2018 STARTALK Fall Conference APPROACHES TO TALKING WITH TEACHERS ABOUT EVERYDAY CULTURE IN A CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASS Kaishan Kong Ping Peng Alice Yang
2018 STARTALK Fall Conference
APPROACHES TO TALKING WITH TEACHERS ABOUT EVERYDAY CULTURE IN A CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASS
KaishanKongPingPengAliceYang
PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONTeaching and Assessing Chinese Culture and Language Authentically
Goals:
• Cultivateacriticalunderstandingofculture
• DevelopskillsinteachingChineselanguageandcultures
• Transformeverydayartifactsintoculturallearning
WORKSHOP OUTCOMES 1. Participantswillreflectonhowcultureisincludedin
theircurriculumandteachingpractice.
2. Participantswillenvisionwaysoftransformingtheactivitiestosuittheirownprograms.
3. Participantswillhavestrategiestoopencurriculumconversationstopromoteinterculturality.
PROBLEM OF PRACTICE•WhatareChinesecultures?•Whatareauthenticcultures?•Howcanwecreateauthenticculturalresources?
SOLUTIONS• Reflection-basedcurriculumdevelopment• Constructivistlearningenvironment• Learner-centeredpedagogy
Reflection-based Curriculum Development
• Freewritetobegintheday
• Opendiscussionontheuseofreflection
• Dailyreflection
• Culturalgrowthroadmap
Wang,F.&Kong,K.(2017).Five-Dimensionreflectivepedagogymodelforteachereducation:Acaseincultureteaching. The14thInternationalConferenceonChineseLanguagePedagogyproceedings,pp.82-111.
Constructive Learning Environment
• Collectiveclassroompolicy&dailyroutines
• Miniteachingandpeerscaffolding
• Approachingsensitivetopics• Balancingtheoriesandpractice
• Tool-kittime
Learner-centered Pedagogy
• Differentiatedteachingandvariousformsofreflections
• Identitiesdiscussion• Fieldtripsandscavengerhunt• Adaptingteachingmaterials• Bringingpractitionerstodiscussion
APPLICATION
Cultural Growth Roadmap
Kaishan Kong
Visualization of Growth: Reflective Growth Roadmap
• Todocumentlearning• Tovisualizeideasandthinking• Todisplaydevelopment• Toconnecttheoryandpractice
Reflective Growth Roadmap
• Reflectingonteachingpractice• Identifyingproblems• Exploringself• Criticalthinking• Transformativethinking• Complicatingcultures• Applicationinclassroom
Example: Annie’s Reflective Growth Roadmap
• Whatindicatorsofgrowthdoyouidentifyinhernarrationofthejourneyandtheroadmap?
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Annie’s Reflective Growth Roadmap
• “Lookingintomyownself”
• “Whatismyownculture?”
• “Iwasdoubtingmyself.”
• “WhoamI?”
• “MaybeIcouldbringitintomyclassroom.IalwaysthoughtIknewtheanswer,butmaybeIdon’t.Itisok.Ijustneedtobringthatjourneyoflookingatculture,lookingatidentityintomyclassroom.”
• “ManyofmystudentsareAsianAmericans.Theythemselveswilleventuallyoractuallytheyareinthatprocessoflookingatthatissue,sobybringthatissueintotheclassroom,Ifeelthatitwillbehelpfulformystudents,ontopoftellingthemhowtoplayyoyoandhowtowritecalligraphy.”
• Confusion–clarification—selfexploration—solution—thefinalpicturetheteacherwiththestudentsthinkingthroughthecomplexityandalltheseissues.
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Tool Kit TIME
Ping Peng
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Example One
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• ExampleTwo
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• ExampleThree
Dialoguing With Experienced Practitioners
Alice Yang
Re-envision FL TeachingDeveloping students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)
How To Do It?Creating spaces/opportunities for real cultural experiences/ exchanges. Reflection and interaction are the keys.
Don’t Forget...
Further Discussion
• Howdidyoulearntointegratecultureandlanguageinyourownpractice?• Whatshouldprofessionaldevelopmentforculture-languageintegrationlooklike?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• MarthaBigelow• JoanBrzezinski• JohannaEnnser-Kananen• ChunhuiWang
• FangAndieWang• YuWang• MargaretWong• Fangwen Yeh• Yongling Zhang-Gorke
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THANK YOU.Q&A
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