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Teaching Philosophy

Yuli Wang

I have a strong interest in teaching Chinese culture (including Chinese language,

Chinese art, Chinese music, etc). I believe the ideal goal is teaching Chinese

language through integrating a balance of theories, such as communications,

cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities as outlined in the Standards

for Foreign Language Learning in the 21stCentury(published by the American

Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), and practices into the curriculum

that can provide students varied opportunities to develop their language sills. I

focus on creating a learner!centered environment "hile I am teaching across three

communicative modes (interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational) to enhance

students# listening, speaing, reading, and "riting sills.

There are t"o main strategies that help me to approach this professional goal$

First:I combine many of my sills such as the Chinese language, Chinese in

painting, Chinese brush "riting, and traditional Chinese music, etc. into my

teaching. I also use modern technology, such as %o"er%oint, to sho" many still

and moving images to students in order to provide more cultural e&perience to

enhance their study of Chinese' I also use imba oice Tool to help students

develop their Chinese language sills. tudents also practice Chinese calligraphy

and learn about the history of the Chinese characters. *ecause Chinese

calligraphy not only is connected to Chinese literature, culture, music, and history

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but also is recognied as a uni-ue art form. tudents are not only learn the

Chinese language, both spoen and "ritten, but also learn ho" to appreciate

Chinese culture. In my econd /ear Chinese0 class, for e&ample, I teach

Chinese grammar and conversation "ith the main goal of encouraging students to

use "hat they learn in the classroom in other places such as university library and

student meetings, apartment rental offices, Chinese supermarets and restaurants.

Although there are many "ays of teaching the Chinese language, I firmly believe

that my "ays of combining language "ith other aspects of Chinese life and

culture as a meaningful connection "ill enhance students# learning.

Second: Assessment strategies should be the ey. *ased on the ACTFL

tandards, the performance assessment should e-ual "ith the proficiency

1uidelines. The method of assessment should be encouraging students to gain

confidence in learning Chinese. Fre-uent practice, clear direction, and meaningful

material can help the process of language ac-uisition. The ideal classroom setting

(including current theory of pedagogy, assessments, authentic materials, personal

teaching methods, etc) should provide students full immersion into the Chinese

cultural environment and help them increase their learning sills based on

engagement "ith appropriate conte&ts and peer groups.

I am "illing to provide students a variety of interesting "ays to learn the Chinese

language. I firmly believe the purpose of teaching Chinese is to help students

appreciate the Chinese language as "ell as Chinese culture. I also believe a good

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instructor should be, first of all, a good guide "ho can provide students great

opportunities to develop their Chinese language sills and use them in different

social conte&ts.

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