Teaching Chinese

with visual aids

Joanne ChenAssistant Professor of Chinese

Irvine Valley College

ACTFL 2009Nov 22, 2009

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3 Major Types of Learning styles

Acquiring context knowledge

Best Blend

Active Training What I hear, I forget.

What I hear and see, I remember a little

What I hear, see and ask questions about or

discuss with someone else, I begin to understand

What I hear, see, discuss and do, I acquire knowledge and skill.

What I teach to another, I master. (Active Training, Melvin Silberman, 1996)

Retention of Information

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Active Learning What I hear, I forget.

What I hear and see, I remember a little

What I hear, see and ask questions about or

discuss with someone else, I begin to understand

What I hear, see, discuss and do, I acquire knowledge and skill.

What I teach to another, I master. (Active Training, Melvin Silberman, 1996)

Stage One

Active Learning What I hear, I forget.

What I hear and see, I remember a little

What I hear, see and ask questions about or

discuss with someone else, I begin to understand

What I hear, see, discuss and do, I acquire knowledge and skill.

What I teach to another, I master. (Active Training, Melvin Silberman, 1996)

Stage Two

Active Learning What I hear, I forget.

What I hear and see, I remember a little

What I hear, see and ask questions about or discuss with someone else, I begin to understand

What I hear, see, discuss and do, I acquire knowledge and skill.

What I teach to another, I master. (Melvin Silberman, 1996)

Stage Three

Active Learning What I hear, I forget.

What I hear and see, I remember a little

What I hear, see and ask questions about or discuss with someone else, I begin to understand

What I hear, see, discuss and do, I acquire knowledge and skill.

What I teach to another, I master. (Melvin Silberman, 1996)Stage Four

3 Modes of Communication

Learner can only became proficient in the target language, only when they

can display creative and critical thinking through the language

In other words:

Teacher’s roles are to guild, initiate, facilitate and encourage the learners, lead the learners into becoming a community of collaborative inquires.

(Kabilan, 1999)

Avoid “Spoon-feeding” our students

But How do I embed Creative and

Critical Thinking skills in my curriculum?

Visual Aids

Benefits of using visual aids Benefits of using visual aids

• Save time for both teacher and students• Increase understanding • Facilitate experiences to practice • Increase fun and retention • Reinforce a concept • Maximize the effectiveness of

teaching/learning

Manipulative Manipulative Teacher, yourself Daily objects Flash Cards Word Cards Sound Card Large pictures Photos, culture objects

display, posters Map, postcard Handouts

Puppets, toys Real objects Picture books Culture-related objects Blackboard, whiteboard

Manipulative Manipulative

Technology based visual aidesTechnology based visual aides

• Power Point Slides• Videos, movie, TV • Online games, exercise• Online activities

请学生问老师两个问题

Technology based toolsTechnology based tools

Teaching Learning

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What I hear, I forget.

What I hear and see, I remember a little

What I hear, see and ask questions about or discuss with someone else, I begin to understand

What I hear, see, discuss and do, I acquire knowledge and skill.

What I teach to another, I master.Where is the 35%?

Making Flashcards, picture cards

• With multiple use of purposes• Very Strong, easy to hold• Easy to carry and store• Colorful, different sizes• Larger font, • big picture size• Replaceable

Learning Activities Flashcards – review words, speaking Picture cards – demonstration

Handout (Sound/ear training) Word/Picture cards (What’s it? Where is it?)

Discussion in a group

Write, role play Games (Move and touch) Do a project, presentation

Visual Learner

Auditory learner

Touch/experience learner

Learning Activities

• 这是什么？ - • 他们在做什么？ • 学生用字卡 – • 食物宾果 - • 分组比赛 – • 句子卡片 - 句子配对 • Tic-Tac-Toe 连连看

The Creative and Critical Thinking skills

Learns learn the thinking skills by

Key questions

•什么？•谁？谁的？•多少？几？•为什么？•多久？•吗？

在哪儿？你觉得。？你要。。？怎么样？怎么？什么时候？

Sample 1:你是哪国人？

• Visuals: Word Cards, pictures cards, ppt, worksheet with images.

Critical thinking skill activity • Based on the picture given, try to think as

many questions as you can. List 5 questions.

Sample 2 ：你在做什么？

Visuals: Pictures, word card. Sentence pattern cards. Small photo cards ， speaking card for speaking practice. ppt.

Games: PPT word games. Bingo games.

Critical Thinking Activity – Use the picture provided,List as many question as you can.

http://www.toolsforeducators.com/bingo/

Sample 3: Role play

Ask student to present a dialogue of a function topic, provide vocabulary or patterns.

Creative and critical thinking skill activities - Given a situation, and students would create their

own dialogue based on the assigned topics. Goal – Problem solving

Sample 4: Projects on Voicethread.com

• Slides with voice recording

Sample 5:Student Video Project

Sample 6:Writing Project

We need

Creative lesson plans Creative teaching aids

Creative assignments and assessments

Help learners to be a creative thinker ， use lots of Visual Aids

• Joanne Chen• Assistant professor of Chinese• ivclaoshi@gmail.com• Irvine Valley College

• Blog : http://blog.huayuworld.org/ivclaoshi• Blog: http://joannechenchinese.blogspot.com/