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- Teachers Chen and Xu introduced Taiwanese aboriginal weaving art to Penn State students, hoping that students could learn about the production process of aboriginal traditional handicrafts by experiencing...
- Teacher Chen Liangguang introduces the art of calligraphy in a professional way, integrates diverse Chinese teaching examples, and uses practical operations to allow students to deeply understand the...
- Teachers Chen Liangguang and Xu Yizhen held rubber seal carving appreciation and practical experiences, hoping to introduce traditional Chinese culture and art to participants through rubber seal carving,...
Date: March 28, 2024
地點：Old Botany Building 101 Conference Room
Number of people: 3 people
Teachers Chen and Xu introduced Taiwanese aboriginal weaving art to Penn State students, hoping that students could learn about the production process of aboriginal traditional handicrafts by experiencing weaving bookmarks. The two teachers combined language and culture in the activities. While the students used Chinese for activities, they also deepened their understanding of the culture of Taiwan’s aboriginal ethnic groups.
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Student calligraphy and Chinese character experience resultsDate: March 13 and March 25, 2024
地點：Old Botany Building 101 Conference Room
Number of people: 26 people
Teacher Chen Liangguang introduces the art of calligraphy in a professional way, integrates diverse Chinese teaching examples, and uses practical operations to allow students to deeply understand the connection between calligraphy and Chinese character culture, thereby enhancing students’ interest in learning. When operating the calligraphy writing process, the teacher immediately and patiently guided the students in the correct writing posture and stroke sequence. The students also showed a positive attitude and improved their calligraphy skills through practice.
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Display of student seal cutting productsDate: March 14, 2024
地點：Old Botany Building 101 Conference Room
Number of people: 9 people
Teachers Chen Liangguang and Xu Yizhen held rubber seal carving appreciation and practical experiences, hoping to introduce traditional Chinese culture and art to participants through rubber seal carving, a traditional Chinese art form, and promote the inheritance and promotion of culture. In addition, teachers provide professional guidance for students to learn the basic techniques and artistic principles of rubber seal carving, and encourage students to use their imagination to create works with personal style, while achieving the effects of physical and mental relaxation and peace of mind.
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Display of finished paper-cut art productsDate: March 7, 2024
Location: UOG Campus
Number of people: more than 100 people
The Chinese Normal University of Guam set up a Taiwanese Chinese language booth on the University of Guam’s anniversary. There was an almost endless stream of teachers and students visiting the booth from morning to afternoon. The students were very happy to learn about Chinese culture and customs. The artistic paper-cutting and dragon dance handicrafts were very popular among the students. After a little tracing and cutting, they could turn out interesting Chinese characters or vivid dragon dances! In addition, some students were very interested in the U-Chinese Language Program and therefore took this opportunity to promote the U-Chinese Language Scholarship Program.
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Date: January 16 to March 4, 2024
Location: UCSB HSSB Office 2239
Number of people: 30 people
This semester’s speaking practice is open to all students who want extra practice time. From the second week to the end of the ninth week of the semester, a total of eight weeks, registration is open for three hours each week, and each practice time is fifteen minutes. Students can practice Chinese speaking or reading according to their personal needs. The customized practice content is loved by students, and the practice time will be extended as long as time allows.
Purpose of the activity: To assist students in weekly oral practice.
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Date: February 25, 2024
Location: Online lecture
Number of people: 22 people
On February 25th, Fremont Chinese School in Northern California held an online teaching lecture. The speakers were teacher Xie Mingwei, currently in the Mandarin class, and teacher Wen Shuling, in the bilingual class. They discussed and discussed the Chinese character teaching and differentiated teaching that trouble teachers most. share. The lecture also introduced the COOL Chinese Chinese adaptive reading system and set up accounts for all class teachers to provide teachers with teaching aids. In addition to teachers from Fremont Chinese School, teachers attending the meeting that day also had teachers from other Chinese schools in Northern California. The discussion was lively during the lecture, and the teachers’ feedback after the meeting was very satisfactory. The Chinese class teacher also proposed to plan a Chinese character teaching system for the whole grade based on the lecture’s suggestions. The COOL Chinese Chinese adaptive reading system has also received good reviews. During the meeting, other COOL Chinese systems were briefly introduced, and the COOL Chinese course opening information for March and April was sent to the participating teachers, so that interested teachers can freely sign up. .
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Lantern paintingDate: February 24, 2024
Location: Happy Learning Chinese Classroom
Number of people: 52 people
Purpose of the activity: Let overseas students have a better understanding of Chinese culture and let them know the origin and customs of the Lantern Festival. The lantern painting and lantern riddle guessing activities held this time can further deepen their impression of the festival.
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draw lanternsDate: February 22, 2024
Location: UCSB HSSB 2252 and 2206
Number of people: 18 people
The last event of the traditional Spring Festival is of course the Lantern Festival! A lantern painting activity was held on February 22 in UCSB HSSB 2252 classroom. During the activity, students not only learned what the Lantern Festival is and played lantern riddles; they also learned the meaning of traditional Chinese patterns and experienced painting lanterns. Finally, we had an unforgettable traditional Chinese festival with a bowl of hot glutinous rice balls.
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Group photo of the whole classDate: February 14, 15, 19, 2024
Location: UMD Language School Classroom
Number of people: 32 people in total
As a guest teacher, you can communicate with local lecturers, observe and teach classes, understand the teaching methods and culture of the school’s Chinese department, understand students’ learning habits and methods, and try to teach in other non-Chinese classes.
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Study Abroad Consultation—Participation from the International Office of University of MalayaDate: February 6-19, 2024
Location: Lecturer’s Office, JMZ4223, UMD Language Building
Chinese tutoring class
Ask students what they want to strengthen and prescribe the right medicine. Taking listening and speaking exercises as an example, first let students read new words and texts, and then ask questions. If students have vocabulary or sentences that they don’t understand, ask them to try to translate them and ask questions for them to answer and learn how to use them. Students only come for half an hour per person or in groups, and can choose Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons. In fact, many students do not have classes. They can come to chat with the teacher in Chinese, ask questions, and improve their listening and speaking skills.
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