several other universities. Chu received his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii. He had taught at the Beijing Language and Culture University and Stanford University for many years before joining UC Davis.

Qin Xie

Qin Xie is a senior engineer of computer information management of a large enterprise in China and a diligent part-time essayist. She has frequently produced creative writings for newspapers and magazines.