Events

Orientation: New CPS Chinese World Language Teachers in 2024-25 School Year

Thursday, August 22, 2024 - 1:00pm to Friday, August 30, 2024 - 3:00pm
Walter Payton College Prep High School
1034 North Wells Street Room 106
Chicago, IL

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

Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Virtual

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.

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP Empowering Cultural Learning: A Student-Centered Approach through IMAGE Model by Ying Jin

Saturday, February 17, 2024 - 10:00am to 11:30am
Virtual

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 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

Saturday, December 16, 2023 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Virtual

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

Saturday, December 2, 2023 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Virtual

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。

Workshop: Copycat - How to Improve Writing through Appropriation“照猫画虎”还是“照虎画猫”介绍一个通过模仿范文提高写作水平的好方法 by Pro Li Chengdu

Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Walter Payton College Prep High School
1034 N. Wells St. Room 106
Chicago, IL
Imitating the framework of famous articles, students write their own compositions, which is an effective strategy in Chinese teaching in middle and upper grades. This workshop will provide and analyze three student work examples, recommend some model essays that are suitable for students to imitate and discuss how to help students revise their compositions. 2CPDUs CPS teachers please register at CPS Learning Hub. Course Code: 65033; Activity Code: 120157 Non-CPS teachers please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuP124XCz0jCTlWnY30SWUveBGDb5j85axDVGvfiFbPwCrMA/viewform by September 17, 2023. Please read the following requirements: 1. Please inform us at least 1 day in advance if you are not able to attend the PD you registered. 2. Please be on time. Thank you very much in advance for your cooperation

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