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Maximizing our Sister School Connection Through Projects
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Maximizing our Sister School Connection (and real-life communication)
Through Projects
Ku Xia(夏苦 )Pewaukee School District
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Pewaukee School District
- Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
- Mission: Opening the door to each child’s future
- Schools:
Pewaukee Lake Elementary School(K-3)
Horizon School (4-6)
Asa Clark Middle School (7-8)
Pewaukee High School (9-12)
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World Language Program
- Spanish: K-12
- French: 7-12
- Chinese: 7-12
- Started in 2010-2011 school year
- Middle School: Chinese I & II
- High School: Chinese I, II, III, IV & AP
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Zhengzhou Huiming
Zhongxue
- Located in Zhengzhou, Henan Province
- Middle & high school divisions
- A Key School in Zhengzhou and also Demonstration High School in Henan ProvinceSister School in China
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Projects and Activities
2014-2015(12)- Pen pal letters
- Video exchange
- Q&A
- Culture
- Skype
2015-2016(20)- Pen pal letters
- QQ/WeChat
- Video exchange
- Q&A
- Culture
- ...
2013-2014(5)- Pen pal letters
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Video Exchange
- Inspired by Hilarious US-China High School Q&A! (by Crazy Fresh Chinese)
- Students ask and answer each other's questions in their foreign language.
- US students asks questions in Chinese, and Chinese students answer them in English.
- Chinese students ask questions in English, and US students answers in Chinese.
Q&A Videos
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American & Chinese students Q&A EP 01
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American & Chinese students Q&A EP 02
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American & Chinese students Q&A EP 03 Questions
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- Excited about it.
- Motivated to speak in Chinese.
- Willing to try and improve.
- Becoming more and more comfortable in speaking and in front of the camera.
- Picking up some cultural differences and similarities from the videos.
Our students are...
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Video Exchange
Cultural Videos
- Culture representation
- How Chinese culture is represented in US
- How American culture is represented in China.
- School Events
- US: Homecoming Pep Rally
- China: Sports meeting
- China: College Visit
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- See what it is like in China first hand.
- Discover the cultural similarities and differences by themselves.
- Generate discussions in class with their discoveries and questions.
Our students...
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QQ/WeChat
- Technology Support
- Grade 7-12 1:1 laptop
- Smart phone, personal laptop, or tablets at home
- Contacts
- individual pen pals
- group chat
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Pictures shared on group chat
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Screenshots of conversations
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Screenshots of conversations
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Screenshots of conversations
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The projects provide...
- authenticity of using the language
- motivation to learn
- opportunities to learn and apply knowledge beyond the language and to experience culture
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Links & Contact
1.Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVl3DXQ2cuQCxFUNAj_LOEx5PSeQhe6p
2.Newsletter:http://pub.lucidpress.com/phsandzzhz062015/#XZhY9GrhM3gD
3.Email:[email protected]