CELIN Webinars

Session Description:
Guided Reading has become very popular in elementary schools. How does it work in a Chinese immersion program? The presenters share and discuss how it might fit into second language learning when learners do not have adequate oral language, vocabulary, or the tools to sound out and make meaning of words. Through examples and videos of class instruction, participants learn how to plan effective guided reading lessons that support students to read increasingly challenging books independently, while keeping meaning and love of reading front and center.

在中小学课堂广为流传的指导性阅读是否适用于中文项目呢？在第二语言中文阅读课堂上，我们常常面临的挑战是：许多学生并没有充足的词汇储备和有效的认字方式，阅读理解更是天方夜谭。三位讲员将分享教学录像和备课授课材料来示范如何有系统性地计划指导性阅读，并落实到不同年级的中文阅读。当学生渐渐养成良好的阅读习惯，成为独立自主的小读者，并保持对阅读的热忱，我们才达成了阅读课的终极目标。

Presenters:
Xinyi Xu, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Yu Ming School
Huize Yang, Kindergarten Chinese Teacher, Yu Ming School
Lonnie Liu, 4th Grade Chinese Teacher, Yu Ming School

Regardless of students’ age or proficiency level, highly efficient teachers should work with a conceptual framework informed by research findings from second language acquisition. In this way, they can implement the prepared curriculum to reach the expected learning outcomes. However, many teachers struggle with where to find entry points for their students to begin the journey, tease out key areas to deepen their knowledge or skills, or assess students against the expected learning targets. This presentation will offer a BMW framework and principles that teachers can apply to enhance instruction and learning. Two experienced teachers will showcase real classroom examples and student work samples to demonstrate how they use the BMW model to create engaging and meaningful learning experiences for students. They will show how to build a scaffold for students to move upward step by step. When students reach the summit through their hard work, they will be able to claim with pride, “I made it, all by myself!” This kind of joyful learning outcome is a dream come true for all students and teachers. The three presenters will engage in Q & A with participants and share instructional strategies and resources. The goal is that the participants will transfer the gains acquired through this presentation to their own classrooms, laying the foundation for a successful new school year.

无论学生的年龄或语言水平为何，高效能教师应该根据二语习得建立的思想框架来实践预备的课程，以达预期效果。但是许多老师往往苦于不知如何切入，如何抓出重点来操作，或者如何验收成果。本讲座将为老师提供一个BMW的教学思想框架和操作时必须关注的原则。同时，两位有经验的老师将通过真实的中小学课堂实例和学生样品来示范怎样简单地用BMW教学模式为学生创造有意义的学习经验，怎样为学生层层搭建阶梯，让他们自己拾阶而上，攀上高处。当他们通过个人努力登上了属于自己的高峰，他们将自豪地说：“我可以上到这么高，是我自己上来的！” 。这种惊喜的学习成果，是老师和学生梦寐以求的。三位主讲老师将有机会跟参与者进行探讨，并分享教学活动和资源，希望参与者能举一反三运用在自己的课堂上，成功地开展新学年的教学。

Speakers:

• Dr. Shuhan C. Wang 王周淑涵, Project Director, CELIN at Asia Society
• Chiachyi Chiu 沈家琦, Secondary Teacher
• Yin Shen 沈茵, Elementary Teacher

Dr. Shuhan C. Wang is the President of ELE Consulting International and Director of CELIN@Asia Society (Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network). She is former Deputy Director of the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland, Executive Director for Chinese Language Initiatives at Asia Society, and Education Associate for World Languages and International Education for the state of Delaware, U.S.A. In addition to numerous scholarly papers and book chapters, she is an author of two series of K-12 Chinese language textbooks. She serves as an advisor to the Ministry of Education in Singapore on the Mother Tongue and Chinese Curriculum Projects.

Chiachyi Chiu currently teaches Chinese and serves as International House co-chair at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware. Chiachyi co-authored Flying With Chinese, a series of textbooks for grades K-6 with Shuhan Wang, Carol Ann Dahlberg, and other teachers. She is a frequent presenter at ACTFL, NECTFL, CLASS, NCLC, Asia Society, and STARTALK conferences. Chiachyi conducts teacher training workshops for STARTALK programs and has worked nationally with teachers of Chinese since 2010.

