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Untapped Potential: Ratcheting Up the Instruction to Teach Chinese Language in an K-12 Class

Untapped Potential: Ratcheting Up the Instruction to Teach Chinese Language in an K-12 Class. Yuqing Hong Curriculum Specialist Office of ELLs, NYCDOE. Why Chinese?. Economic capital Political capital Cultural capital Educational capital. New Initiatives in the U.S.

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Untapped Potential: Ratcheting Up the Instruction to Teach Chinese Language in an K-12 Class

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  1. Untapped Potential: Ratcheting Up the Instruction to Teach Chinese Language in an K-12 Class Yuqing Hong Curriculum Specialist Office of ELLs, NYCDOE

  2. Why Chinese? • Economic capital • Political capital • Cultural capital • Educational capital

  3. New Initiatives in the U.S. • National Flagship Language Initiative www.nflc.org/nfl • Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP)

  4. Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC • Population • Programs • Pedagogy

  5. Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC • Population - 16,649 ELLs are Chinese speaking - highly concentrated districts:

  6. Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC • Programs: - Chinese as a foreign language program (FL) - Chinese bilingual program (NLA) - Chinese dual language program (DL)

  7. Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC 23 22 14 3

  8. New York City School Districts

  9. The untapped potential: • Language features • Curriculum • Materials • Assessment • Pedagogy

  10. The untapped potential: • Pedagogy – Panel discussion - Lily Shen - Marisa Fang - Rita Kwan - Wendy Lin

  11. Resources: • American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages – http://www.actfl.org • Asia Society – http://www.askasia.org • Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools – http://classk12.org • College Board – http://apcentral.collegeboard.com • The Chinese Ministry of Education and the National Office on the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language – www.hanban.edu.cn • Chinese School Association in the United States – http://www.csaus.org • National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools – www.ncacls.org • National Council of State Supervisors For Languages – http://www.ncssfl.org

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