9:30 AM - 12:30 pm

CLTA Board Meeting

• Hong Gang Jin, CLTA President, Hamilton College
  

Implement Chinese Character Instruction into High School and College Beginning-level Chinese Courses: Methods and Materials

Chair:  Madeline Chu, Kalamazoo College.

• Chinese Character Instruction in Curriculum Design, Madeline Chu, Kalamazoo College (Chair)
• Morphological Instruction and Chinese Character Acquisition in CSL Kunshan (Carolyn) Lee, Duke University
• My Experience in Teaching High School Chinese Characters, Annie C. Ku, Middlesex School, Boston
• Chinese Character Instruction and Literacy Development: New Methods and New Materials Der-lin Chao, Hunter College

Teaching Pronunciation, Oral Presentation, Extensive Reading, and Composition Writing

Chair:  Tong Chen, MIT

• Teaching Extensive Reading in Regular Class and Summer Program: Perspectives and Approaches, Tong Chen, MIT
• The Effect of Orthography on Global Foreign Accent: Zhuyin vs. Pinyin,  John Archibald and Shu-ning Sciban, University of Calgary
• Oral Presentation in Elementary Chinese Class, Ninghui Liang, Yale University
• Integrating Composition Writing into a Beginning CFL Class: a Pilot Study, Youping Zhang, Rutgers University         

Taking Teaching of CFL to a New Level：Multiple Perspectives

Chair: Chengzhi Chu, University of California, Davis 

• Annotate Classical Chinese with Modern Chinese and Exemplify Modern Chinese with Classical Chinese: Improve Chinese Language Teaching at the Advanced Level, Li Kai, Oberlin College
• Strengthening feedback to assist self-learning: Improve Chinese language instruction on the Web, Tao-chung Yao, University of Hawaii
• Maximize the Use of Graphics and Help Students Understand Characters with Reason: Improve the Effectiveness of Chinese Character Teaching at the Elementary Level, John Jing-hua Yin, University of Vermont
• Quantitative Analysis and Distribution Control of Vocabulary and Characters in Preparing Chinese Teaching Materals, Chengzhi Chu, University of California, Davis

11:00 AM - 12:15 pm

CALL  In the Context of Cognitive Chinese Language Learning   

Chair:  Sue-mei Wu, Carnegie Mellon University

• Chinese Online Module: A Cognitive Language Learning Infrastructure, Sue-mei Wu, Carnegie Mellon University
• Metacognitive Awareness of Chinese CALL Learners,Yanhui Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
• Cognitive Language Learning in the Chinese Course Websites, Wenze Hu, Harvard University
• Zheng-sheng  Zhang, California State University at Long Beach (Discussant)

Chinese-English Contrastive Study of Classified Speech Acts and TCFL

Chair: Shengli Feng, Harvard University

• The Classification of Speech Acts in Chinese and Related Issues, Jenny Wang, United States Naval Academy
• The Realization of Speech Acts in Chinese and English: Comparison and Contrast, Haohsiang Liao, Harvard University
• The Application of the Speech Act System in TCFL and Related Issues, Shengli Feng, Harvard University
• Chaofen Sun, Stanford University (Discussant)

Research on Chinese Heritage-language Learning:  Ecological, Discourse, and Social-psychological Perspectives

Co-Chairs:  Duanduan Li & Patricia Duff, The University of British Columbia 

• Biliteracy Resource System of Intergenerational Language and Culture Transmission: A Conceptual Framework for Heritage Language Learning,  Shuhan Wang, Delaware Department of Education;
• A Discourse Model of Chinese Heritage Language Development, Agnes Weiyun He, SUNY-Stony Brook;
• Attitudes, Motivations and Identities in Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language at the Post-secondary Level, Duanduan Li, University of British Columbia
• Scott McGinnis, Defense Language Institute (Discussant)

