2010 Chinese Language Teacher Summer Institute
The Asian Languages ESL/Bilingual Technical Center (ALBETAC) held its Fourth Chinese Language Teacher
Summer Institute from August 25-27 at Pace University, Manhattan campus. The theme of this year’s
institute was “Teaching Language, Literacy & Making the Content Connection in Chinese.” This year,
ALBETAC collaborated with Confucius Institute at Pace University and NYU Project for Developing
Chinese Language Teachers (DCLT) in bringing various resources to Chinese language teachers. The
purpose is to provide professional knowledge as well as to build a network for educational professionals
in the Chinese language teaching field. Nearly 60 teachers of Chinese language and bilingual classes
participated in and completed the 12-hour professional development. There were participants from the
tri-state area. While most of the participants are from New York City, there are also teachers traveling
from New Jersey, Connecticut and other parts of New York State - Binghamton, and Yonkers to this “rich
and worthy learning experience”, according to the feedback from one participant.
The 2010 Chinese Language Teacher Summer Institute is designed to address the needs of both Chinese
as a foreign language teachers and Chinese bilingual/dual language program teachers. The presenters
include practioners from both elementary and secondary school levels.
Click here to access the activity pictures. To access the presentations, please click the web-links below.
Presentation Titles and Presenters
Chinese Language Characteristics and Their Implication for Literacy Development (Pat Lo, Dr. Susan Rui)
Resources and Strategies in Teaching Bilingual Classes (Linda Ho & Christina Hsu)
Balanced Literacy in Chinese Language Instruction (Anna Janssen)
Literacy Development in Math (Alice Wang), Social Studies (Lixin Zhang) and Science (Alice Lai)
Mapping the Foreign Language Proficiency Levels (Dr. Susan Rui)
Thematic Lesson Planning and Performance- based Assessments (Peng Zeng, Guo Qing Zhang)
Teaching and Learning Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in the Language Classroom (Dr. James Bao)