Events
Chinese Cultural Festival--FREE to the Public
A fun and educational event FREE to the public. Featured activities include
--Performances
--Hands-on activities
--Awards & raffles
Note: Entrance at the Arts Buildng Door 1 (on W Jackson Blvd.)
Free parking in school parking lots
Workshop: Bringing Culture Into Chinese Language Classrooms
As world language teachers, we all agree that gaining cultural skills is an important part of achieving competency in a world language.
Orientation: New CPS Chinese World Language Teachers in 2024-25 School Year
In the orientation, we are going to provide an overview of CPS Chinese World Language Program, introduce world language learning standards, professional development opportunities and CPS Chinese Curriculum Guide and Resources, and discuss classroom management tech
Workshop: Discussions on Interactive Learning Activities by Xujing Chen & Lin Tang from ECNU Institute of Global Chinese Language Teacher Education
As a follow-up of the lecture, How to Use Information Gaps to Improve Classroom Activity Design, in this workshop, the presenters are going to share and lead the discussion on interactive learning activities.
Workshop: How to Use Information Gaps to Improve Classroom Activity Design by Dr. Hong LIU (刘弘) from ECNU Institute of Global Chinese Language Teacher Education
With the deepening of research on task-based teaching methods, the academic community has gained many new understandings of “effective” tasks.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP Empowering Cultural Learning: A Student-Centered Approach through IMAGE Model by Ying Jin
For world language education, language and culture are two inseparable entities. This workshop will introduce the IMAGE model for cultural learning and demonstrate its effectiveness in daily classroom teaching practice.
VIRTUAL LECTURE Supporting Learner Progression Towards Independence by Matt Coss
It is language teachers’ task to help learners become independent users of the target language. In this session, we will focus on two key elements of this important work: scaffolding and differentiation.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP Chinese Character Teaching Skills 汉字教学技巧 By Liwei Cui & Jingjing Wang Laoshi from ECNU Institute of Global Chinese Language Teacher Education
As a follow-up of the lecture, Strategies and Methods of Teaching Chinese Characters, in this workshop, presenters and participants are going to share their Chinese character teaching experiences, and discuss and learn from each other’s most effective ways to teach Chinese ch
VIRTUAL LECTURE Strategies and Methods of Teaching Chinese Characters 汉字教学的策略与方法 By Prof. Zhengyu Shi from ECNU Institute of Global Chinese Language Teacher Education
汉字教学既是汉语教学中一个绕不开的话题,也是一个老生常谈的问题。汉字教学还是一个始终存在着误解的问题,不少教师甚至认为教一个汉字就是讲一个汉字故事。新近颁布的《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》中的字表有三千汉字,难道我们要准备三千个汉字故事吗?因此,在汉语作为第二语言教学中,汉字教学的地位有点儿尴尬。此次讲座想就以下几个问题展开:一是汉字教学的症结何在?二是汉字作为第二语言教学基本元素的性质是什么?三是如何立足汉字的构字理据展开汉字教学?四是如何构建汉字模块?期待与各位同道的交流与分享。