Teaching Chinese characters through artistic
lenses
Yan Huang 黄彦
TC Williams
High School, Teacher
论文摘要Paper
Abstract:The presenter will
demonstrate how to learn Chinese characters in a creative and artistic way.
About 300 commonly-used characters in drawing will be demonstrated to the
audience. The presenter will share ideas on designing and creating the
character art and her insights on connecting the character teaching with
Chinese culture and visual arts. Art pictures and videos will be played and
demonstrated (www.chinesecharacterart.com). The audience will gain innovative
ideas about teaching Chinese characters, design class activities to help
students learn characters in a meaningful way, and connect character teaching
with culture and visual arts. A free poster designed by 50 Chinese characters
will be given to each audience.
发言人简介Presenter's Bio:Yan Huang earned her Master’s degree in Education from George Mason University in Virginia. She started her teaching career six years ago at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, VA. Under her teaching, the program has grown from only offering Chinese one to now offering levels one through AP. She is the founder of Chinese Character Art (www.chinesecharacterart.com)