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Waiyan Chinese Training 2012 Experience China Summer Camp
See the Waiyan Chinese Training 2012 Experience China Summer Camp flyer here.
Landon-in-China Programs
Landon-in-China home stay immersion program is still accepting applications for its 2012 Summer Program. Landon School has been taking high school students and graduates to China over the past 10 years now. The story from CCTV about our Landon-in-China program is now on the Landon in China page. The co-educational "Landon-in-China" program is built upon the long relationship between the Landon School (Bethesda, MD) and its three sister schools in Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai. The program is open to students in rising 9th grade and above and will take place from July 20 to August 17, 2012. No prior knowledge of Chinese is required.
Students from Landon and many other schools have traveled to China with Dr. Dali Tan since 2001. The four-week language immersion program has students staying with families in Beijing and Chengdu while attending intensive four hours of language classes in the morning and cultural classes in the afternoon. No previous knowledge of the Chinese language is required. The students will fly back to the United States from Shanghai.
There is also a Landon-in-China internship opportunities in areas of students’ interests. The all inclusive program fee for home stay language immersion program is $4,695.00 while program fee for individual internship at a Chinese university with a Chinese professor program in China is $5,695.00. Below are the links for flyer and application packets for both home stay cultural and linguistic immersion program and internship program.
http://www.landon.net/cf_media2/index.cfm?g=992
http://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=1402
Third International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics
The Third International Symposium on Chinese Applied Linguistics will be held at The University of Iowa on April 27-28, 2012. This symposium will serve as a platform for researchers on Chinese applied linguistics around the world to generate ideas, cross disciplinary boundaries, and disseminate research about issues and concerns in the learning and teaching of Chinese as a non-primary language (including heritage language learning) across different acquisition stages in different settings. A peer refereed volume will be published out of presentations of the symposium in honor of Dr. Michael Everson on the occasion of his retirement from The University of Iowa, thus recognizing his significant contributions to theory and research in Chinese SLA (second language acquisition), L2 Chinese pedagogy, and field building. Registration Forms, Conference Schedule, Presenters and Abstracts may be viewed and downloaded from: http://international.uiowa.edu/confucius/events/iscal/2012.asp
January 2012: NCCLP Academic Director Stella Kwoh was invited to offer teacher training in Beijing in December 2011. Below is the news from Beijing:
Co-educational "Landon-in-China" program
The co-educational "Landon-in-China" program is built upon the long relationship between the Landon School (Bethesda, MD) and its three sister schools in Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai.
http://www.landon.net/cf_media2/index.cfm?g=992
http://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=1402
The program is open to students in rising 9th grade and above and will take place from July 20 to August 17, 2012. No prior knowledge of Chinese is required. Students from Landon and many other schools have traveled to China with Dr. Dali Tan since 2001. The four-week language immersion program has students staying with families in Beijing and Chengdu while attending intensive four hours of language classes in the morning and cultural classes in the afternoon. No previous knowledge of the Chinese language is required. The students will fly back to the United States from Shanghai. There is also a Landon-in-China internship opportunities in areas of students' interests.
For more information and to register, contact: Dr. Dali Tan at dali_tan@landon.net.
Information meeting is scheduled on 1/29 from 3:45 to 5:00pm in the dining hall of the PAC building of Landon School which is located at 6101 Wilson Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817. For directions, please visit www.landon.net. Roundtable of Washington is scheduled on that day from 1:30 to 3:30pm.
2012 Princeton University East Asian Studies' Conference on Chinese Language Instruction
2012 普林斯顿大学对外汉语教学研讨会 sponsored by the East Asian Studies Program at Princeton University, is scheduled on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact: Princeton in Beijing pib@princeton.edu
The Program Committee accepts submissions of one-page proposals, in either English or Chinese, for a fifteen-minute presentation on subjects relevant to the themes listed above. Please send proposals by January 21, 2012. Individual proposals will be grouped into panels according to themes.
