The 2004 Conference of the CLTA-GNY & International Conference
on Teaching Chinese: Innovative Methods and Effective Approaches

Organized by Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York (CLTA-GNY)

Hosted by the Rutgers University of New Jersey

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2004

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Program

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8:30 -9:45 am	Breakfast and Registration –Room Hickman 101
9:45 -10:30 am	Opening –Room 101
	Presiding: Dr. Richard V. Simmons 史皓元, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Board member of CLTA-GNY
	Prof. Ching-I Tu 涂經詒, Chair of Asian Languages & Cultures Dept., Rutgers, The State University of NJ: Welcome remarks
	Guest speakers:
	Dr. Huang Huikang 黃惠康博士, Acting Consul General of China 中國駐紐約總領事館代總領事
	Ms. Elizabeth Wong, Executive Director and CEO of the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority on behalf of Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey
	Mr. Jiangong Zhao 赵建功, Vice President of Journal of Chinese Language (中国语文报社副社长)
	CLTA-GNY business
	Dr. Wenchao He 何文潮 of New York University, President of CLTA-GNY: Work report
	Election Committee of CLTA-GNY: Election results

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Morning session: 10:30 - 12:00; Room Hickman 210
Topic: Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Chair: Richard V. Simmons 史皓元, Rutgers University
Branner	David	茶米		University of Maryland	Traditional Chinese Linguistics in Service of Undergraduate Chinese Curriculum
Chen	Dongdong	陳東東		Seton Hall University	Difficult Language, Effective Approach
Liu	Xianming	劉憲民		Vanderbilt University	Ba-Sentences Revisited
Duan	Wenhan	段文菡		Columbia University/Nankai University	語言能力分析
Morning session: 10:30 - 12:00; Room Hickman 205
Topic: Innovative Methods of Teaching Characters
Chair: Derlin CHAO 趙德麟, Hunter College
Chao	Derlin	趙德麟		Hunter College	Introducing an Innovative Method of Teaching Chinese Characters
Dai	Fang	戴舫		Hunter College	Introducing an Innovative Method of Teaching Chinese Characters
Wang	Joyce	王訓愉		Hunter College	Introducing an Innovative Method of Teaching Chinese Characters
Gao	Weiyi	高伟毅		中国教育学会中学语文教学专业委员会	巧学形近字
Morning session: 10:30 - 12:00; Room Hickman 101
Topic: An Inquiry into Activities that Foster Active Learning and Student-Centered Teaching
Chair: Michelle LIU 劉幼雯, Brunswick School; Moderator: Bonnie LIAO 廖冰, YingHua Language School
Liu	Michelle	劉幼雯		Brunswick School	Using Technology in Teaching Chinese in High School Classrooms
Gu	Jian	顾健		The Brearley School	Interactive Games/Activities That Facilitate Language Learning
Ranieri	Joyce	吳芳華		Collegiate School	Engaging Learners' Minds and Foster Deeper Understanding
Morning workshop: 10:30 - 11:15; Room Hickman 214
Lee	Lucy	竹露茜		美國中小學中文教師協會前會長、SAT中文考試委員會負責人	From the SAT II Chinese test to an AP Chinese
Morning workshop: 11:15 - 12:00; Room Hickman 214
Topic: How to Obtain a License Teaching Chinese in New York State (info about how to obtain a teaching license for New Jersey will be distributed as well)
Spencer	Wan	尹健陞		New York City Department of Education	New requirements by New York State regarding teaching licenses
Rui	Susan	芮茵		New York City Department of Education	New requirements by New York State regarding teaching licenses
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:00 Douglass College Center Faculty Dining Room (a short walk from Hickman Hall)
Lunch time activities:
1. Get-together meeting of teachers participating in CLTA-GNY & Nanjing University Teacher Training Program this summer. Faculty Dining Room
