Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language in 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions
Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language in 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions
09:15 - Coffee and Registration
09:30 - Greetings
Ori Sela, Chair, Department of East Asian Studies
Asaf Goldschmidt, Director, Confucius Institute at TAU
9:45-11:15 - Session #1: Teaching Chinese Language Around the World
Chair: Ping Zhang, Tel Aviv University
- Joel Bellassen, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France
“Rethinking Economy Principle in Pedagogy of Chinese as second language” - Chih-p'ing Chou, Princeton University
“Yuen Ren Chao 赵元任 (1892-1982) and Chinese Language Instruction in the United States” - Lihi Yariv-Laor, Hebrew University in Jerusalem
“Teaching and Learning Chinese in Israel: Past Perspectives and Future Prospects”
11:15-11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 - Session #2: Teaching Chinese Language in Israel
Chair: Asaf Goldschmidt, Tel Aviv University
- Sophia Katz, Tel Hai College
“Keep Calm and 学中文 [Study Chinese]”: Challenges of Teaching Chinese in a Changing World” - Tamar Kehat, Ministry of Education Israel
“Chinese language teaching in Israeli Schools” - Ping Zhang, Tel Aviv University
“To Speak or Not to Speak: When Chinese Language Meets Jewish Tradition”
13:15-14:15 - Lunch
14:15-15:45 - Session #3: Workshop: Teaching Chinese Language in Action
Chair: Ping Zhang, Tel Aviv University
- Sample class of 45 minutes: Zuli Huang with a group of the firstyear Chinese language students
- Additional brief teaching sessions of the class with Joel Bellassen and Chih-p'ing Chou
15:45-16:30 - Round table discussion on teaching Modern Chinese
16:30-16:45 - Coffee Break
16:45-18:00 - Session #5: Teaching Classical Chinese
Chair: Ori Sela (Tel Aviv University)
- Elisa Levi Sabattini, Hebrew University in Jerusalem
“Teaching Classical Chinese in Italy” - Hua Jianguang, Renmin University of China
“Reconsidering the Teaching of Classic Chinese - A Case Study of Classic Chinese Course in School of Chinese Classics in Renmin University” - Asaf Goldschmidt and Ping Zhang, Tel Aviv University
“Teaching Classical Chinese in Israel: Structure vs. Text Oriented Teaching”
January 16, 2020
Tel Aviv University, Gilman Bldg. 496