Evolution of Business Chinese: Needs and Responses                

Chair:  Jane Kuo, Thunderbird, The Garvin Shool of International Management

• Meet the Needs of the Foreign Executives, Yuan Tian, Peking University
• Developing Comics/Cartoons Component in Business Chinese Curriculum: A Purdue Pilot Study and Students Survey, Wei Hong, Purdue University
• Tripartite Approach to Development of Business Chinese Textbooks, Jane Kuo, Thunderbird, The Garvin Shool of International Management
• Practice and Reconsideration: Developing the Learning Materials for Business Chinese Courses, Daoxiong Guan, University of California, Santa Barbara

Some Critical Issues in L2 Chinese Education

Chair:  Zheng-sheng Zhang, San Diego State University

• Levels of meaning and L2 Chinese Education, Shou-hsin Teng, National Taiwan Normal University
• 漢 語 課 室 教 學 岔 出 語 列 擴 散 與 聚 斂 思 考 教 學 研 究, Alice Lee, National Taiwan Normal University
• Establishing the Positive Attitude Toward Learning Chinese: considering the motivational differences in teaching heritage and non-heritage students, Yan Xie, North Field Mt. Hermon High School in Massachusetts

Defining Curriculum Objectives in Terms of Leaner Behaviors:  Observations and Conceptualization

Chair:  Songren Cui, Bowdoin College

• On the Necessity of Defining Curriculum Objectives in Terms of Learner Behaviors, Songren Cui, Bowdoin College
• Constructing and Implementing CFL Curriculum Objectives: Issues and Challenges, Jennifer Li-chia Liu, Indiana University
• On the Process of Formulating CFL Curriculum Objectives:  A Working Model Based on Learner Behaviors, Hong Gang  Jin, Hamilton College

CLASS Board Meeting

• Catherine Yen, CLASS President

Poster Session 2:  Exploring Issues Related to Learning Mandarin by Heritage Learners, Alice B. Dong, York University

Story Schema, Testing and Verbal Reports on Chinese Reading Comprehension

Chair:  Hsiu-huei Lin Domizio, National Taiwan Normal University

• The evaluation of the reading comprehension test methods on Chinese as a foreign language (CFL), Michelle Hsu-McWilliams, University of Edinburgh
• A Documentation of L2 Reading Processes:  Verbal Reports by Second Language Learners of Chinese, Chin-chin Tseng, National Taiwan Normal University
• The Use of Portfolio Assessment in the Chinese Language Classroom, Lee-Thompson Li-Chun, Butler University
• Story Schema/story Grammar and L2 Reading Proficiency, Hsiu-huei Lin Domizio, National Taiwan Normal University
• Michael Everson, University of Iowa (Discussant)

Attitudes towards Grammar Instruction

Chair:  Limin Zheng, Foreign Service Institute

• Teaching Strategies of Use vs. Teaching Grammar: A Case Study of “Unable to” Structures, Limin Zheng, Foreign Service Institute
• Teachers' Beliefs about Grammar Teaching: An Insight into Preservice Teachers, Inservice Teachers and Experienced Teachers, Yihsiu Chen, National Taiwan Normal University
• 比较在语法教学中的运用, Jinzhu Wu, Pacific University

The Teaching of Grammatical Function Words (Xu Ci)

Chair:  Xianmin Liu, Vanderbilt University

• 从语用的角度谈教材中汉语虚词的练习设计, Ming Feng, Seattle University
• 从功能的角度谈汉语虚词的教法, Aimin Li, Harvard University
• “词汇句型化, 句型词汇化, 训练篇章化”--谈虚词教学, Xianmin Liu, Vanderbilt University
• 传情达意：谈谈语气词的功效与教学, Yanfang Tang, College of William and Mary        

Teaching Chinese Language and Culture through Thematic Units

Chair:   Carol Chen-Lin, Choate Rosemary Hall

• Developing Content-Based Thematic Chinese Language Curricula, Lucy Lee, Livingston High School
• Chinese Tea: An example of integrating thematic teaching in secondary schools, Shouping Li, McDowell Intermediate High School
• Yunnan, Dali: An example of using thematic approach to connect culture, Natasha Pierce, James Madison Memorial High School
• Yu-Lan Lin, Boston Public Schools (Discussant)

