| The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is currently seeking speakers of Mandarin Chinese between the ages of 18-29 who learned to speak Mandarin at home or in the community (not at school). Note – if you first learned Mandarin at home but then studied Mandarin in school, you are eligible to take part in this project. We are seeking heritage speakers of all proficiency levels!This project is designed to gather reliable data that does not exist at this time about the range and variety of spoken language profiles of heritage speakers. Heritage speakers who agree to participate in the study will be asked to provide biographical and linguistic data in addition to a sample of their spoken language proficiency. The information gained through a discourse analysis of the speech samples will be used to produce a report that describes the variety of oral spoken language profiles of heritage speakers.
If you are a heritage speaker of Mandarin, we invite you to complete the Qualification Survey found here to determine whether you qualify for the study: http://actfl.informz.net/survistapro/s.asp?id=8907 In addition, we request that you forward or post this information to any parties you think would be appropriate for this study. Please note that all individuals who qualify for the project will be asked to: 1) complete a second online survey, which takes approximately 3-5 minutes to complete; 2) take a telephonic ACTFL OPIc. Upon completion of both, participants will receive an official certificate indicating their level of spoken language proficiency and a payment of $25. If you have any questions about this project or the survey, please contact Jeanmarie O’Leary at joleary@actfl.org or (703) 894-2900. |
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German in a Multicultural World
Shannon Jensen for The New York TimesRobert Williams, who teaches German at Fairfax High School in Virginia, says students come in with negative images of Germany, and Mandarin is encroaching.
By SAM DILLON
Published: April 13, 2012
ON the day in November 1989 that the Berlin Wall came down, Michael Legutke, a linguist working for the West German government, was in Casper, Wyo., leading a training workshop for the state’s German teachers. When the TV news affiliate learned there was a real live German, right there in Casper — and one who had grown up in East Germany and spoke flawless English — he was recruited to do a live feed. Dr. Legutke found himself facing a camera, taking turns offering news commentary with Tom Brokaw in Berlin. Moved by the images of East Germans streaming through the breached wall into the west, Dr. Legutke wept during the broadcast.
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Chinese Language Education and Research Center
加州中文教学研究中心
2012 CLERC Seminar & Workshop Series III When 时间 Saturday
April 28 , 2012
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Where 地点
CLERC Lecture Hall
3000 Lakeside Drive,
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Contact 联系人
Jessy Li
Tel: (408)380-8088
Fax: (408)380-8089
CLERC
Textbook Showroom
中文教材展示区
Open：2:00 – 5:00pm
On Lecture Day
主题：综合中文课教学元素与教法Topic: Key Elements in Teaching Integrated Chinese and Corresponding Teaching Methods
主讲人：张英
北京大学对外汉语教育学院院长
对外汉语文化教学、教材及教法研究专家
Dean of School of Chinese as a Second Language of Peking University; Expert on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language适合年龄：各层次的中文教师
Audience: Chinese Teachers of All Levels
内容提要：
综合中文课教学元素有很多，从教学内容划分，有语言和文化；从教学目标划分，有语言技能和文化理解；从教学组织和课堂管理划分，有教学设计和教学方法，等等。
本次讲座将和听众主要探讨与分享的是：如何针对不同的教学对象，把综合中文课中的教学诸要素与不同的教学方法有机结合起来以实现教学效率的最大化。张英老师将自身从多年对外汉语教学工作中总结出的研究成果与经验与大家分享，希望向老师们提供一些实用，高效率的教授综合中文课的途径与方法。
千万不要错过这次讲授中文文化教学和综合课教学的高水平讲座，欢迎对本次讲座内容感兴趣的老师报名参加讲座！
讲座对公众免费开放。颁发培训证书。
请点击下载 报名表(Registration Form) WORD PDF
报名截止日期：2012年4月26日
Free Registration. Certificate of Attendance will be issued.
Registration Deadline: April 26th, 2012
This email was sent to weise@well.com by jessy.li@nanhai.com |Chinese Language Education & Research Center | 510 Broadway | Ste 200 | Millbrae | CA | 94030
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Mandarin masters: Starr King’s 1st class grows up
Jill Tucker
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Brant Ward / The Chronicle
Jack Gaughan is among the first students to have enrolled in the Mandarin immersion program at Starr King Elementary in San Francisco. Of the original 23 students, 16 remain with nine joining later.
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In the fall of 2006, 23 kindergartners walked into their classroom for the first time at Starr King Elementary in San Francisco where their teacher only spoke Mandarin, a language most of the children had never seen nor heard.
They were the first batch of students to enroll in the district’s new Mandarin immersion program, one of only a handful across the country offering immersion in this particular language.
It was a leap of faith for parents. The program, one of a handful of Mandarin programs in the country, lacked materials and teachers, and nationwide there wasn’t a lot of professional experience in teaching one of the most difficult languages to learn.
Fast-forward nearly six years.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/16/BAM91O1A1S.DTL#ixzz1sJjOtluS
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Parents balk at higher fees
CBE says it must cover shortfall
BY RICHARD CUTHBERTSON, CALGARY HERALD APRIL 14, 2012As the Calgary Board of Education overhauls what it charges for busing and noon supervision, it is facing criticism over which alternative programs it is targeting for significantly higher fees.The new schedule released by the board tags parents of a child in elementary school alternative programs with a $510 bill next fall for bus and lunch supervision, a 72 per cent increase.
The board says it simply costs more to transport kids in these types of programs, which range from French immersion right down to all-boys, because most aren’t going to their local school.
But the head of one parent group questions why some popular programs like French immersion will be forced to pay the same fees as far more unusual offerings that are likely much more expensive.
Read more:http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Parents+balk+higher+fees/6459358/story.html#ixzz1sJiRJGFn
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Chinese Language Learning in the Early Grades
New York, April 12, 2012—Asia Society today released a new book (available as afree download): Chinese Language Learning in the Early Grades, a handbook of resources and best practices for Mandarin immersion.
Chinese immersion programs are among the fastest-growing areas of language education in American schools. Research shows that immersion is an especially effective method for language acquisition: they result in high levels of proficiency at relatively low cost. Immersion students gain proficiency in a new language without any detriment to progress in their native language or to subject matter
Please read more here.
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Late Applications for PUSD Open Enrollment Being Accepted
There are a few spots left in the Mandarin and Spanish dual-language immersion programs and some College and Career Pathways programs.
- By Cassandra Morris
- Email the author
- April 10, 2012
The Pasadena Unified School District opens its late application period for open enrollment tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. It will run weekdays until April 17 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
Parents or legal guardians must deliver their applications in person at the District Office, 351 S Hudson Ave. in Pasadena. Entry will be allowed at the Del Mar St. entrance. Applications must be completed in the office, online.
Please read more here.
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