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Considerations in Selecting Teaching Materials for K-12 Chinese Classes . Xiaoning Wang ChinaSprout, Inc. April 27, 2007. Agenda. Selecting Objectives and Criteria Textbooks and Cultural Materials for Elementary Students Middle School Students High School Students AP Students Q & A .
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Considerations in Selecting Teaching Materials for K-12 Chinese Classes Xiaoning Wang ChinaSprout, Inc. April 27, 2007
Agenda • Selecting Objectives and Criteria • Textbooks and Cultural Materials for • Elementary Students • Middle School Students • High School Students • AP Students • Q & A
Selecting Textbooks and Cultural Materials • Learning Objectives • Proficiencies • Immersion or Bilingual Programs • Selecting Criteria • Age and Grade Levels • Characters (simplified or traditional) • ChinaSprout’s Unique Proposition • Broad and in-depth Materials (Chinese, Taiwan, Hong Kong and U.S.) • Expertise (learn from teachers, administrators, parents, and students)
Textbooks and Cultural Materials for Elementary Students • Textbooks • Chinese Made Easy For Kids • My First Chinese Words and My First Chinese Readers • Chinese Paradise • Chinese for Children • Happy Chinese • New Concept Chinese • Fun Chinese • Characters and Reference Materials • Flash Cards • Games • Picture Dictionaries • Posters
Textbooks and Cultural Materials for Elementary Students • Multimedia Materials • DVD (Chinese for Children, NiHao Little Friends, Learn Chinese with MeiMei or animated films) • CD-ROM (learn characters or bilingual stories) • Audios: Music, stories • Cultural and Story Books • Picture books about China and Chinese culture (in English, Chinese or bilingual) • Folktales, story books or chapter books (in English, Chinese or bilingual) • Social Study and Science books in Chinese or bilingual
Textbooks and Cultural Materials for Middle School Students • Textbooks • Chinese Made Easy • Discovering Chinese • Chinese for Youth • Learn Chinese with Me • Characters and Reference Materials • Flash Cards (playing cards) • Dictionaries • Workbooks • Multimedia Materials • DVD (feature films) • CD-Rom • Cultural and Literatures • Books about China and Chinese culture (in English, Chinese or bilingual) • Popular Chinese or American literatures (in Chinese or bilingual)
Textbooks and Cultural Materials for High School Students • Textbooks • Ni Hao • Learn Chinese with Me • Integrated Chinese • Magical Tour of China • Characters and Reference Materials • Flash Cards (playing cards) • Dictionaries • Workbooks • Multimedia Materials • DVD (Reality Chinese) • CD-ROM • Cultural and Literatures • Books about China and Chinese culture (in English, Chinese or Bilingual) • Popular Chinese or American literatures (in Chinese or Bilingual)
AP Chinese Materials • Objectives • Language and culture competencies • Interpersonal, interpretative, and presentational communication • Textbooks • Language (Ni Hao, New Practical Chinese, Integrated Chinese) • Chinese Culture (Chinese Traditional Cultural and Modern Life,Cultural Interpretations of China, Getting into Chinese Thoughts, Meeting China, Intermediate Reading Chinese Course) • Other Materials • Reading, Writing, Listening (Introduction to Chinese Writing, Read Chinese Slogans and Signs, New Chinese Situational Dialogues, Chinese Reading Step by Step) • CD-ROM (Chinese Pen, Speech or Pen Plus) • DVD (Reality Chinese)
Chinese for Children Textbook / Chinese Power Learning Games