American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
2011 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo
November 18-20, 2011
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO
Saturday, November 19, 2011
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Colorado
Convention Center, Room 206
398 Chinese in Action!—A Chinese Camp for Young English Speakers
This session will present the curriculum of a Chinese summer camp for young English speakers, which included the integration of language, culture, and art delivered over a three-week period, 12 hours each week. The combination of instructors’ cultural insights and knowledge of second language acquisition made this program successful.
Presenter(s):
Tzu-lan Liu, Chinese School of the Chinese Community Center (Graduate of the
University of
Pennsylvania); Yu-Ming Chen,
National
Cheng
Kung
University
Sponsor(s): ACTFL
Strand: Instruction
Applicable level(s): Pre-K–Grade 5
Language of Presentation: English
Applicable language(s): Chinese
Presentation Materials - Please note that files may take a while to open due to their size
The following video was shown during the presentation at the 2011 ACTFL