Research-informed CFL Pedagogy: Lessons from Empirical Studies

Chair:  Jennifer Li-chia Liu, Indiana University

• How to Teach zai Constructions in CFL Settings: Evidence from SLA Studies, Ke Peng, Indiana University
• Trends in Mispronunciation of Mandarin Phonemes by Learners with Various Native Language Backgrounds, James Satko, Indiana University
• Language development in writing Chinese as a foreign language throughout a semester: analyzing students writing using T-unit measures, Yan Li, Indiana University

Study Abroad: Language Gains, Styles and Application

Chair:  Frances Yufen Lee Mehta, Cornell University

• Maximizing  Study Abroad Experiences, Yea-Fen Chen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Applying the Language in an Authentic Setting, Frances Yufen Lee Mehta, Cornell University
• Classroom Style vs. Real Life Style, Yu Feng, Harvard University
• Language Gains in Study Abroad and at Home Contexts, Miao-Fen Tseng, University of Virginia  

CLTA Membership Meeting

• Hong Gang Jing, CLTA President, Hamilton College

CLASS Chinese Language Teaching Materials Swap Shop

• Chair:  Carol Chen-Lin, Choate Rosemary Hall; Lucy Lee, Livingston High School

Chesapeake B. Hyatt

The Second Annual CFL Research Workshop

• Michael Everson, University of Iowa

Take the Challenge: Teaching Higher Level Learners

Chair:  Sue-meng Jeng, Defense Language Institute

• Proficiency-Oriented Language Instruction and Assessment: Newspaper Course Development for Advanced Chinese Learners, Sue-meng Jeng, Defense Language Institute
• Integration of technology in high-intermediate/advanced curriculum, Hang Zhang, Defense Language Institute
• Content-based, Advanced Learning through Media, Xiaoqi Wu, Defense Language Institute

Studies on Second Language Acquisition of Chinese: Oral Production, Syntax and Reading

Chair:  Lixia Ma, University of Iowa

• A Comparison of L2 Oral Production and Interlanguage Development between At-Home and Study-Abroad Programs, Binnan Gao, University Of Iowa
• Effects of Explicit Instruction versus Implicit Instruction on the Learning of Chinese “Ba” Syntactic Structure, Lin Gu
• View on Reading vs. Acquisition of Reading among Intermediate Learners of Chinese, Lixia Ma, University of Iowa

Beyond Cracking the Code: Semantic and Pragmatic Considerations on Grammar Pedagogy

Chair:  Jianhua Bai, Kenyon College

• Semantic Considerations on Grammar Pedagogy, Fengtao Wu, Washington University
• 话题、情景与汉语语言点教学,Fang Liu, Oberlin College
• 《现代汉语语法教学200例》简介, Meiqing Zhang, Brown University;
• Songren Cui, Bowdoin College (Discussant)

Does One’s Hand Write One’s Tongue?  -- Properties of Spoken and Written Chinese

Chair:  Jianqi Wang, Ohio State University

• The Spectrum Modeling of Spoken and Written Chinese, Jianqi Wang, Ohio State University
• Spoken Differs from Written: the Tiening’s Case, Xiaonan Wu, Ohio State University
• Repetitions in Mandarin Chinese: Spoken vs. Written, Wenyan Wang, Ohio State University
• The Linguistic Dimension of Asynchronous Online Conversation, Wang Xu, Ohio State University

Technology and Learning Chinese: Where Do We Go from Here?

Chair:  Tianwei Xie, California State University at Long Beach

• Preparing an electronic teaching plan for Chinese class, Tianwei Xie, California State University at Long Beach
• Using the Blackboard Learning System to provide Web-enhanced Chinese language education, Julia Kessel, New Trier High School
• How Smart Is a SMART Board? Patrick Lin, Defense Language Institute
• Interactive Task-based Chinese Online Reading and Listening Lessons,  Kuei-Lan Chen and Shuhui Berndt, Defense Language Institute

