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Chinese Heritage Language Education : from 5C’s to P21

Chinese Heritage Language Education : from 5C’s to P21. 2012 ACS Dr. Yu-Lan Lin Boston Public Schools C.L.A.S.S. Past Present and Future. 1886: First Chinese School: San Francisco 1920: ~50 schools in SF, Chicago, NY 1965-2000: ~ 650 Chinese Schools 2000-future: continue to increase.

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Chinese Heritage Language Education : from 5C’s to P21

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  1. Chinese Heritage Language Education: from 5C’s to P21 2012 ACS Dr. Yu-Lan Lin Boston Public Schools C.L.A.S.S.

  2. Past Present and Future • 1886: First Chinese School: San Francisco • 1920: ~50 schools in SF, Chicago, NY • 1965-2000: ~ 650 Chinese Schools • 2000-future: continue to increase

  3. Instructional Foci • Past: Traditional Instruction • Present: Shift to Standards-based Instruction • Future: Partnering with 21st Century Skills

  4. Present: Standards-Based Instruction • Communication • Cultures • Connections • Comparisons • Communities

  5. Future: the 21st Century Skills

  6. 21st Century Student Outcomes • Life and Career Skills • Learning and Innovation Skills • Information, Media and Technology Skills • Core Subjects and Themes

  7. 21st Century Support System • Standards and Assessment • Curriculum and Instruction • Professional Development • Learning Environments

  8. Learning and Innovation Skills • Creativity • Critical Thinking • Communication • Collaboration

  9. Information, Media, Technology Skills • Information Literacy • Media Literacy • Technology Literacy

  10. Life and Career Skills • Flexibility and Adaptability • Initiative and Self-Direction • Social and Cross-Cultural Skills • Productivity and Accountability • Leadership and Responsibility

  11. English World Languages Arts Math Economics Science Geography History Government/Civics GlobalAwareness Financial, economics, business, entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy Environment literacy Core Subjects and Themes

  12. Learn about language Teacher-Center Isolated skills Cover a textbook Big “C”, small “c” “One-size-fits-all” instruction Classroom learning Individual work Learn to use language Learner-Center Integrated skills Backward design Cultural perspectives Differentiated instruction Beyond classroom Group project Past and Present

  13. Learn to use language Learner-Center Integrated skills Backward design Cultural perspectives Differentiated instruction Beyond classroom Group project Nativespeakers Native materials Native culture Nativecontexts Global mindset Global approach Global interaction Global issues Present and Future

  14. Creativity and Innovation/5C’s • Students rework a familiar story incorporating elements from the Chinese culture and create a new story. • Students discuss and design a board game that incorporates the study of geography.

  15. Critical Thinking Skills/5C’s • Students interview one another to investigate eating habits, analyze the data, synthesize it into a graph and share the results. • Students explore an environmental issue, discuss it in groups and propose a solution.

  16. Collaboration/5C’s • Students team with another class/school to identify an issue on consumption of energy; they collaborate in research and share their finding. • Students engaged in a school-wide campaign to plan a series of activities to raise money to support victims of an earthquake.

  17. Communication/5C’s • Students browse the website for today’s headline news in Chinese. ( 1.2) • Students demonstrate their purposefor communication through discussing what they read in the news.( 1.1) • Students articulate thoughts by sharing what they discussed. (1.3)

  18. Information, Media and Technology Skills/5C’s • Students searchonline to find a cultural product, then share information others. • Students view several advertisements in a Chinese newspaperand analyze how they market the products. • Students engage ine-palexchanges with native Chinese students.

  19. Life and Career Skills /5C’s • Students take different roles working in small groups on their Chinese project. • Students volunteer after school to do community work in a Chinese speaking community • Students organize an event with an international community center. • Students plan and carry out activities for a Chinese immersion weekend • Students organize a school-wide service project partnering with a Chinese aid organization.

  20. Partnering 21st Century Skills with 5C’s • Strengthening student’s language skills • Deepening student’s cultural knowledge • Increasing student’s ability to access information through technology • Preparing student’s for college and career readiness • Cultivating student’s leadership and responsibility in the 21st century society

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