Yin Shen is a Chinese immersion instructional coach and consultant. She has more than 25 years of teaching and coaching in the Mandarin immersion field. She taught in Portland Public Schools from 1998 to 2018. She is the author of a series of Chinese immersion books and readers.

Project-based learning could motivate students' learning, but at the same time, it may lose sight of ensuring students' mastery of the language they need to obtain. A project's organization takes a lot of consideration in planning the content and the language. Two teachers will share their specific project-based lessons and a step by step planning timeline for their projects. The participants will learn a practical way to plan their own projects and create tangible milestones for each step.

项目式学习提升学生的学习兴趣，但在激发学生学习兴趣的同时，对于学生语言的掌握也需要给予一定的关注。在组织和计划项目时，需要考虑到学习的内容和语言的重点。两位在沉浸式教学的老师将分享他们各自的项目计划，并提供他们在计划中，如何带领学生一步步扎实学习的过程。与会者将学到实用的项目计划方法，并且能在每一个步骤指出明确的目标成果。

Speakers:

• Dr. Luyi Lien 連鷺役, Academic Director
• Xu Zhu 朱旭, MS math teacher and math league team lead
• Ye Long 龙烨, 1st-grade team leader

Dr. Luyi Lien has over 30 years of experience in teaching, writing, and planning curriculum for both heritage students and non-native Mandarin learners in grades K through 12. She is a recognized pioneer in Chinese immersion education and has served in the critical role of Academic Director of Yinghua Academy since the school was founded in 2006. She is the chief architect of the curriculum for the Mandarin immersion school, including creating and designing the curriculum and assessment tools for grades K through 8, as well as online high school courses and immersion study abroad programs. Her strengths lie in balancing idealism with practicality, constantly endeavoring to translate complicated research-based theories into effective teaching practice. She has been working with several immersion schools to assist in building a foundation for immersion curriculum that employs a project-based learning approach, along with data-driven instruction to solidify content learning and advance target language proficiency level. 

Xu Zhu is a Chinese immersion middle school math teacher. Obtaining his MA in Teaching and math 5-12 teaching license from Hamline University. Xu has been teaching sixth through eighth grade students at Yinghua Academy for more than three years. Additionally, Xu coached the Yinghua Math Team for the Minnesota Junior High Math League (MNJHML), Southwest Metro Division. Xu also founded and led the middle school C++ Programming club to cultivate students’ mathematical disposition through computer science.

Ye Long is a Chinese immersion teacher. She has taught first grade Chinese Language Arts, math, science, and social studies at Yinghua Academy for more than five years. She has been the 1st grade team leader for three years, and operates the mentor program at Yinghua Academy. Ye obtained her M.Ed. Dual Language and Immersion Elementary Education degree with a teaching license at University of Minnesota. She co-presented “Unpacking class activities: Incorporating standards, language, and culture” at the 2019 ACTFL conference.

Building on the conceptual and pedagogical frameworks of BMW – Beginning, Middle, and a WOW-Ending (CELIN Webinar on August 8th, 2020), presenters of this webinar will share examples of real classroom implementation and deepen the discussions on how to create and move a dragon of curriculum, lessons, instruction, and assessment. Both presenters will share strategies, starting from adapting a text or textbook to bringing the content from paper to real life with meaningful stories and purposeful tasks to students in the BMW format. One presenter will share student work from elementary grades while the other presenter from secondary schools. Participants will learn how to incorporate the key elements and effective strategies of this framework in their classrooms.