2. Discussion by Chinasprout: Textbooks for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language to K-12 Students. Room Hickman 214
3. Information session by 紐約中國留學服務中心: 漢語水平考試和若干中文競賽 . Room Hickman 210
Afternoon session I: 1:00 - 2:30; Room Hickman 205
Topic: Innovative Multimedia Approaches in Teaching Chinese
Chair: Yong HO 何勇, United Nations
Zhang	Phyllis		張霓	Columbia University	From Input to Output: A Multimedia Approach
Mehta	Frances		李玉芬	Cornell University	Text and Tool: Authentic Media Reading via Computer Technology
Meng	Yuan Yuan		孟苑苑	Columbia University	Using Television Dramas Effectively at Advanced Levels
Ruan	Henry		阮勇強	Lower East Side Prep. High School, NYC Dept of Ed	Making web projects for subject teaching
Afternoon session I: 1:00 - 2:30; Room Hickman 210
Topic: Effective Ways to Motivate and Retain Students
Chair: Xuewu YAO 姚學吾, New York University
Wu	Weiling	吳葳玲		West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, NJ	Tapping into Student Motivation
Meyer	Rachel	梅潔如		ABC Language Exchange	Retention and motivation of American students studying Chinese
Xie	Yan	謝彥		University of Massachusetts	What Heritage Students' Success Tells us: rethinking the role of learning motivation
Gallagher	Martha	王蒞文		U.S. Military Academy	以漢語語音之特性谈语音教法
Afternoon session I: 1:00 - 2:30; Room Hickman 214
Topic: Incorporating Culture in Teaching and Text Material Creation
Chair: Shuming Lu 鲁曙明, Brooklyn College
Chen	Tong	陳彤		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Helping Students Avoid Culture Shock
Ji	Jianguo	姬建國		City College	Incorporating culture in text material creation
Jiao	Xiaoxiao	焦曉曉		New York University	Integrating Culture with Language Learning
Guo	Xi	郭熙		Jinan University, China	特殊目的的漢語作為第二語言的教學﹕實踐與思考
Break: 2:30 - 2:45
Afternoon session II: 2:45 - 4:15; Room Hickman 205
Topic: Breaking New Trails in Teaching Heritage and Nonheritage Students
Chair: Weiling WU 吳葳玲, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, NJ
Hong	Yuqing	洪玉清		New York City Department of Education	語言教學的趣味性和實用性
Liao	Bonnie	廖冰		YingHua Language School	海外中文教育的新希望：马立平博士的华裔儿童中文教科书系列
Zhang	Shihong	張世紅		Huaxia School-Bloomfield Branch	从 美 国 教 育 哲 学 谈 提 高 中 文 学 校 学 生 学 中 文 的 兴 趣
Li	Ye	李曄		SUNY, Stony Brook	談繼承語學生的中文寫作教學
Afternoon session II: 2:45 - 4:15; Room 210
Topic: Embedded Culture and New Strategies in Teaching
Chair: Martha Gallagher 王蒞文, U.S. Military Academy
Wang	Zhijun	王志軍		University of Illinois	Teaching Culture in the Chinese Beginner’s Course: A Case of the Practical Chinese Reader (I & II)
Zhang	June	張軍學		Dr. M.L. King Jr. School, Cambridge, MA	Teaching Chinese Through the Method of Total Physical Response (TPR) Activities
Tsai	Yi-Chen	蔡宜臻		New York University	Different strategies in learning Chinese
Fang	Marisa	林宛芊		Plainview Chinese School	Applying ESL techniques in CFL classrooms
Chen-Shea	Carol	陳自達		Plainview Chinese School
Yang	Wei-li	楊威莉		Plainview Chinese School
Afternoon session II: 2:45 - 4:15; Room 214
Topic: New Concepts in Textbook Creation
Chair: Dongdong CHEN 陳東東, Seton Hall University
He	Wenchao	何文潮		New York University	一套編寫中的全新中文新教材
Wang	Hailong	王海龍		Columbia University	Cognitive Contextual Issues in Advanced Chinese: New Pedagogical Approaches to Text Designing and Syntax Teaching
Du	Wenwei	都文偉		Vassar College	Reading Aloud in Chinese Character Texts: A Students’ Perspective
Huang	Weijia	黃偉嘉		Brown University	如何編寫對外漢語的古漢語教材
Closing session: 4:20 - 4:40; Room 101 The new President and the new Vice President

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