Teaching Chinese Calligraphy in the American Classroom: Designs and Tools

Chair:  Tan Ye, University of South Carolina

• Integrating Chinese Calligraphy Culture and Language in the classroom, the character development, Jasmine Tang, SUNY Geneseo
• Teaching Calligraphy: Two Approaches, Li-hua Ying, Bard College
• Is Chinese Calligraphy a Distraction to a Language Program?: Ideas on Integration, Carl Robertson
• Teaching Materials of Chinese Calligraphy in the US, Tan Ye, University of South Carolina

Poster Session 3:  Designing Partial Outline Lesson Plans

• Hsin-hsin Liang, University of Virginia

11:00 - 1:00 pm

CLASS Membership Meeting

• Catherine Yen, CLASS President

Innovative Courses and Projects for Teaching Language and Culture

Chair:  Marjorie K.M. Chan,Ohio State University

• Teaching Chinese Opera in an East Asian Languages and Literatures Department, Marjorie K.M. Chan,Ohio State University
• Exploring Chinatown Project: Integrating Language, Culture and Community, Yeh Meng, Rice University
• 从非部首角度对汉字研究的探讨, Heping Xu, Defense Language Institute

Learner Profiles and Variables

Chair:  He Qian, University of California, San Diego

• 教“具有普通话背景学生”的一些体会,He Qian, University of California, San Diego
• 英語人士學習華語之拒絕言談行為的中介語研究, JawMin Shu, National Taiwan Normal University
• A Global Perspective: towards a Communicative Curriculum for Teaching the Chinese Language to Students in Japan, Sheri Zhang Leimbigler, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
• Meeting the challenges: Development of a Chinese language and Cultural Program for Families with Children Adopted from China, Dongyan Blachford, University of Regina

The Challenges of Teachers Training in Chinese Language Instruction

Chair:  Chih-p’ing Chou, Princeton University

• Perplexity in Training Instructors for Advance Chinese Courses and Corresponding Training Strategies, Yongping Zhu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Training of Chinese Instructors: Individuals and Programs, Lening Liu, Columbia University
• Beyond Prescription: a task-based approach to teaching training, Jianhua Bai, Kenyon College
• Chih-p’ing Chou, Princeton University (Discussant)

Innovations in Global Knowledge Exchange, Business Chinese Instruction, and User Input in Material Development

Chair:  James K. Chang, Global Knowledge Exchange, Inc. &  COMWEB Technology Group

• The KnowledgeWEB Learning Systems and The Global Knowledge Exchange Program, James K. Chang, Global Knowledge Exchange, Inc. &  COMWEB Technology Group
• 《商贸汉语》课教学设计中的WISE 原则, Yan Zhang, University of Wyoming
• 北美中文教材编写、选择、评估及使用的参考框架, Iris Hong Xu, McNally High School            

Curricular Challenges in Teaching Heritage Learners

Chair:  Ying Petersen, University of California, Irvine

• Building a Special System for the Heritage Learners, Ying Petersen, University of California, Irvine
• Linguistic Issues and Home-Literacy Environment of Chinese Heritage Learners, Yun Xiao, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Complexities of a Dual-Track Chinese Program: Heritage Learners' Perspectives, Ann Kelleher, University of California, Davis                                     

Optimal Input and Materials Development: Theory and Practice

Chair:  Qinghai Chen, University of Michigan

• Designing systematic exercises to generate learning: How exercises should be developed for optimal effectiveness,  Yueming Yu, Carnegie Mellon University
• Pedagogical justification for task- and communication-based instructional materials for functional purposes, Meiru Liu, Portland State University
• Turn output into input: An interplay between learner and instructor, Qinghai Chen, University of Michigan
• Integrate case study method in Business Chinese instruction, Fangyuan  Yuan, University of Pennsylvania

4:30 - 6:00 pm

CLTA/CLASS Forum: Articulation in K-16 Chinese Language Education

Hong Gang Jin, CLTA President, Hamilton College; Catherine Yen, CLASS President

We invite all teachers in and administrators of Chinese language programs in the United States to participate in a discussion of articulation between levels K-16. The forum will focus on shared concerns, issues, and goals, with the aim of improving communication, creating synergy among schools, and initiating long-term collaborative and research projects.

