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K-12 State-Adopted Chinese Language Curriculum for Chinese Teachers and Schools in Tennessee

I have been hearing wonderful news recently about Chinese language programs jump-starting in Tennessee. Did you know that K-12 Better Chinese materials and online programs are state-adopted in Tennessee?

What does it mean to be state-adopted? Last year, Better Chinese participated in a review process that examined whether our curriculum aptly correlates with Tennessee state standards for foreign language learning. Better Chinese sent our materials to the state’s various school district members and also to a specifically-selected panel of Tennessee teachers and administrators for review. Better Chinese representatives also traveled to Tennessee for Q&A sessions hosted by the ...

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  • Jan 2010
  • 20

Chinese Teacher Training at StarTalk 2010 Houston on January 23rd

Hi All,

For those of you who lived close to Houston area, there is a StarTalk seminar aimed at implementing Student-Centered language classes.

You can look up: www.txstartalk.org/tab_events.htm

I will also include the email information here for your reference, but I would encourage you to look at the website for the most updated information.  Enjoy!  Source: CLTA-TX email.

星談計畫舉辦華語文師資培訓課程

自911之後, 美國了解它們需要加強對少數外語的教學, 包括 中文, 俄語, 和印度語等. 布希政府開始撥款提倡少數外語的教學.

自2007年開始, 星談計劃,是由美國教育部、國防部、外交部、與中情局四個單位公共撥款,整個計劃是由馬里蘭州大學國家外語中心負責執行. 其目的是推展華語文師資培訓及利用每年暑期培育學生學習華語文的興趣。華語文師資培訓主要是培育中文為母語的人,並有興趣從事中文教育的有心人士,能有機會觀摩其他老師的教學情形並了解正規教育系統,期以藉機能再次提升自己的教學技巧,讓中文課變的更活潑更有趣,讓學生的學習意願更加提高。2009年已經進入第三年了。

過去兩年休士頓萊斯大學葉萌博士領導的德州星談計劃與德州中文教師學會合作提供休士頓和達拉斯地區師資培訓的課程. 德州星談計劃華語文師資培訓於過去兩年總共培訓了七十三位中文教師,培訓課程包含美國外語教學標準,教案設計,語音校正,語法學,多樣化學習評量,課程設計,口語能力測試及MOODLE應用等等。目前已有十多人進入美國正規教育體系服務。

德州星談計劃正積極籌劃兩個新的師資培訓的課程 1) 2010年一月23日的一日培訓課程 2) 2010 年三月開始為期八個周末的培訓課程。

2010年一月德州星談計劃華語文師資培訓詳情如下:

一、培訓課程內容﹕

主題:以學生為學習中心的互動合作式的語言教室

互動合作學習(Cooperative learning) 主要是將班上學生分配成幾個小組,組內成員之間的分工合作,互相支援,進行學習;並利用小組間的比賽,製造團隊比賽的氣氛,以增進學習的成效。一方面使的語言學習變的更為有趣,一分面加深學習者的記憶。互動合作學習的目的在使語言學習成為全班共同合作的活動,學生成為語言教室的主角,老師是學習成果的促進者。

二、講員介紹﹕

德州華語文師資培訓所設計的師資培訓課程,涵蓋教學理論基礎與教學實務示範,本次我們邀請休斯頓萊斯大學東亞研究中文項目的葉萌博士及李秀真,季方,和龐嘉瑶三位老師,一起來實際示範及演練以學生為學習中心的語言教室(Student Centered Language Class)。

三、教師培訓報名簡章

1. 地點: 休士頓華僑文教服務中心

Culture Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston

2. 地址﹕10303 Westoffice Drive, Houston, TX 77042 ...

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  • Jan 2010
  • 15

Better Chinese exhibits at CCFLT 2010 (Colorado Conference of Foreign Language Teachers)

Happy New Year!

This year, Better Chinese will exhibit at CCFLT in February.  This will be our third year attending the conference.  We are excited to see old friends and meet new ones at the conference.

We will have our K-12 curricular materials there to share with teachers and administrators.  I hope the educators will have a chance to flip through our new teacher’s guides for My First Chinese Words (Lower Elementary), My First Chinese Reader (Elementary), Discovering Chinese (Beginner Secondary), and Magical Tour of China (Intermediate Secondary).  I also hope that everyone will have a chance to try our new ...

