Schedule of Panels and Activities

2000 CLTA Annual Meeting

November 16-19, 2000

Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts

Thursday, 11/16/00

6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

CLTA Board of Directors Meeting (Sheraton, Exeter A&B)

5:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m.

Bring the Standards into the K-12 China Classroom (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Lei Wu, Bershire School: "Linking Standards to the Curriculum"

Diane Mammone, Quabbin Regional High School: "Performance-based Teaching: Using Folktales to Teach the Younger Learners"

Shouping Li, McDowell Intermediate High School: "A Multimedia Approach to Help Students Learn Chinese"

Discussants: Chih-Wen Su, Amherst Regional High School, Carol Chen-Lin, Choate Rosemary Hall

5:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m.

Ways of Recognizing Characters (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Martha Wang Gallagher (Chair), US Military Academy

Likang Su, Beijing Education Institute: "Teach Character by Character Group"

Cui Luan, Beijing People’s Educational Press: "Focused vs. Scattered Ways of Learning Characters"

Jinming Chen, Capital Normal University: "Character Recognition and Children’s Cognitive Development"

Discussant: Julian Wheatley, MIT

6:30 p.m.-7:45 p.m.

Chinese Teaching Material Swap Shop (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Hal Nicholas (Chair), Lee County School

Carol Chen-Lin, Choate Rosemary Hall

6:30 p.m.-7:45 p.m.

High School to College Articulation in Chinese (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Donald E. Gjertson, University of Massachusetts

Su-chuan Chung, Rebbecca Johnson School

Chih-wen Su, Amherst Regional Schools

Friday, 11/17/00

9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

National Standards for Foreign Language Education: Implications in Chinese Instruction at College Level (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Der-lin Chao (Chair), Hunter College: "Foreign Languages Standards and Teaching Heritage Learners"

Cecilia Chang, Williams College: "National Foreign Language Standards and Liberal Arts College Chinese Curriculum"

Hsin-hsin Liang, University of Michigan: "How ACC’s Study Abroad Program Meets the Standards for Foreign Language Learning"

Discussant: Neil Kubler, Williams College

 

9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

Beyond Intermediate Chinese: Issues and Solutions (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Jennifer Li-chia Liu (Chair), Indiana University: "Vocabulary Acquisition by Intermediate and Advanced Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language"

Xia Liang, Washington University: "On Teaching Level III Chinese"

Chih-ping Chou, Princeton University: "Missing Link: Between Intermediate and Advanced"

Mien-hua Chiang, Princeton University: "Concerns and Methods of Teaching Literary Works in the Language Classroom"

2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Chinese Program Building in Liberal Arts of Colleges (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Meng Yeh (Chair), Trinity University: "Recruiting the First-Year Students"

Claudia Ross, College of the Holy Cross: "Chinese Language Programs and Area Studies"

Mark Hansell, Carleton College: "Accommodating Heritage Learners and Other Students with Special Needs in a Small College Setting"

Hong Gang Jin, Hamilton College: "Study Abroad is an Integral Part of Foreign Language Education"

2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Computer Assisted Language Teaching Experiments (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

De Bao Xu (Chair), Hamilton College: "An Easy to Use Template for Chinese Multimedia Exercises"

Su Jane Wu & Kirsten Speidel, Swarthmore College: "Using Web-based Interactive Exercises to Assist Chinese Language Learning and Teaching at Swarthmore College"

Wen-chiu Tu, Defense Language Institute: "Chinese Orthography on the Web"

Jim Ferolo & Li-Cheng Gu, Northwestern University: "Introduce a New Site ‘Kan tu shizi’"

4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Directions in Chinese Language Program Development (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Panel discussion: Training TAs to assess written assignments--Maintaining Consistency Developing and Implementing Program-specific Rubrics for Curricular Goals Suggestions for Assessing TA Performance

Madeline Spring (Chair), University of Colorado, Boulder

Tao-chung Yao, University of Hawaii

Hsiao-jung Yu, University of California at Santa Barbara

Fang-yi Chao, University of Colorado, Boulder

Irene Liu (tentative), Columbia University

Tina Jenkins, University of Colorado, Boulder

Discussants: Cheryl Krueger, University of Virginia; Robert Davis, University of Oregon

4:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Chinese Pedagogical Grammar Issues (I) (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Shou-hsin Teng (Chair), National Taiwan Normal University: "Testing Chinese Grammar"

Zong Meng, Foreign Service Institute, State Department: "Repetition in Mandarin"

Shin Yong, Beloit College: " ‘le’ vs. ‘shi. . .de’ "

Wenze Hu, Harvard University: "Understanding the Chinese Conceptual Structure and Chinese Language Teaching"

5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

CLTA General Membership Meeting (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

CLASS Board Meeting (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

 

Saturday, 11/18/00

8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Bridging the Gap between Theories and Pedagogical Practice (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Jianhua Bai (Chair), Kenyon College: "Developing Pragmatic Competence: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice"

Qun Ao, Brandies University: "A Collaborative Achievement: What Does Research Tell Us About Correcting Tonal Errors?"

Xiaoqi Wu, Kenyon College: "The Adverbial and Complement of State/Degree"

Chengzhi Chu, University of Hawaii/Stanford University: "Corpus of Chinese Interlanguage (CCI) 1.0: Design, Functions, and Applications"

8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Making Use of Media Materials in Post-Basic Training in Situ (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Vivian Ling (Chair), Inter-University Program

Tong Zhang, Yale University/2000-2001 IUP: "Broadcasting Program ‘Half-hour at Noon’ as Advanced Listening and Speaking Materials"

Yan Li, Indiana University: "How we use ‘Focus’ in Teaching Chinese"

Neil Kubler, Williams College: "Adopting Xiangsheng as Materials for Post-basic Training"

Discussant: Vivian Ling

10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

SATII-Chinese in 2000: An Item Writing Mini Workshop (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Tao-chung Yao (Chair), University of Hawaii

Lucy Lee, ETS and Livingston High School, NJ: "An Overview of the SATII-Chinese Test"

Chih-wen Su, Amherst High School & Dali Tan, Landon School: "SAT II Chinese--a Pre-collegiate Perspective"

Scott McGinnis, National Foreign Language Center: "SAT II Chinese--a Collegiate Perspective"

Discussant: Richard Chi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Chinese Pedagogical Grammar Issues (II) (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Le-ning Liu (Chair), Columbia University: "The Study of Chinese Grammar and the Teaching of Classical Chinese"

Matthew B. Christensen, Brigham Young University: "Teaching Discourse Grammar Strategies in the Chinese Classroom"

Li-Yuan Chen, National Taiwan University: "On Teaching Chinese Sentential Particles"

Janet Xing, Western Washington University: "Commendatory and Derogatory Expressions in Mandarin Chinese"

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CLASS General Meeting (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Wenyan and Baihua: Contemporary Prospects and Challenges in Teaching Classical Chinese Across the Country (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Gregory Chiang (Chair), Middlebury College

Su-mei Wu, Harvard University: "Classical Chinese Instruction in the Context of American Pedagogy"

Joanne Chiang, Princeton University: "How to Increase Proficiency in Modern Chinese While Studying Classical Chinese"

Kai Li, Oberlin College: "Integrating Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese to the Undergraduate Curriculum"

1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Film and Active Learning (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Jingheng Ma (Chair), Wellesley College: "Authentic Film and Active Learning"

Nyan-Ping Bi, University of Washington: "Seeing Is Believing: Video-Taping and Self-Correction"

Hilda H. Tao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: "Learning Pronunciation/Grammar via Conversations (a new CD Rom of 27 Skits)"

Christopher Crocoll, Foreign Service Institute, US Dept. of State: "Mastering the Celestial Dialects:

The Learning of Chinese as a Foreign Language before the Twentieth Century"

4:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m.

Issues in Web-based Chinese Language Instruction (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Jerome L. Packard (Chair), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Hui-Mei Hsu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: "The Web-based CFL Environment: A Technical Perspective"

Yi-Ping Hsu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: "How Effective is Web-based Instruction in CFL Teaching?"

Jiaying Lin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: "Motivation, Study Time and Student Performance in the Web-based Classroom"

Discussant: Chin-Chuan Cheng, City University of Hong Kong/University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

4:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m.

Reading Related Issues (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

James E. Dew (Chair), "A Student’s Dictionary Shelf: Notes on Some Important Chinese Dictionaries of Recent Vintage"

Yea-Fen Chen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: "Foreign Language Reading Anxiety"

Yufen Lee Mehta, Cornell University: "Authentic and Advanced Reading: News-style Materials"

Ling Zhao, Smith College: "On Teaching Reading Again"

6:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m.

