1000 Chinese Characters! I made it! 我终于会写一千个汉字！太好了！
成为 好老师有什么秘诀？ 需要： － 激情 － 知识 － 有耐心 有激情： 我是个很好奇的人。我喜欢学不知道的事。我喜欢跟陌生人打交道。很容易跟陌生人相处。我喜欢分享知识。我很激情。我很激情的教英语。我尽力负责让学习英语容易简单和很好玩儿。 知识： 为了成为好老师你需要很深了解你的专业。不但教学内容而且教学方式。 有耐心：好老师实现，有的学生很快明白，有的学生很慢明白，有的学生喜欢这个方式学习，有的学生喜欢那个方式学习。 成为好老师有什么秘诀？
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CwOVLhDrcI?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] Animated C.V. in English, using Powtoon. 我用Powtoon做个简历动画片。 www.powtoon.com (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJkAeBIxvw?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] Second attempt! 第二次！ (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mdnTRsuwlY?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] Self-Introduction in Chinese, using iMovie. 我用苹果的iMovie自我介绍 (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
MA Digital Technologies for Language Teaching (Distance Learning) (Part Time) University of Nottingham – Unconditional Offer! I’m due to start on 22nd September 2014…the panic starts now!
What I’m reading now: 1. ICCLE, International Curriculum for Chinese Language Education, published by Han Ban. What’s inside? A theoretical guideline for teaching Chinese. What did I learn? Han Ban have complied a clear guideline for teachers, of what learners should be able to do in Chinese (linguistic knowledge, linguistic skills, strategies and cultural awareness),…
EXPERT CORNER ‘XiCheng Cup’ Last week I observed a Primary School Chinese Teacher competition in XiCheng, a district in Beijing. From a teaching with (old and new) technology point of view, a projector, flat screen TV, blackboard, hand-drawn pictures & flashcards were all well integrated into student-centred lessons. I was very impressed! ‘西城杯’ 今年四月份在西城区举办了一个小学汉语老师比赛。为了丰富他们的课程老师们都用了多媒体教汉语。这个经历对我的印象很深。
Free Chinese Lessons! The (US) Chinese Culture Centre website has free Chinese lessons! Actually they are not lessons, but access to download the New Practical Chinese Reader (textbook and workbook) Volume 1 & 2, plus the audio files. This is a great resource to get you started reading Chinese: https://www.chineseculturecenter.org/OnlineTraining/CourseMaterials Good luck! 免费汉语教训！ 在美中文化教育交流中心的网站提供免费的中国经验！ 其实不是教训，而是进入下载新实用汉语课本（课本和练习册）卷1＆2，再加上音频文件。…