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  • Dec 2009
  • 11

Mandarin Teaching Credential Program for Aspiring Teachers

At Better Chinese, several of us received our master’s degrees from Stanford University’s School of Education (SUSE) and have benefited greatly from our academic experience there. Thus, I was especially delighted when I discovered that Stanford University announced they are offering a Mandarin teaching credential through the Stanford Teaching Education Program (STEP) beginning in June 2010.

I’m glad to see the launch of this teaching credential program at Stanford. It shows that the demand for Chinese teachers is needed to keep up with the growing number of classrooms filled with students wishing to learn the language!

For readers who are aspiring to ...

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  • Dec 2009
  • 11

Online Learning System to Supplement Chinese Classrooms

Chinese Language Teaching (Is CLT a commonly used term now?  Much like ELT?) has been through a lot of changes, fueled by better understanding the needs of the students and teachers.  We begin to see that publishers and program developers start to develop materials in the market space they want to serve.

However, the value of a successful program or framework is not to do whatever the market demands.  The real value is the developer’s ability to analyze & digest the market requirements to come up with a novel and holistic solutions for the learners and educators.

Recently, I’ve joined the craze, ...

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  • Nov 2009
  • 24

Engaging Students in Fun Chinese Language-Learning

I was forwarded an interesting article about the changing approach to teaching Chinese in Singapore: http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20091123-181674.html.

The Singapore Ministry of Education is trying to push for more creative and tech-savvy approaches to teaching Chinese to make the language more interesting and appealing to students. Use of blogs, pop music, and interactive websites to learn Chinese aim to replace the practices of rote-memorization and daily listening quizzes in the classroom, which dilute student interest in the subject. The ministry states that this new language-learning method has been quite positive among Singapore’s students.

Here at Better Chinese, making Chinese learning fun and engaging is ...

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  • Nov 2009
  • 23

Implementing Interactive Chinese Programs with Online Lessons and Homework

ACTFL this past weekend was great!  I learned a lot about the challenges teachers are facing today, especially the ones who have been teaching for more than 2 years with students who have been with their Chinese program successfully.

I also had fun presenting our topic “Implementing Interactive Chinese Programs with Online Lessons and Homework” to roomful of teachers!  For those who didn’t have a chance to come in to the room, I will share my presentation shortly on K12Mandarin.

Better Chinese at ACTFL 2009 - Online Learning System

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  • Nov 2009
  • 19

State Adopted Pre K-12 Chinese Curriulum Publisher at ACTFL 2009

We are so excited to be going to San Diego for this year’s ACTFL!  November has been a crazy month (or in Chinese, they say… 疯狂的一月).  After visiting Frankfurt, attending EARCOS in Manila, dropping by Hong Kong and Taiwan, we are off to ACTFL in San Diego.

Well, this is a pretty minor flight, coming from Palo Alto.  I am personally excited to see many friends and peers that I haven’t seen for a while.  As a team, we have a pretty full line up to share with educators our progress since last year.

We are so happy to announced that Better ...

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  • Nov 2009
  • 12

International School Conference in Manila 2009

This year’s international school conference is held in Manila from Nov 1st to Nov 3rd.  I had the privilege of attending the conference and had many great conversations with headmasters and administrators around the Asia Pacific region.

Mandarin education is becoming an important part of the international school curriculum. For existing programs, the schools want to make sure that they are addressing the changes in education today. They want to want make that they can provide something that will have continuity and are thinking about how to better address the different needs of heritage students vs. students who have no prior Chinese ...

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  • Oct 2009
  • 23

Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 (Frankfurter Buchmesse)

WOW.  What a phenomenal week in Frankfurt?!  It was my first time to the Frankfurt book fair, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  I was there from Oct 14 to Oct 18 and was fortunate enough to meet many publishers from all over the world.

In the US, after our curricular series got adopted by 7 different states, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, and Utah, we thought it will be great to see what’s the CFL market like in Europe and other parts of the world.  Being adopted by these states not only confirmed the quality and appropriateness of our ...

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