Chinese Language Teachers Association of California Fall 2011 Workshop
Co-sponsored by 2011 Berkeley-STARTALK Teacher Program
October, 15, 2011
San Francisco State Universtiy, Humanities Building 113
http://www.cltac.org
2011 Chinese Language Education Forum
Co-sponsored by 2011 Berkeley-STARTALK Teacher Program
November 12-13, 2011
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
www.go-clef.org
"Landon-in-China" Program
The co-educational "Landon-in-China" program is built upon the long relationship between the Landon School and its sister schools in China since 2000. The program is open to students grades 9 through 12 and will take place from Friday July 15 to Sunday August 14, 2011. Live with a Chinese host family in Beijing and Chengdu and rapidly expand your language skills. The program includes intensive language classes divided by ability levels in the morning and cultural classes in the afternoon. The program also includes extensive travel and weekly sightseeing excursions in Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai. For more information, please contact Dr. Dali Tan at dali_tan@landon.net.
2011 Summer Berkeley Startalk Application Available Now!
Application for this year's Startalk summer program is posted. We will be accepting applications until May 15th, 2011. You can apply online by clicking on "Application Forms" on the left.
The International Conference on Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age
Location: The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Date: November 25-27, 2011
Deadline of Abstract Submission: June 6, 2011
Web: http://www.rclis.ied.edu.hk/icclltda
Conference theme: With the rapid advancement of computer technology, language teaching and learning have undergone rapid and phenomenal transformation from traditional classroom settings to computer mediated environments. Many advanced computer-based tools have been devised for language teaching and learning, just as many useful multimedia, technical and web resources have become available. The word "Chinese" in this conference can be understood in 2 ways: (1) Chinese is the language to be taught/ learnt; (2) Chinese is the target learners, and the size of target beneficiaries of the conference is exceptionally large.
If interested, please contact Kenny Mok at kyhmok@ied.edu.hk directly.
Kramsch Earns Language Association Book Prize
Graduate School of Education professor and NCCLP Teaching Chinese Certificate Program Advisor Claire Kramsch is the winner of this year's prestigious Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize, given annually by the Modern Language Association for "an outstanding scholarly book in the fields of language, culture, literacy or literature with strong application to the teaching of languages other than English." Kramsch and her research into why the inner experience of language learners matters offers recommendations to the field of teaching.
Kramsch is profiled in the latest UC Berkeley College of Letters and
Science News.
CLERC Semiar & Workshop Series
Topic: Strategies for Chinese Language Teaching
Guest School: Shuang Shuang Chinese School
Guest Speakers: Shuangshuang Wang, Jinghui Wang and Xueli Shi
When: Saturday, Apr 2nd, 2011. 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Where: 510 Broadway suite 302, Millbrae, CA 94030
For more information and to register for this free workshop, please click here.
Registration deadline: March 28th, 2011
Final Call for Papers: ICICE 2011, dealine: Feb. 25, 2011
The 7th International Conference on Internet Chinese Education this year will be held in Taipei, Taiwan on June 17-19, 2011. They are looking for papers of the following contents: 1. Innovative strategies for Chinese E-learning based on Web 2.0. 2. Integration between Chinese computer-assisted language learning and teaching. 3. Development of instructional materials and testing of Chinese CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning). 4. Design and implementation for Chinese CALL. 5. Application, implementation, and operation for Internet-based Chinese school or Chinese distance instruction. 6. Application of state-of-the-art media in Chinese teaching. 7. The illustrations or achievements of the cooperation of Chinese CALL between industry and academia. 8. The difficulties encountered and its solutions for the implementation of technology with Chinese teaching.
If interested, please send the abstract and attendee's information to the Secretariat of Academic Committee via email at icice2011@ntnu.edu.tw by February 25, 2011
An interesting article on Oregon schools' solution to the shortage of Chinese Language Teachers
Shortage of Chinese language teachers in Oregon prompts virtual classes with educators in China
Four 2011 Summer Camps in China -- 2011中国夏令营
1) Summer 2011 "YingHua in Beijing" Language & Leadership Institute.
“英华在北京”2011暑期班“社区服务周” - 为贫困小学生带来“成长夏令营”
Dates: June 20 to July 17/24, 2011
www.yinghuasummer.org
2) Timesbook Beijing Summer Camp
时代国际“寻根汉语夏令营”( 2011·北京)
www.timescamp.com/caindex.html
3) 2011 Sino Language Youth Summer Programs in China
4) 2011 PekingUniversitySummer Chinese Language Program
第十七届北京大学暑期中文班
Dates: July 4th to Aug. 12, 2011
www.pkuchinese.org
2011 National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) Annual Conference
The 14th Annual NCOLCTL Conference will be held at in Madison, Wisconsin. This year's topic is: Building Language Capacity: Collaboration, Innovation, Globalization.
