Goal Review I have been away for more than two months so it is fair to say my summer holidays are well and truly at an end. On the positive side it means that I am now ready to dive back into that thing called life. Or, indeed, the life process that I like to…
Taken from the website: “Foreign Language Teaching Methods is an online course designed by Texas Language Technology Center to give the virtual experience of participating alongside a diverse group of beginning foreign language teachers. A rich, interactive experience is facilitated by multimedia content, including footage of the actual methods course, videos of actual foreign…
The final project consists of putting into practice all of things that we have learnt so far, to create a new lesson in Instreamia: Record and create an explanation video of a grammar concept or conversation practice Import a video from YouTube and add subtitles Create live exercises based on content you imported Create and…
Chinese Teacher 1. Interview Part 2. Teacher 1 believes that most textbooks for TCFL are not very good. However, she recommends the “Road to Success” textbook series. The topics are very practical. She uses her own supplementary teaching materials to support her TCFL classes. For example, pictures, which she uploads to her iPad to show…
Chinese Teacher 1 Interview Part 1 Teacher 1 has taught English to Chinese students for many years. She has recently started teaching Chinese, using the ideas she learnt from her Teaching English training to inform her lesson planning and material selection. T1 participated in a one month TCFL training at Beijing Foreign Languages University. The…
I am interested in learning more about Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. So I wrote a short questionnaire and sent it to my Chinese teacher friends. 我对对外汉语教学感兴趣。所以我写了一个简单的问卷。然后我把它给我的汉语老师朋友。
It’s quite easy to find TCFL outside of China (but I’d be curious to know when and where the conferences on the mainland take place): Singapore Centre for Chinese Language – Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second Language The School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong International Conference of Teaching Chinese as a…
Participating in a Language Teaching MOOC, and currently studying a language, has led me to want to know more about language teaching methodologies. Of course, during my CELTA training, I was exposed to an array of methodologies. However, the one that that really resonated with me was CLT, or Communicative Language Teaching. That is not…
So one of the fun task’s this week was creating a grammar video. I could never have imagined one thing could be so hilarious and cringe-worthy at the same time! But in all seriousness, I think I get the point across. I introduce the Present Perfect…but my introduction is far from perfect! Needless to say,…
Thinking Aloud What could I do in TCFL? – Design and publish a (fun and engaging) text book – Develop authentic materials (lesson plans, flashcards, activities and games) – Design an online course (with Instreamia) – Train as a Language Teaching consultant (CELTA-style)