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CLTNet Newsletter October 2017
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CLTNet Workshop at Penn State
CALPER held its 3rd annual workshop for teachers of Chinese in June. The workshop is part of the activities of the CLTNetwork. This year, we invited Professor
Jie Zhang to lead us through presentations and discussions on Chinese Program and Curriculum Design. Participants in the two-day event included educators from Slippery Rock University, Kutztown University, the State College Area School District, the University of Alabama, Penn State, and Southern Lehigh School District. Currently, we are working on our 2018 workshop series, which we will announce soon.
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The Chinese Language Program and the
Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania conducted a two-week professional development program for Chinese in-service teachers in the summer. The title of the Penn Chinese Teacher Advancement Program was "One Belt, One Road." The two-week program was held for in-service teachers interested in expanding global content in their Chinese language curricula, incorporating China's involvement in Eurasia, and training with multimedia tools to access and use online realia from China in classrooms.
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Liberal Arts Fall Festival at Cal U
The 2017 Liberal Arts Fall Festival of
California University of Pennsylvania, which was held October 5, included a Chinese Writing and Culture workshop. This year's festival had the theme "Art and Culture Around the World."
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CLTNet Resource Hub - Program Directory
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Grammar in Context - online
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Grammar in Context are online materials for high-intermediate, low-advanced and advanced learners of Mandarin Chinese.
Grammar in Context includes Learn-Practice, Self-check and Vocabulary Support for 16 commonly used particles in Mandarin Chinese. The units can be used in blended learning environments, for self-study, and traditional classroom settings.
They were developed by CALPER Project Coordinator
Professor Xuehua Xiang (University of Illinois-Chicago).
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CALPER will be showing materials and resources we developed at this year's
annual ACTFL Convention, which will be held on November 17-19, 2017 in Nashville. If you are traveling to Nashville, visit us and our sister LRCs in the exhibition hall at booth #1333.
The
Chinese Language Teachers Association of Western Pennsylvania (CLTA-WPA) will hold its 2017 Autumn Symposium on October 15 at Carnegie Mellon University. The agenda can be viewed at
http://www.clta-wpa.org/
Our regional language organization, the
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL), will hold its annual conference on February 8-10, 2018 in New York City.
CALPER will be presenting and also exhibiting our materials and resources in the exhibit hall. More information on the NECTFL conference can be found at
http://www.nectfl.org/
Have you considered sharing your pedagogical work with other teachers in Pennsylvania? Next year,
PSMLA will hold its annual conference in Pittsburgh on October 12-13, 2018. It is not too early to think about submitting a proposal. The deadline will be posted on the
Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association website.
The 2018 annual conference of the
Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA) will be held April 6-8, 2018 in Washington, D.C. You will find more information
here. Proposals are accepted until November 1, 2017.
The
2018 National Chinese Language Conference will be held May 17-19, 2018 in Salt Lake City, UT. Proposals are accepted until October 23, 2017. Follow news at
NCLC 2018 on the Asia Society website.
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What's New on the Bookshelf?
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Routledge published a new book on learning vocabulary for beginning and intermediate students. The author is Dr. Wen-Hua Teng (University of Texas at Austin).
Key features of
"Essential Chinese Vocabulary" are:
- In-depth explanations of commonly used words and phrases contextualized with a range of authentic examples providing learners with a comprehensive understanding of the vocabulary-use and allowing them to express themselves accurately and appropriately.
- Bridges the gap between grammar and vocabulary by presenting frequently neglected rules that govern the use of words and phrases.
- Clear and systematic comparisons between the uses of ostensibly similar words, highlighting the nuances.
- Examples in simplified Chinese characters, pinyin and English
- Identifies common mistakes made by learners and ways to avoid them
- Extensive cross-references.
You can find out more information about the book by going to the
Routledge site.
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The 2017 issue of
Studies in Chinese Learning and Teaching (supported by Carnegie Mellon University) is available. The journal publishes pedagogical reports and research papers in the field of Chinese learning and teaching and appears once a year.
Take a look at the articles and reports in the 2017 issue.
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CLTNet of PA is an initiative spearheaded by the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at the Pennsylvania State University. The goal of the initiative is to support teachers of Chinese by establishing a network of educators in our state and by functioning as a hub for quality resources. Team members are: Sue Calvin (Berks IU), Deborah Roney (Juniata College) and Michelle Saylor (Bellefonte SD).
CLTNet Newsletter: Four times a year - October, February, April, June - we will publish a newsletter that informs you about professional events for teachers, PA news related to Chinese language, and teaching and learning resources. We are using a mail service to reach you. To make sure that our quarterly CLTNet Newsletter arrives in your inbox, please add us to your address book or contact list.
CALPER and CLTNet of PA are projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education and are in no way affiliated with any commercial business. As one of the national Language Resource Centers, CALPER has supported language teachers and language education in the United States since 2002.
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