Location: Madison Concourse Hotel. 1 West Dayton St., Madison, WI 53703.
When: April 7th-10th, 2011.
Click here to register.
2011 Chinese Guest Teacher Program
Looking to launch or expand a Chinese language and culture program in your school or district? Apply now to host a visiting Chinese teacher for the 2011-12 school year! Now in its fourth year, the Chinese Guest Teacher Program is the largest K–12 visiting Chinese teacher program in the U.S., and has brought nearly 500 experienced Chinese teachers to schools across the nation. The program is made possible through a collaboration between the College Board and Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters, an organization that promotes Chinese language and culture study worldwide. The Chinese Guest Teacher Program represents a unique opportunity for students and communities to learn Chinese language and authentic culture from a native speaker. The guest teacher's salary is partially subsidized by Hanban and host institutions can pilot or expand a Chinese program at a reasonable cost.
Apply now at www.collegeboard.com/guestteacher. Application deadline is Feb. 15, 2011
Teachers of Critical Language Program (TCLP) Applications Available
TCLP, a program of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is designed to expand schools' abilities to teach Chinese and Arabic, placing experienced EFL teachers from China and Egypt in American K-12 schools for an academic year where they teach Mandarin or Arabic language and culture.
TCLP will support teachers' living expenses, health care, roundtrip airfare, and professional development funds. Host schools will also have access to real-time $5,000 grants to support language-learning projects and their designated mentors will receive monthly honoraria
Applications for K-12 schools in the U.S. to host a Chinese or Arabic exchange teacher in the 2011 TCLP are available at www.tclprogram.org . Applications, due on January 7, 2011, are welcomed from public and private schools of any level from K-12 in the nation.
For more information, please visit their website at www.tclprogram.org . You can also email tclp@americancouncils.org or by phone at (202) 833-7522 if you have any questions or comments.
Princeton University East Asian Studies Conference
For the past eighteen years, the East Asian Studies Program at Princeton University has sponsored an annual conference on Chinese language instruction. The conference for this year will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They invite proposals for presentations concerning research on Chinese language learning and teaching. Click here for more details about the conference, proposal requirements and funding.
Speaking In Tongues -- 4 kids, 4 languages, 1 city, 1 world
Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse kids on a journey to become bilingual. This charming story will challenge you to rethink the skills that Americans need in the 21st century. Winner of the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Click here for a trailer and more information.
University of South Carolina CIBER
Call For Proposals CFP) ― papers, sessions and workshops
The 33 Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) at the 2011 CIBER Business Language Conference to be hosted by the University of South Carolina CIBER in Charleston, South Carolina, May 23-26, 2011.
The theme for this year's conference is: BRINGING LANGUAGES AND BUSINESS TOGETHER: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR A CRITICAL NEED, and calls for an exchange of ideas and perspectives on how foreign language educators can best assess and meet the current and future linguistic and cross-cultural needs of leaders in global business and the professions.
Click here for the conference CFP webpage. Please contact Michael Shealy at shealy@moore.sc.edu if interested.
UCLA China Studies Graduate Student Conference
When: Friday and Saturday, May 14 - 15, 2010
The interdisciplinary China Studies colloquium at UCLA is pleased to announce its third-annual China Undisciplined conference. The colloquium invites graduate students to submit paper proposals for its third annual conference.
Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts of papers dealing with topics involving the crossing of disciplinary, temporal, national, cultural, social, and linguistic barriers in the imagination of China. We welcome creative, new approaches to the field of China studies. Papers that initiate interdisciplinary dialogues will be given particular consideration.
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words, and should be submitted electronically or by mail, along with the personal information listed below and a current CV. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2010.
Please email your abstract as an attachment to: Anke Hein at ankehein@ucla.edu. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, department, title of paper, and contact information.
Chinese University Scholarship for Master and PH.D Degrees
Sponsored by the BOSSA Beijing Overseas-study Service Association and the Hope Education Foundation, Chinese universities will provide scholarships for qualified American students pursing a Master or PH.D degree.
