DCLT Forums
Coming in May:
Classroom Celebrations
Special Speaker
Marisa Fang
LI-Plainview School District
May 14, 2010FridayNYU's Kimball Hall Lounge
Online now:
Improv, Comedy and Drama in the Chinese Classroom,
Mar 5
Chris Livaccari's presentation was enthusiastically received by more
than 70 teachers attending DCLT's March 5 forum.
Webcast replay here!
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NYU Graduates
in the News
Zhao Jing, a 2009 graduate of NYU's M.A. FLCE program, started a Chinese program at the Tesseract School in Arizona. She recently made a presentation about teaching Chinese at the Annual Conference of Arizona Association of Independent Schools.
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Greetings!
Next week on April 9, Project DCLT's forum will take on that most daunting of tasks for teachers: Scope and Sequence in the Chinese Curriculum. Many other wonderful events for Chinese teachers will take place over the next few months as well. We've highlighted a few below.
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Friday Night Forum April 9, 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Pat Lo, Director of the NYS ALBETAC, and Susan Yin Rui, Ph.D., will discuss their Chinese Scope and Sequence project.
Register here. Forums are held in NYU's Kimball Hall Lounge, 246 Greene Street at Waverly Place. The forum may be viewed live on DCLT's website. Register here for the webcast.
Professional development credits will be provided by NYS ALBETAC.
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Professional Development Events
StarTalk Programs
Many early summer training programs are available for Chinese teachers through StarTalk. Hamilton College offers a 10-day program for non-native speakers of Chinese, and programs are offered across the country, from George Mason University to Indiana U, Florida to Portland to Hawaii. Deadline for applications is generally mid-April. StarTalk programs are generally free or low-cost to teachers. Click through for a complete listing of programs.
Instructional Technology to Support Chinese Language Learning April 10, 17 and May 8, NYC 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
This series of 3 Saturday morning workshops is presented by the ALBETAC and CLTA-GNY. Topics: Building a Video and Audio Library for Teaching, On-Line Social Networks; Using WikiSpace and VoiceThread in Language Teaching, and Free Online Resources for the Language Classroom. Information and registration here.
Immersion Weekend for LOTE Teachers
The WSWHE BOCES Immersion Weekend
for LOTE Teachers at Skidmore College will take place April 10 and
11th, with special events for Chinese teachers. Space may still be available. Details here.
National Chinese Language Conference
April 22-24, 2010 Washington, D.C.
Join close to 1,000 people to advance the field of Chinese language education in the United States. Visit their website for details.
CLTA-GNY Annual Conference
May 15, 2010 Pace University, NYC
More than 70 presenters will share valuable ideas at the 8th New York International Conference on the Teaching of Chinese.
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New York City Teachers:
If your Chinese students are in the 3rdor 4th
year of language classes, you
may want to think about giving them the LOTE (Regents-like) exam. FYI: The following message appeared in Principal's
Weekly.
Languages Other than
English (LOTE) Exam Guidelines and Ordering Procedures High
schools / Deadline: April 9
The LOTE examination is a
Regents-like comprehensive examina- tion offered this year in 15 languages
for native language speakers in grades 11 and 12 who are taking courses in
one of these languages. The test is an option for earning Advanced Regents
credits. The NYC LOTE is currently offered in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali,
Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Greek, Haitian Creole, Hindi,
Japanese, Korean, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. If your school has 15 or
more students who are native language speakers of a specific language, or
if your school offers a foreign language course to 15 or more students for
which there is no LOTE exam offered by the state, you may be able to
administer the LOTE exam. Please note that in order to administer the LOTE,
your school must have a licensed assistant principal and a licensed
pedagogue who will administer and rate the exam in that language.
If your school plans to
offer the LOTE exam or send students to the hub sites, please review these LOTE Ordering Procedures and complete
this order form by April 9.
For additional information, contact Jose Garcia at
Jgarcia17@schools.nyc.gov.
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At China Institute April 15, 2010 - 5:45 - 8:30 p.m.
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach: Using Modern Woodcuts and Folk Art to Teach About China
Woodcuts are an important visual medium which promoted widespread literacy in China and reached mass audiences. Teachers from various disciplines will discuss how they use woodcuts in the classroom to teach about China.
Jointly presented by Teach China and the Confucius Institute at China Institute (CI@CI), this workshop takes place in the China Institute Library, 125 E. 65th Street, New York, NY. Please RSVP by April 12 to Caitlin Hopping 212-744-8181 ext 144 (CHopping@chinainstitute.org)
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We look forward to seeing or hearing from you soon!
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Sincerely,
Robin Harvey
NYU Project DCLT
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