ALLEX Foundation: Establish and Enhance Japanese and Chinese Language Programs

Establishing and Enhancing Asian Language Programs

More Topics Covered

  1. Act/Fact Dichotomy
  2. Language in culture vs. Language and Culture
  3. Distinguishing and teaching the 4 skills
  4. Testing
  5. Pedagogical grammar
  6. Oral skills vs. written skills
  7. Romanization: it’s uses and abuses
  8. Native orthography vs. pedagogical writing systems
  9. Interference of cultural attitudes toward writing systems
  10. Role of audiotapes, video, and CD ROM in Chinese and Japanese programs
  11. Principals of ACT teaching: No English; Normal Speed; Insistence on authentic Chinese and Japanese; Everything in Context;
  12. Stretching
  13. Use of visual aids
  14. Correction
  15. Total class involvement
  16. Confidence building
  17. Preparing a lesson plan
  18. Role of a textbook when there is no FACT teacher
  19. Daily evaluation of class performance
  20. Authenticity
  21. Expansion and Stretching
  22. Pronunciation: importance, areas of difficulty, and art of effective correction
  23. Oral Exams
  24. Comprehensive Exams
  25. Classroom etiquette
  26. Handling students who are having problems
  27. Maintaining appropriate standards
  28. Determining appropriate pace