February 29, 2008
February 27, 2008
Chinese jobs information--from Ian Burns
Dr Ian Burns, coordinator of Saint Paul Schools Chinese Articulation Project and secretary of the MN Association of Chinese Language Teachers, kindly provided these job information:
St. Paul Schools will be starting a K - 6 program in September of this year. If anyone is interested in this job they should contact, now,Kenyatta Carter in Human Resources at St.Paul Public Schools.I hope to be able to arrange some early preparation time payment for the successful applicant to assist me in curriculum development and preparation for a new program in the selected school.
We are also looking for a teacher to teach one hour a day at Highland Park Senior HIgh School, which is at the South end of Snelling Avenue in St.Paul. This teacher has usually been paid approximately $25 per hour for two hours a day - one hour teaching and one hour preparation. It could be asort of extended teaching practise with some pay and an introduction tolife in an American high school.
SPPS also are seeking a half time bilingual, Chinese/English technical person, approximate salary $19000 per annum, who should be someone with a degree in technology interested in assisting classroom teachers with the effective use of technology in Chinese language teaching.
An article--content and ESL collaboration
Hi Sherri and all,
I found this article useful for Sherri's project and maybe for others of us too: (It's available online through the university library) It's about ESL but could inform our studies on Chinese and content.
Building ESL Students' Linguistic and Academic Literacy through Content-Based Interclass Collaboration
Kasper, Loretta F.
Teaching English in the Two-Year College v. 32 no. 3 (March 2005) p. 282-97
2005
children's tales--flash
Hi Huizhu and all,
This is a site with many children's tales with flash.
February 23, 2008
Learning Chinese online
This is a great site with links to many useful websites of Chinese learning!
MIA--Teaching the Arts
Donna suggested this resource in her museum. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has a good collection of Chinese arts. There are free newsletters and docent tours! Great for field trips and learning Chinese culture!
A link and an article
Two useful resources sent by Hui Zhu.
1) CA Chinese schools
http://www.askasia.org/chinese/states/california.htm
2) Guan Meng, China English, Chinglish and English learning, US-China Foreign Language, ISSN1539-8080, USA May 2007, Volume 5, No.5 (Serial No.44)
February 8, 2008
Biblliography
This is a reference on learning Chinese as a foriegn language from my course papers. Xiao Nan suggested that it is too long, so maybe I'll try to break it up according to specific topics later.
Please feel free to share your lists or any articles or papers helpful!
February 4, 2008
A weblog for new Chinese teachers
Greetings Chinese teachers and friends!
I'm glad to be of help in creating a web space here for all of us to exchange resources and ideas. I hope we can work together for a supportive environment that facilitates teaching practices and research!