A Bold Beginning: Teaching an Online Chinese Course Integrating Web and Multimedia CD ROMs (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Tianwei Xie (Chair), California State University, Long Beach: "Submitting Multimedia Homework Electronically in a Web-Based Course"

Jeff Winters, California State University, Long Beach: "Managing a Chinese Course on the Web"

Sanpao Li, California State University, Long Beach: "Using Multimedia CD ROMs to Enhance a Web-Based Language Course"

Discussant: Cecilia Chu, University of California, Berkeley

6:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m.

The Identification of Word Boundaries in Chinese Test: Applications and Consequences in the Teaching of Chinese (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Audrey Li (Chair), University of Southern California

Yi-chia Ingrid Hsu, University of Southern California: "Word Boundaries and Reading Performance for Learners with Oral Competence in Chinese"

Xiu-zhi Zoe Wu, University of Southern California: "How Beginner Level Learners of Chinese Benefit from the Indication of Word Boundaries"

Chih-Ping Andrew Chang, Mt. San Antonio College: "Word Boundaries and Selection of Reading Materials"

Discussant: Audrey Li, University of Southern California

 

Sunday, 11/19/00

8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Chinese Characters: Teaching and Learning in American Universities (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

John Jinghua Yin (Chair), University of Vermont: "Study Methods Employed by American Students in Memorizing Chinese Characters"

Meiqing Zhang, Brown University: "The Teaching of Chinese Characters at the Entry Level"

Yihua Wang, University of California at Los Angeles: "Characteristics of Teaching Chinese Characters to Chinese Heritage Learners"

Discussant: Chaofen Sun, Stanford University

8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

How to Teach Grammar Effectively (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Maiheng Shen Dietrich (Chair), Univ. of Pennsylvania: "Grammar in Discourse Construction"

Xianmin Liu, Vanderbilt University: "Why Not ‘Ta kan le liang tian de nei ben shu?’"

Aimin Li, Harvard University: "Evaluative Function Implicit in Grammatical Structures"

Discussant: Theresa Chang-hwei Jen, Bryn Mawr College

10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Report on the CLTA Articulation Project (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Chuanren Ke (Chair), The University of Iowa: "An Overview of the CLTA Articulation Project"

Claire Kotenbeutel, James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, WI: "CLTA Articulation Project--A Pre-collegiate Perspective"

Xiaohong Wen, University of Houston: "CLTA Articulation Project--A Collegiate Perspective"

Discussants: Theresa Chao, Los Angeles, CA; Richard Chi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Lucy Lee, ETS and Livingston High School, NJ; Scott McGinnis, National Foreign Language Center; Lianggen Zheng, Michigan

10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Individualized Teaching and Learning (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Kunshan (Carolyn) Lee (Chair), Duke University: "Individual Sessions: A Way to Reinforce Accuracy and Proficiency in Listening and Speaking Skills Outside of the Chinese Language Classroom"

Judy Z. Mu, Washington University: "Learner Differences and Curriculum Design"

Ying Wang, Mount Holyoke College: "Meeting Students’ Individual Needs"

Lunghua Hu, Brown University: "Correcting Pronunciation During Individual Sessions"

12:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Knowledge, Memory, Meaning: Learning to Communicate in the Chinese Culture (Sheraton, Gardner A&B)

Jing Wang (Chair), Colgate University: "Meaning in Advanced Level Chinese Learning and Instruction"

Galal Walker, NEALRC Ohio State: "Experiencing Chinese Culture"

Li Yu, The Ohio State University: "Cultural Knowledge Compilation and Genre Training in Advanced Chinese Reading and Writing"

Discussant: Yanfang Tang, The College of William and Mary

12:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Application (Sheraton, Hampton A&B)

Phyllis Zhang (Chair), Columbia University: "Tools that Make Tasks Work"

Yuanyuan Meng, Columbia University: "Teaching Listening and Speaking through Broadcast News"

DuanDuan Li, Columbia University: "Discovering and Making Meaning Together I Writing"

Hailong Wang, Columbia University: "Pedagogical Approaches to Formal Correspondence"