building language interest, confidence, motivation and skills: supporting struggling students by...
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BUILDING LANGUAGE INTEREST, CONFIDENCE, MOTIVATION AND SKILLS: SUPPORTING STRUGGLING STUDENTS BY USING FOCUSED SMALL GROUPS TO DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION
Chiungwen ChangChinese American International School
Introduction
About me - Wen ( 張瓊文）- Chinese Language Support (CLS) teacher- 4 years at CAIS
About Chinese American International School (CAIS)
- Founded 30 years ago- Chinese-English immersion school in San Francisco - First school of its kind in the U.S.- Pre-k through 8th grade- Around 500 students- 50-50 immersion from Pre-k through 5th grade
Agenda
Purpose Introduction Case Study Resources
What is the most challenging thing in teaching Chinese?
Have you ever felt like this?
Why are my students losing motivation in Chinese learning?
I have students who are struggling in Chinese learning. What do I do?
How can I find the best way to help
students efficiently with limited time?
Chinese Language Support @ CAIS
Small Group InstructionsGrades 1-8Open Curriculum
Goal: To assist students build up Chinese language proficiency
How does CLS work at CAIS?
Evaluate
Potential students Go over the assessment taken
place in the first week of school year with home room teachers
Collect data Observe class Determine students
Design
Determine focus Set goals Define plans Design schedule
Execute: Record keeping
Goals Feb 1 Feb 4 Feb 8 Feb 11
Recognize characters
Radicals introRadicals game
Draw flash cardsCharacter Drills
Drills & Games
Drills & Games
Using the character to make phrases
Use flash cards for phrases
Use flash cards for phrases
Use flash cards for phrases
Use new vocabulary to make long sentences
Stories & games to reinforce usage
Stories & games to reinforce usage
Schedule for progress
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Sample Schedule
Execute: Student self-evaluation
Goals 100% Speaking Chinese
in the session !
Be able to use the following sentence patterns correctly. 除了…得…才能… .
Be able retell the story( 畫蛇添足） using new phrases and sentence patterns
I not only did it but also challenge myself using words not in this lesson.
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I did it! ✔ ✔
I almost did it!
Sample Rubrics
Agenda
Purpose Introduction Case Studies Resources/Appendix Q&A
Case study 1
Area to focus: Character Recognition 認字 Name ： Caiden Grade: 1st Grade
Difficulties
-Had difficult time remembering Chinese characters
- Hard to build up his own Chinese vocabulary -Get confused with Chinese characters that
sound similar ( EX: 象 像 相 想 香 ）
Activity 1Introducing radicals
Guess Who!
每個中文字有部首 請問它有沒有___?
拍 像 想 跑 吃 眼
Activity 2Introducing radicals with pictures
I draw, You guess!
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Activity 3Utilizing Student’s Drawings
I did it! - Positive Reinforcement Students do self-evaluation
There is no easy way to remember Chinese characters.
Activity: Count down! 震撼教育！
Activity 4Drill, Drill, Drill!
Draw and talk!
Draw a picture that matches each character
Activity 5Dealing with confusion
Make connections between pictures and characters
Activity 6Dealing with confusion
象 像 想 香 相 的練習
大象看到香蕉的相片想吃香蕉， 想不到，吃到自己的長鼻子， 是象鼻像香蕉，還是香蕉像象鼻？你想一想！
Activity 7Chinese Tongue Twister
隻 , 只 , 知 , 直 的練習 我知道老師有十隻蜘蛛和十隻豬
叔叔只有四隻蜘蛛和四隻豬我還知道豬的腳長得直直的
但是蜘蛛沒有直直的腳
Activity 7Chinese Tongue Twister
Case study 2
Area to focus: Speaking 說 Name ： Zoe and Zoella Grade: 4th Grade Difficulties - Not able to speak in complete sentences
with limited vocabulary and sentence patterns - Using English structures when speaking
Chinese - Low confidence in speaking Chinese
Strategies
Audio-Lingual Method - Repetition Drill - Expansion Drill - Question-Answer
Drill - Communication Drill
Speaking Chinese is fun!
Communication drill
A: 我得把功課做完，才能出去玩。 ……. B : 這枝鉛筆根本不是你的。
Agenda
Purpose Introduction Case Studies Resources
Resources
iPad Applications
- SonicPics
-Puppet Pals
-Educreations
Books
- Struggling learners and language immersion learners
by Tara Fortune and Mandy Menke
- Critical Issues in Early Second Language learning/ Building for Our Children’s Future
by Nyriam Met
