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Asia Society empowers learning and leadership through programming and resources. With a focus on the AAPI community, advocacy for Chinese language learning, and global fellowship opportunities focused on solving today’s biggest challenges, our work serves as a foundation for understanding between people in the US, the Asia Pacific region, and throughout the world.
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Our Chinese language programs strategize and execute a multitude of projects aimed at making Mandarin language learning in the U.S. mainstream, and generating engaging, relevant, and approachable learning content about China for the American public.
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Asia 21 Next Generation Fellows
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Events, videos, interviews, podcasts, and on-demand content spotlighting the accomplishments of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs).
Resources for educators, including those who teach Career and Technical Education and Chinese, to build capacity and transform their learning environments.
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Learn about CELIN's connections and resources for teachers, programs, and parents as presented at the second Virtual National Chinese Language Conference, April 15–17, 2021.
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In this TEQ Online video, Catherine Zhong used a teacher interview on Zoom to replace student-student role play when she assessed the speaking component of a unit.
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In this TEQ Online video, Fangzhou Zhang used Google Meet and Google Jamboard to organize the hybrid learning for a speaking task and guided students to communicate, socialize, and collaborate with each other in virtual classrooms.
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In this TEQ Online video, Wenjing Huang used Nearpod to engage the student in various speaking and writing tasks to advance the student's language proficiency.
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Jessica Tan’s 11th Grade Intermediate Low-Mid Chinese Class — 'Get to Know Famous People in China'
Using Zoom and Google Slides, Jessica Tan conducted an online activity for the students to apply what they had learned about famous Chinese people. -
In this Chinese class, Yihong Wei’s 9th graders from the George Westinghouse College Prep High School, Illinois, are learning the unit "Our Team Mascot".
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During this lesson, the teacher, Haiyun Lu, has used quite a few strategies to adapt MovieTalk for her novice class.
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Daisy Chang’s 9th -12th Grade Intermediate-Low Chinese Class — 'Creating Chinese Buns and Noodles'
Chinese language teacher Daisy Chang used two student-centered activities to maximize student's participation and prepare the students for the final group presentation in target language. -
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Xi Sun’s 2th Grade Intermediate Low-Mid Chinese Immersion Class — 'Magic Eight-Treasure Soup'
In this specific lesson, the Chinese teacher, Xi Sun, has demonstrated how to develop children’s communicative skills while they are learning the story. -
In this video, you will watch some selected video clips taken from a lesson period, which demonstrates how the teacher used a variety of strategies to introduce new language items while talking with the students.
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Chinese language teacher May Shen presented the information effectively and maximized the learning.
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This Multilingual FAQ, published by the California Department of Education, contains very helpful responses to a list of frequently asked questions.