Yuan is a lecturer with a master's degree. She works on linguistics and applied linguistics, and offers courses including All-media Reading, Chinese Character Advancement, Chinese Character Improvement, etc.
Papers: Interaction Hypothesis and Spoken Chinese Teaching as a Foreign Language, Volume, Vol. 10, 2012; Interaction Hypothesis and Teaching of Conjunctions in Chinese Discourse: For Native English Speakers, Shenzhou, Divine Land, December 2011; An Analysis of the Correct Use of Connectors in Native English Speakers' Chinese Discourse, Chinese Studies and International Communication, 2011; An Analysis of Errors in the Use of Connectors in Native English Speakers' Chinese Discourse, TCSOL Studies, Vol. 4, 2009; A Review of Error Analysis of International Students' Chinese Discourse, Essays on the International Promotion of Chinese, Vol. 3, 2009, etc.