Teaching Grammar in the Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL ...

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Grammar is one of the foundations of language, yet the mastery of grammar is by ... Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar co-‐authored with Jing-‐heng Ma and.
   

Teaching Grammar in the Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) Classroom Dr. Claudia Ross  

Grammar  is  one  of  the  foundations  of  language,  yet  the  mastery  of  grammar  is  by  no  means  the  endpoint   of  language  learning.  This  half-­‐day  workshop  will  focus  on  teaching  grammar  in  a  communication-­‐ focused,  student-­‐centered  Chinese  language  classroom.    Break-­‐out  discussions  will  include:  the   sequencing  and  scaffolding  of  structures,  setting  communication  goals  following  the  principles  of   backward  design,  and  the  creation  of  situational  contexts  that  facilitate  the  practice  of  grammatical   structures  through  meaningful  communication.  In  addition  to  providing  an  excellent  workshop  on   grammar  usage  in  the  Chinese  language  classroom,  Dr.  Ross  will  be  sharing  her  experiences  working  in   the  field  of  K-­‐16  Chinese  language  education  over  the  past  20  years.           Dr.  Claudia  Ross  is  a  Professor  of  Chinese  at  the  College  of  the  Holy  Cross     in  Worcester,  Massachusetts  and  has  taught  Chinese  language,  linguistics,     and  culture  for  over  20  years.    She  received  her  Ph.D.  in  linguistics  from   the  University  of  Michigan,  specializing  in  Chinese  and  Japanese,  and  has   lived  in  China,  Taiwan,  Hong  Kong,  and  Japan.  She  has  twice  served  as   President  of  the  Chinese  Language  Teachers  Association  and  is  the  author   or  co-­‐author  of  scholarly  articles  in  linguistics  and  reference  grammar,   and  textbooks  in  the  field  of  Chinese  as  a  foreign  language,  including  the   Modern  Mandarin  Chinese  Grammar  co-­‐authored  with  Jing-­‐heng  Ma  and   the  recently  released  Chinese  textbook,  the  Routledge  Course  in  Modern     Mandarin  co-­‐authored  with  Baozhang  He,  Pei-­‐Chia  Chen,  and  Meng  Yeh.                       When:     Sunday,  October  23,  from  1:30  PM  to  6:30  PM                   Location:       Hosted  by  CASIE  at  Atlanta  International  School             2890  N.  Fulton  Drive,  NE             Atlanta,  Georgia  30305-­‐3155             Parking  is  available  behind  the  school                 Cost:     $5  GCLE  members;  $15  non-­‐members  (on-­‐site                     membership  available)  Payments  made  on-­‐site.             PLU:     .5  PLU  Credit                   Registration:    Online  (go  to  www.casieonline.org)  or  on-­‐site       Organizers:  Georgia  Chinese  Language  Educators  (GCLE),  Center  for  the  Advancement  and  Study  of   International  Education  (CASIE),  The  Confucius  Institute  at  Kennesaw  State  University      &  KSU-­‐DFL  Chinese  Studies  Program