继上次8月8日我们举办的BMW教学思想框架和操作原则讲座后，我们将趁热打铁推出新一期的讲座。我们的讲员老师将用丰富的课堂教学实例来进一步展示和探讨BMW对课程，教学和评估活动一条龙的带动。她们将分享如何借助课本建立良好的开端，然后利用对学生有意义的故事和有目的性的任务，带领学生走过扎实的过程，最后超越课本面对生活。当学生能够把课本中学习的语言和内容跟表达个人认知的能力结合时，我们将拥抱巨大的惊喜。

Speakers:

• Dr. Shuhan C. Wang 王周淑涵, Project Director, CELIN at Asia Society
• Chiachyi Chiu 沈家琦, Secondary Teacher
• Yin Shen 沈茵, Elementary Teacher

Dr. Shuhan C. Wang is the President of ELE Consulting International and Director of CELIN@Asia Society (Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network). She is former Deputy Director of the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland, Executive Director for Chinese Language Initiatives at Asia Society, and Education Associate for World Languages and International Education for the state of Delaware, U.S.A. In addition to numerous scholarly papers and book chapters, she is an author of two series of K-12 Chinese language textbooks. She serves as an advisor to the Ministry of Education in Singapore on the Mother Tongue and Chinese Curriculum Projects.

Chiachyi Chiu currently teaches Chinese and serves as International House co-chair at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware. Chiachyi co-authored Flying With Chinese, a series of textbooks for grades K-6 with Shuhan Wang, Carol Ann Dahlberg, and other teachers. She is a frequent presenter at ACTFL, NECTFL, CLASS, NCLC, Asia Society, and STARTALK conferences. Chiachyi conducts teacher training workshops for STARTALK programs and has worked nationally with teachers of Chinese since 2010.

Yin Shen is a Chinese immersion instructional coach and consultant. She has more than 25 years of teaching and coaching in the Mandarin immersion field. She taught in Portland Public Schools from 1998 to 2018. She is the author of a series of Chinese immersion books and readers.

Moving away from assigning writing tasks to teaching writing skills with intentionality, the presenters in this session will share and discuss how to map out a scope and sequence for teaching writing on a program level with clear and concise "can-do statements" and specific instructions on ways to develop writing skills in various grade levels. The presenters will share a step-by-step process of mapping out writing skills vertically and horizontally and demonstrate how the instructions would look at lower and higher grade levels. The presenters will also share and discuss practical resources for supporting writing in Chinese. 

指定写作题目和有目的地教导写作能力有什么不同？三位老师将和大家分享讨论如何有系统地整合全校的写作教学，并落实在各个班级。 三位老师也会和大家说明如何一步一步地使用ACTFL-NCSSFL 的"Can-do Statements" , 把写作课程横向和纵向的能力划分整理，并示范类似的要求如何分别在低年级和高年级落实。老师们将分享实用的资源来示范说明如何帮助学生发展写作能力。

Speakers:

• Kevin Chang 张国荣, Chinese Program Director, CAIS
• Hsiao-Chi Su 苏筱琦, 2nd Grade Chinese Teacher, CAIS
• Yinzhu Liu 刘银珠, 5th Grade Chinese Teacher, CAIS

Kevin Chang has over 20 years of service as a Chinese immersion teacher and Lower School Director at the Chinese American International School (CAIS) in San Francisco, CA. Today, Kevin oversees a long-term Chinese immersion curriculum development project, leads a Chinese faculty of over 30 teachers, and plays an integral role of providing quality Chinese education at CAIS. Kevin’s work in Chinese as a foreign language educator has included training and mentoring a variety of Chinese language teachers as well as presentations on topics on Chinese curricular and instructional strategies at different events hosted by NAIS, NCLC, and ACTFL. Kevin also co-founded ECCIF (Early Childhood Chinese Immersion Forum) which runs annually in San Francisco.

Hsiao-Chi Su has taught 2nd through 5th grade classes at CAIS for 18 years. She has involved in CAIS summer camps and STARTALK teacher training programs. Currently teaching 2nd grade, Hsiao-Chi is an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) certified tester and has presented at many conferences and teachers’ workshops organized by NCLC and various Confucius Institutes.

Yinzhu Liu has taught at CAIS for more than 20 years in the lower grades. Her rich teaching experiences in China and in the US have enabled her to bring the world to her classroom. In addition to being an ACTFL certified OPI tester, she has participated in several CAIS and STARTALK student summer camps and teacher training programs.