Action Language Learning: Promoting Chinese Language Through Creative Teaching Methods

Chinese Language & Culture Certificate

This series of three courses provides educators with a pathway to understanding the strengths and shortcomings of their own educational system while learning about Chinese language and culture. It is designed for K-12 classroom instructors, administrators, world language, social studies and ESL teachers who are interested in incorporating Chinese content into their curriculum. (University credits available)

• Chinese Language for Educators
• Chinese Language and Cultural Activities for the Classroom      
• What Americans Can Learn from the Chinese Educational System

Course Descriptions

Chinese Language for Educators

Debunk the myth that Chinese is a difficult and mysterious language as you delve into the fascinating world of characters and tones. Through active, multi-sensory methods, you will learn simple words and phrases to communicate with students. Games, songs and other active teaching techniques will reinforce the learning. Exploring a language is a way of expanding your thought process and understanding another culture from the deepest level.

Chinese Language and Cultural Activities for the Classroom

Learn how to integrate Chinese language and culture into your classroom during this two-day workshop. Surprise yourself with how quickly you can learn simple Chinese that you can pass on to your students through multi-sensory methods. Activities include games, music, hands-on activities, Chinese dance and Chinese writing. This workshop will help you gain insight into the strengths of the Chinese educational system.

What American Educators Can Learn from the Chinese Educational System 
What is it we can gain from China that will help American students develop a global outlook and prepare for them their future careers in an integrated world? This course explores the strengths of the Chinese educational system and what U.S. administrators can learn from it. Points of discussion will include the Chinese curriculum, unique cognitive skills, and the structure of the Chinese educational system. To obtain a deeper perspective of how Chinese are educated, we will also look at case studies of students who started their education in China before transferring to the U.S.