Untapped Potential: Ratcheting Up the Instruction to Teach Chinese Language in an K-12 Class

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Untapped Potential Ratcheting Up the
Instruction to Teach Chinese Language in an K-12
Class

• Yuqing Hong
• Curriculum Specialist
• Office of ELLs, NYCDOE

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Why Chinese?

• Economic capital
• Political capital
• Cultural capital
• Educational capital

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New Initiatives in the U.S.

• National Flagship Language Initiative
  www.nflc.org/nfl
• Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP)

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Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC

• Population
• Programs
• Pedagogy

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Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC

• Population
• - 16,649 ELLs are Chinese speaking
• - highly concentrated districts

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Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC

• Programs
• - Chinese as a foreign language program (FL)
• - Chinese bilingual program (NLA)
• - Chinese dual language program (DL)

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Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC
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New York City School Districts
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The untapped potential

• Language features
• Curriculum
• Materials
• Assessment
• Pedagogy

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The untapped potential

• Pedagogy Panel discussion
• - Lily Shen
• - Marisa Fang
• - Rita Kwan
• - Wendy Lin

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Resources

• American Council for the Teaching of Foreign
  Languages http//www.actfl.org
• Asia Society http//www.askasia.org
• Chinese Language Association of
  Secondary-Elementary Schools http//classk12.org
  
• College Board http//apcentral.collegeboard.com
• The Chinese Ministry of Education and the
  National Office on the Teaching of Chinese as a
  Foreign Language www.hanban.edu.cn
• Chinese School Association in the United States
  http//www.csaus.org
• National Council of Associations of Chinese
  Language Schools www.ncacls.org
• National Council of State Supervisors For
  Languages http//www.ncssfl.org