Increasing Language Diversity, Language Proficiency, and Cultural Awareness

Project Director: Peggy Sharkey

Instructional Technology Specialist: Huei-Cheng Lin 林惠正

Support• Foreign Language Assistance Program

• StarTalk

• Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classroom Network

• Component School Districts

• Families

Project ChineseExtracurricular Program for Students in Grades K-12

Open to Grades K-12

Route Proficiency Highway Route Fundamental Pathway

Open to Grades K-6

Choose Your Route:

Route Proficiency Highway

After-School (6 weeks X 1.5 hours)

Online--Blackboard (12 weeks X 2 hours/week)

Online--Skype (8 weeks X .25 hours)

Summer(2 weeks

X 5 days

X 5 hours)

Online--Blackboard (12 weeks X 2 hours/week)

Online--Skype (8 weeks X .25 hours)

Fall

Semester

Spring

Semester

After-School (6 weeks X 1.5 hours)

Fall Semester

Family

Animals

Zodiac

Likes/Dislikes

Numbers

Dates

Time

Clothing

Parts of the

Body

Polite

Phrases

Classroom

Talk

Tones, Pinyin, Characters (Intro)

Greetings

Statements, Questions, Negation,

Possession, Pronouns

Getting to Know Each Other

Spring Semester

Descriptions

Languages

Personal

Information

Schedules

Food/Drinks

Location

Around the

House

Places

Greetings

Activities

Celebrations Travel

Tones, Pinyin, Characters (Intro)

Statements, Questions, Negation,

Possession, Pronouns, Adjectives

A Birthday Celebration

INTERPRETIVE: Listening

I can understand some commonly used words and expressions, such as please and thank you.

I can understand basic information such as days of the week, months of the year, numbers, times and dates.

I can understand names of objects in my immediate environment such as words for objects found in classrooms and homes

I can follow a simple command, especially when people use gestures.

I can understand the difference between a question and a statement.

I can follow a one-step direction, especially when people use gestures.

INTERPERSONAL: Person-to-Person Communication

I can greet people in a polite way using single words and memorized phrases.

I can introduce myself to someone.

I can answer simple questions using one or two words (yes/no questions; either/or choices).

I can respond to questions about my preferences using one or more words or memorized phrases.

I can express my reaction to a statement (positive, negative, sympathetic, agreement, neutrality) using one or more words

(Great! That’s horrible. That’s too bad. OK. So-So.)

PRESENTATIONAL: Spoken Production

I can imitate the sounds and words that I hear.

I can point to and say the names of familiar people, places, and objects in pictures using single words and memorized phrases

I can introduce myself.

I can say short memorized phrases, parts of poems, rhymes, songs, and chains of words.

I can use an appropriate introduction to begin a presentation.

Novice Low

Novice Low

INTERPRETIVE: Reading

I can connect words written in pinyin to sounds.

I can connect some words written in pinyin to meaning.

I can connect some characters to their sound and meaning.

I can connect some words and phrases written in pinyin to meaning.

I can connect characters to meaning. For example, I can distinguish a menu from a birthday party invitation.

I can follow pinyin along on the page when something familiar is read aloud.

I can recognize characters with help from visuals (family members on family tree, actions given movement, months and

holidays on calendar, objects in labeled classroom)

I can identify some symbols that help me understand the meaning of characters.

PRESENTATIONAL: Written Production

I can write some numbers.

I can label some familiar things.

I can write the time of day.

I can write some dates.

I can copy some characters that I see on the wall, in a book, on the board, or on the computer.

Route Fundamental Pathway

Summer Sessions2 sessions X 2 weeks X 5 days X 5 hours

After-School Sessions2 sessions X 6 weeks X 1.5 hours

Cycle of 12 Introductory Units

McDull

Monkey

King

Happy

Sheep

Nezha and the

Dragon King

Kung Fu

Bunny

White

Serpent

Tiger

Grandma

Lost

Horse

Mouse

Bride

Go Calf

Rooster’s

Antlers

Dao Dao

Dog

Introductory Unit Components

• Classroom Tools (Meeting needs and clarifying communication)• Friendship Links (Sharing information about self and others)• Story Line (Digitally enhanced story with listening/reading/retelling practice)• Culture Connections (Highlighting traditional and modern children’s culture)• Language Play (Supporting games, songs, movement, crafts, etc.)

Literacy Skill DevelopmentOral Communication Skill Development

USING TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH CHINESE INRURAL AREAS

Teachers: Ann Mary Grathwol 郭丽芳,

Sophia Hsia 夏天慧

William Michael O’Shea 谢迈克

SPEAKING:ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITIES

VoiceThread

Teacher Modeling: Personal Life…

Practice…

Production: Students’ Stories

CrazyTalk

SPEAKING:SYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITIES

Individual Skype

Screen Sharing

Group Skype

Picture source: Skype.com

LITERACY

Picture” http://www.wokeforestelementary.om

iPod and iPad!

Book Project: Electronic Leveled Readers

Literacy: ComicLife

Write a story…

http://www.wsd73.wednet.edu

COORDINATING, COLLECTING, COLLABORATING

Platform for Everyone

Coordinating

Collecting

Collaborating

Contact Information

• Peggy Sharkey psharkey@wswheboces.org

• Huei-Cheng Lin linh@union.edu