2021 Asia Society TEQ Webinars
VIEW EVENT DETAILSSession 1: Lead student to develop communicative competence and confidence
Presenter: Shwu-Fen Lin, Mandarin Teacher, Princeton High School
Presentation language: Chinese
This webinar will introduce TEQ instructional videos for Chinese Language teaching. Participants will view the teacher’s lesson plan/activities design, teaching philosophy, and techniques used in her TEQ video. The presenter will focus on strategies that lead students to develop communicative competence and confidence in Mandarin. She will present the rationale for speaking Chinese during class from Day One, model strategies to provide comprehensible input in Mandarin and share student work from a high school class that demonstrates the successes of her practice. Additionally, the presenter shows how to integrate technology tools into language learning as she builds communicative and cultural competence. Participants take away innovative and practical teaching techniques and multiple and varied activities that are highly effective in engaging students. Specifically, they see in action: the exclusive use of the target language in instruction, demonstrations of effective comprehensible input and examples of effective interpersonal communication tasks.