Co-sponsors: CLTA, CLASS, College Board, Hope Foundation
Refreshments will be provided

For questions and comments, please contact:  

Hong Gang Jin, hjin@hamilton.edu, or
Yulan Lin, yulanlin38@hotmail.com

Strategies for Analyzing and Teaching Grammar

Chair:  Zhirong Wang, Columbia University

• 介词组“在-NP”结构的语意分析, Zhirong Wang, Columbia University
• 萬事具備﹐把字句教學語法互動式數位情境系列練習簡介, Li-yuan Chen, National Taiwan Normal University
• 現代漢語疑問詞「什麼」的教學語法, Yenching Lu, National Taiwan Normal University          

Using Multimedia to Teach Language and Culture

Chair:  Lung-Hua Hu, Brown University

• Cultura, PowerPoint, and Advanced Chinese, Lung-Hua Hu, Brown University
• Introducing a Multimedia Advanced Chinese Text, Jianling Liao and Chen-Hui Tsai, University of Iowa
• The Impact of Multimedia on Students’ Recognition of Chinese Characters: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study, Ling Wang, University of Minnesota
• Using Multimedia Software to Promote the Chinese Program and Support the Learning of the Language and Culture, Jing Wang, Allegheny College

From Four Skills to Five Cs – Application of Pedagogical Principles to Learning Material Designs and Class Activities

Chair:  Shou-hsin Teng, National Taiwan Normal University

• A New Method to Design Listening Materials for Language Students, Li-li Teng, Yale University
• Designing an effective discussion class for advanced learners, Hua-Hui Wei, Princeton University
• Design for Intermediate and Advanced Courses in Chinese Writings: How to Effectively Integrate Writing in the Curriculum? Yi-Nan Sung, University of Michigan
• Cecilia Chang, Williams College (Discussant)

The Next Generation Chinese Language Course and Instructional Strategies

Chair:  Wenchao He, New York University

• Curriculum Design of a Computer-Aided Next Generation Chinese Course for Beginners, Wenchao He, New York University
• Analysis of Students’ Mistakes in a Computer-Aided Class and the Strategies to Avoid Such Mistakes, Dela Jiao, New York University
• Consciousness of Language Learning: Self-Correction vs. Teacher’s Correction in Teaching Chinese tones, Qun Ao, Brandeis University
• John Jing-hua Yin, University of Vermont (Discussant)

Teaching and Learning Chinese Online

Chair:  Chao-mei Shen, Rice University

• Enhancing Student Written Discourse: Oral Discussion or Computer-Mediated Communication? Chao-mei Shen, Rice University
• Cooperative e-learning for CSL higher language courses, Tzuhsiu Chiu, University of Alberta
• Web-based Chinese Vocabulary Builder: An Online Tool for Enhancing Teaching and Learning, Song Jiang, University of Hawaii
• Adding an online learning environment to a Chinese language course, De Zhang, Iowa State University

Teaching Classical Chinese

Chair:  Sherry Mou, DePauw University

• 古代汉语课的练习与试题编写 , Joanne Chiang, Princeton University
• 文言文和電影語言, Sherry Mou, DePauw University
• 對外汉语的古漢語教学和教材編寫, Weijia Huang, Brown University;            

Second and Foreign Language Acquisition: Theory and Practice

Chair:  Hang Du, Middlebury College

• Corpus Linguistics, Input, and the Acquisition of Chinese Idioms (Chengyu), Hang Du, Middlebury College
• From empirical research to lesson plan: The teaching of compliment responses in Chinese as a foreign language, Qihui Tang, Defense Language Institute
• 试论对外汉语教程中的词汇输入,Jean Wu, University of Oregon
• Predictability in second language acquisition and vulnerability in first language attrition, Zhijun Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign            

Motivation and Its Implications on New Teaching Strategies for Beginning Chinese Learners

Chair:  Hongming Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• What Role Does Motivation Play in Beginning Level Chinese Learning? Hua Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Early Exposure to Connected Speech of Mandarin Chinese: Its Effects on Acquisition of Pronunciation & Listening Comprehension, Chenqing Song, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Teaching Propositional Phrase inFirst Year Chinese, Jing Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Yongping Zhu, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Discussant)