Objective: For American students to gain a deep multi-perspective learning of China, play an important role in developing Sino-American relationships in the future, promote Sino-American cultural exchanges and prepare more human sources for sustainable social and economic development between the US and China.
Amount: Full tuition will be free to Master and PH.D candidates. The accommodation fee for PH.D candidates is also free. The university will provide more than RMB2000 in pocket money.
In 2010, eight universities & higher institutes in Beijing, including Peking University & Tsinghua University, will offer dozens of majors & 50 full ride scholarships. Majors include economics & finance, computer, machine manufacturing, language and education, etc. and most majors are taught in English. The academic period is 2-3 years.
Applicant Qualifications
For Master candidates
above bachelor degree and between the ages of 20 to 35 for a Master's degree
pass the Training Camp from Aug. 2nd to Aug. 31st in Beijing
For PH.D candidates
be above a master degree and between the ages of 25 to 45 for a PH.D
pass the Training Camp from Aug. 2nd to Aug. 31st in Beijing.
Deadline:
Please send the Application Form and other related materials to the Los Angeles
Office of Hope Educational Foundation before Feb. 28th, 2010.
Address: 533 S Atlantic Blvd.#301, Monterey Park, CA 91754
E-mail: scholarship@hope-edu.org
TEL: 626-282-6660
Please visit www.hope-edu.org for more information.
Heritage Language Learners
Website: The Alliance is committed to advancing language development of heritage language speakers in the United States and facilitating the work of those engaged in heritage language education and research. http://www.cal.org/heritage
Program Profiles: The Alliance is collecting profiles of heritage language programs in the United States. This online collection of program profiles will allow program staff to exchange ideas and resources with one another. http://www.cal.org/heritage/profiles
Alliance News Flash: To stay up to date on developments in the heritage language field and new resources, sign up to receive our quarterly electronic newsletter, the Alliance News Flash http://www.cal.org/heritage/about/newsflash.html
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eChinese中文网提供汉语学历教育、汉语非学历培训和远程汉语师资培训，以及教学资源和文化介绍。汉语师资培训课程结束后可颁发北京语言大学结业证书。汉语学习结束后也可获得相应的证书或学习证明。
Max and Mei brand: The Max and Mei brand currently includes three box sets of four books and an audio CD, two sets of game cards and a family calendar.
Contact: Alexa Towersey. PPP Publishing Company Ltd.
Email: alexa@ppp.com.hk
bububooks Seeks to Revolutionize Sense of Identity for Multicultural
Children in America
Founded in 2008, bububooks offers bilingual storybooks for children,
parents and educators interested in multicultural stories. Initially
offering Chinese/English, bububooks will begin offering Spanish/
English books May 1, 2009. Its mission is to aid in the development
of cultural identities in children by offering bilingual storybooks
in multiple languages and cultures so that they can have characters
with which to identify and grow.
Contact: Laura Renner, Director of Public Relations, 袁瑞丽
Phone number: 831-869-0006
Website: www.bububooks.com
The 6th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and
Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT6)
第六届国际汉语电脑教学研讨会
Organized by the TCLT Committee
Sponsored by Hamilton College and the Ohio State University
Supported by 136 institutions worldwide
Will bring together about 200 academics for in-depth conference discussion and hands-on workshops to teach up-to-date new technologies in Chinese language teaching
Hosted by the Ohio State University
June 12-14, 2010
Conference contact persons: dxu@hamilton.edu, li.28@osu.edu
Call for Papers
Conference Main Themes:
Integration of technology into day-to-day instruction/Virtual classroom, Conference Languages, Chinese and English
Abstract or proposal and paper submission deadline: 12/1/2009
National Foreign Language Coordination
Last Thursday during the JNCL-NCLIS Legislative Day, Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) announced the introduction of his "National Language Coordination Act of 2009." The legislation has now been assigned a number: S. 1010; please be sure to include this bill number when you write follow-up letters & thank you notes to your Congressmen. Current co-sponsors for this bill include Senators Thad Cochran (R-MI), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL).
Just to remind you, the bill would establish a National Foreign Language Coordination Council in the Executive Office of the President, directed by a National Language Advisor appointed by the President to oversee, coordinate, and implement continuing national security and language education initiatives. To remain informed of the bill's progress, please refer to JNCL-NCLIS emails or visit http://thomas.loc.gov and search for bill number S. 1010.