2009 Texas Startalk Chinese Teacher Programs

							2009 Texas Startalk Chinese Teacher Programs

Program Goals
The goal of the Chinese Teacher Program Word to World, in Dallas and Houston, is to lead
the trainees to move beyond word/grammar teaching to focusing on real-world
communication in a language classroom. Participants will understand that the ultimate
goal in foreign language teaching and assessment is to create contexts and provide
opportunities for students to use the language to engage in meaningful communication in
real-world situations.
To realize the goal, the Program offers 90-hour instruction centering on topics of national
standards, performance-based approaches and assessment, second language acquisition,
teaching Chinese as a second language, technology for language teaching, curriculum
development and daily lesson plan design. Our Program includes four university
instructors from Rice University, University of Houston, University of Texas at San Antonio,
and two high school teachers from Chicago and New Jersey. Our Program also arranges
teaching practicum during the summer in June and July. The Teacher Program starts in
April and ends in May. The workshops are offered during the weekends. 2009 Teacher
Programs have twenty-three participants in Dallas and twenty in Houston. For course
details, please see the schedule below.


Dallas Fort-Worth Class schedule:
4/04/2009: Classroom management (10 hrs)
          Haiyan Fu: Northside College Preparatory High School

4/11/2009: From Theory to Practice: An Overview of LA Theories and Approaches (10 hrs)
          Li Jia: UT- San Antonio

4/18/2009: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Standards and Interactions (10 hrs)
           Xiaohong Wen: University of Houston

4/25/2009: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Standards and Interactions (10 hrs)
           Xiaohong Wen: University of Houston

5/02/2009: Curriculum Design, Performance-based Assessment (10 hrs)
          Meng Yeh: Rice University

5/03/2009: Oral Proficiency Interview (4 hrs)
          Meng Yeh: Rice University

5/09/2009: Language Teaching Technologies in the ear of Web 2.0 (10 hrs)
          Hajime Kumahata: Rice University

5/16/2009: Task-based Activity: Prepares Students for Real-life Communication (10 hrs)
          Joyce Huang: Millburn High School, New Jersey

5/30/2009: Moodle (10 hrs).
             Chin-Hsi, Lin: UC - Irvine

6/06/2009: Final Preparation: Selected summer teachers and program site manager only

Houston Class Schedule:

4/05:Classroom management (10hrs)
       Haiyan Fu: Northside College Preparatory High School, CCC 203

4/11:Curriculum Design, Performance-based Assessment (10 hrs)
       Meng Yeh: Rice University, CCC 104

4/19:Language Teaching Technologies in the ear of Web 2.0 (10 hrs)
       Hajime Kumahata: Rice University, ICC 213

4/25:From Theory to Practice: An Overview of LA Theories and Approaches (10 hrs)
       Li Jia: UT- San Antonio, CCC 104

5/03:Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Standards and Interactions (10 hrs)
       Xiaohong Wen: University of Houston, ICC 213

5/08:Oral Proficiency Interview (3 hrs)
       Meng Yeh: Rice University, CCC 104

5/09:Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Standards and Interactions (10 hrs)
       Xiaohong Wen: University of Houston, CCC 104

5/17:Task-based Activity: Prepares Students for Real-life Communication (10 hrs)
       Joyce Huang: Millburn High School, New Jersey, CCC 104

5/31:Moodle (10 hrs)
       Chin-Hsi, Lin, UC - Irvine , ICC 213


   •     Trainee Requirements and acknowledgement

   •     STARTALK Teacher Training Program Application Form.
         To apply to TX StarTalk teacher training program, please follow the instructions listed below:


             1.   Click on the link to the application listed above to open the application form in MS Word.
             2.   If a question regarding macros shows up on screen, just do whatever it tells you to do to enable

                  macros.
             3.   Fill out the form and save the changes.
             4.   Send an email with this file attached to service@txstartalk.org. Please also enter "STARTALK

                  Teacher Training Program Application" on the subject line.