2008 Annual Conference of the
Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York

&

The Sixth New York International Conference on the Teaching of Chinese

May 10, 2008

Hosted by the Modern China Studies Program at the College of Staten Island
Center for the Arts, Building 1P

Program
 

  Registration and Light Breakfast      8:00 – 9:00
       
  Opening Plenary   9:00-9:50
       
 

Opening Plenary                                                      

  9:00-9:50
  Williamson Theater    
       
 

Session One                                                                    

  10:00 – 11:45
 

Panel 1.1: Workshop on Teacher Certification                 

  (Williamson)
  Panel 1.2: Teaching Methodologies                                    (Recital Hall)
  Panel 1.3: Linguistics and Transcultural Competence          (Room 109)
  Panel 1.4: Course and Program Design                               (Lecture Hall)
  Panel 1.5: Linguistic Research                                            (Room 202)
       
 

Lunch                                                                           

  11:45 – 12:50
       
 

Session Two                                                                       

  1:00-2:45
 

Panel 2.1: Teaching Advanced Chinese                           

  (Williamson)
  Panel 2.2: Teaching Chinese in Secondary Schools (1)       (Recital Hall)
  Panel 2.3: Teaching Chinese in Heritage Schools                 (Room 109)
  Panel 2.4: Computer Based Teaching                                 (Lecture Hall)
  Panel 2.5: Strategies for Differences and Error Analyses      (Room 202)
       
 

Coffee Break and Informal Discussions                       

  2:45 – 3:15
       
 

Session Three                                                                

  3:15 – 5:00
 

Panel 3.1: Teacher Training                                             

  (Williamson)
  Panel 3.2: Teaching Chinese in Secondary Schools (2)       (Recital Hall)
  Panel 3.3: Teaching Chinese in Elementary Schools            (Room 109)
  Panel 3.4: Multimedia and Technology                      (Lecture Hall)
  Panel 3.5: Theoretical and Practical Approaches                 (Room 202)
  Panel 3.6: Workshop on Online Resources                         (Room 222)