Topics and Links

• Teacher recruitment
  
• "East Meets West: Bridging Cultures, Bridging Pedagogies" Language Magazine article
  
• Post ads on ListServs: FLTeach, Nandutí, or Chinese Language Teachers Association

• Setting up a program
• NEW!  Couldn't attend the National Chinese Language Conference last April in DC? Check out all of the PowerPoint presentations and other information on the web at the Program and Presentations page.
  
• The Asia Society: "Chinese Language in the Schools" and a directory of Chinese programs
• A great page with a list of the benefits of studying Chinese from CLASS (the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools)
  

• Finding and/or developing curriculum
  
• Thematic curriculum unit: "The Jianfengling Rainforest" for beginning Mandarin Chinese learners available for free pdf download!
  
• The National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center: Chinese FLES
  
• Curriculum maps for Chinese FLES are available online from the Springfield, MA public schools
• The STAR Talk program at the China Institute - view a video about the program and student skits

• Materials and technology
  
• Good commercial distributors include: ChinaSprout, Asia for Kids, and China Books
• Mrs. Yu's Chinese Class - an excellent teacher website; and sites with her silk paintings and brush paintings
  
• Podcasts for learning Chinese: ChinesePod, EZ Learn Chinese, and Mandarin Chinese podcast
• Take a virtual tour of the Imperial Palace/Forbidden City at the Palace Museum online
  

• Traditional vs. simplified script
• An excellent overview of traditional and simplified script with a narrated video explanation
• Wikipedia provides good historical and political information about the debate 

• Heritage students
• Heritage Languages Journal - click on Volume 4 for an issue on Chinese heritage learners 
• An article on Advanced Placement & heritage learners

• Test development
• Search the FL Assessment Directory on the CAL webite
• The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Chinese Proficiency Test
• Adavanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture - info about the course and exam
  

• Just for fun!
• Test your level of Chinese proficiency by taking a 40-question multiple choice online quiz
• Connect to the popular Nick Jr. TV show: "Ni Hao, Kai-Lan" - printables, games, how-to videos, etc.
• See your Chinese name! Enter your name, birthdate and other information and your name will appear in Chinese characters. FUN!