| Thanks to the generosity of Cheng & Tsui Company,
the Cheng & Tsui Professional Development Award for Teachers of Chinese is designed to enhance the knowledge
and skills of teachers of Chinese, especially teachers new to the field.
(See Cheng & Tsui Company President Jill Cheng's 17 November 2000 speech.)
The award is given to support the attendance of
pre-collegiate (including heritage school) and collegiate teachers at training workshops, seminars, conferences,
and other in-service learning experiences at local, national, or international levels; and/or to collaborate
with a mentor teacher. Teacher training workshops and seminars attended by the applicant should be focused on
Chinese pedagogy and issues of Chinese teaching and learning. The fund has designated an annual amount of $1,000
to be divided between at least two teachers each year.
To apply for the Cheng & Tsui Professional Development Award for Teachers of Chinese,
please submit
(preferably via e-mail PDF file attachments) 1) an application stating the purpose to which you would put
the Award, the amount of subsidy requested, and a proposed budget and 2) a current Curriculum Vitae to the
Chair of the Awards Committee of the Chinese Language Teachers Association.
Applicants for this award should have a current CLTA/CLASS membership status.
Wei Hong
Chair of the 2012 CLTA Awards Committee
School of Languages and Cultures
Purdue University
640 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: hongwei@purdue.edu
Downloadable application form (MS Word .doc file). The application deadline is May 31, 2012.
Notification of winner(s) will be sent by email on June 15. The name(s) of winner(s) will be announced and Award(s) presented at the CLTA Annual Meeting. The name(s) of winner(s) will also be reported in the January issue of the CLTA Newsletter and on this web page.
Past Recipients:
| 2003: |
Jin-huei Enya Dai (University of California, Santa Barbara)
CLTA Paper Title: "Character-based Situational Instruction." |
| 2004: |
Peng Wang (Georgetown University)
CLTA Paper Title: "Using Internet to Facilitate a Business Chinese Course." |
| 2005: |
Hsiao-Chi Su (Chinese American International School, San Francisco)
Project: "Week-long workshop at the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota."
Yan Xie (Northfield Mt. Hermon High School, Massachusetts)
CLTA Paper Title: "Establishing the Positive Attitude Toward Learning Chinese: Considering the Motivational Differences in Teaching Heritage and Non-heritage Students."
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| 2006: |
Jianling Liao (University of Iowa)
CLTA Paper Title: "The Impacts of Synchronous Electronic Discussions on L2 Chinese Essay Writing." |
| 2007: |
Yongfang Zhang (The Ohio State University)
CLTA Paper Title: "Written Chinese (shumianyu): A Sequential Approach to Build Learners'
Comprehension."
Chunxia Wang (University of California at Davis)
CLTA Paper Title: "PowerPoint-Facilitated Classroom Chinese Language Teaching: Five Design Principles." |
| 2008: |
Yunghung Sandra Hsiao (Indian Trail Academy, Kenosha, WI.)
Project/Purpose: "Attending a one-week workshop on Chinese pedagogy at Singapore American School, Singapore.."
Ming Tang (Father Ryan High School, Nashville, TN.)
Project/Purpose: "Attending the 2008 CLTA/ACTFL conference in Orlando, FL.." |
| 2009: |
Yan Wang, (Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY)
Project/Purpose: Attending 2009 CLTA/ACTFL conference in San Diego and presenting a paper about a standard-based, proficiency focused Chinese K-3 curriculum.
Caryn Rossi Louie (North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC)
Project/Purpose: Attending the 2009 National Chinese Language Conference in Chicago for developing knowledge and skills in using interactive videoconferencing to teach Chinese across the state of North Carolina.
Chen-hui Tsai (The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA)
Project/Purpose: Attending 2009 CLTA/ACTFL conference in San Diego and presenting a paper entitled “CFL Teacher Technology Development: Practice and Challenges.” |
| 2010: |
Shu-ling Wu 吳淑鈴 (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Project/Purpose:
Support her presentation on L2 Chinese acquisition at the 1st Teachers College, Columbia University Round Table in Second Language Studies.
Jia Yang 杨佳 (The Ohio State University)
Project/Purpose:
Attend the CLTA conference and 2 workshops at the conference. |
| 2011: |
LIAO Haohsiang (Ph.D. candidate in Chinese Language Pedagogy at Ohio State University) – to attend the OPI Familiarization Workshop at ACTFL/CLTA in Denver.
YE Lijuan (Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University) – to attend
the ACTFL/CLTA Conference in Denver and to present her paper "Should We Delay Teaching
Chinese Characters in US-based Chinese Programs?" |
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