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The Teaching of Modern and Classical ChineseColumbia University, New York City
October 15-17, 1999
The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, and the CCK Center for Chinese Culture and Institutional History will hold an international conference October 15-17 at Columbia. More than 50 scholars of language pedagogy and linguistics and experienced teachers from East Asian, Europe, and North America have been invited to present papers. The topics to be examined include pedagogical grammar and discourse grammar in teaching, curriculum development, textbooks, methodologies, developing multi-media materials, reading comprehension and strategies in modern Chinese, and curriculum and texts in classical Chinese. Those interested in receiving further information may write to Irene Liu, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, 407 Kent Hall, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027. FAX 212-678-8629