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Title: Virtual%20Chinese%20Space


1
Virtual Chinese Space
  • Learn Chinese Online

2
Aim and Targeted Audience
  • Online learning community for people to learn
    Chinese
  • Target adults as its audience

3
How to Justify
  • There are several possibilities to justify an
    educational product or program which we want to
    develop

4
How to Justify no needs
  • If there are no needs,
  • create needs, then products.

5
How to Justify with needs
  • If there are needs over there,
  • and no products or solutions, it seems whatever
    you come out might be justified.
  • and products or solutions, you need to create
    something better by meeting the needs
  • either they cannot meet
  • or they cannot satisfactorily meet
  • or they ignore
  • or in different ways

6
Needs?
  • Needs related to learning Chinese? The answer is
    YES

7
Needs
  • Needs to learn Chinese
  • Evidence 1
  • Evidence 2
  • Needs or the learning problems which learners
    have when they are engaged in learning Chinese.

8
Principles of Learning Language
  • As much as possible, language learning should
    emulate authentic language use.
  • performance with language rather than knowledge
    about the language.
  • comprehension and production.
  • requires an understanding of the cultural context
    within which communication takes place.
  • takes into account individual learning styles and
    rates
  • engagement
  • Assessment reflects instructional goals and is
    performance oriented.
  • Technology and textbook materials play a support
    role for language-learning goals they should not
    determine curriculum.
  • Teachers are qualified in the languages they
    teach proficiency in the language, experience
    with the cultures, pedagogical expertise specific
    to the language.

9
Principles to Needs
  • Looking from another way, we can view these
    principles as learning needs.
  • the first principle As much as possible,
    language learning should emulate authentic
    language use.
  • can be rephrased as learners need to learn a
    language in a way emulating authentic language
    use.

10
Solutions?
  • Learn Chinese in a language immersion program
  • Learn Chinese full-time in school
  • Learn Chinese in China or other Chinese-speaking
    areas
  • Learn Chinese with computer software or tapes
  • Learn Chinese online

11
Justification for my Project
  • There are needs
  • Tremendous to needs to learn Chinese
  • Needs or learning problems emerged when being
    engaged in learning Chinese
  • There are programs and solutions
  • Are they good?
  • So what I have to do is to design a better
    program by meeting the needs
  • either they cannot meet
  • or they cannot satisfactorily meet
  • or they ignore
  • or in different ways

12
Justification for my Project
  • Is it possible for me to design a better program
  • Yes, because I am in LDT program
  • How to design a better program
  • I need YOUR HELP

13
  • Thanks!
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