OSU-HanbanTrainingofTrainers2009SummerInstitutein.pdfVIP

俄亥俄州立大学中文旗舰与中国汉办今年七月共同举办汉语教学法培训班 OSU-Hanban “Training of Trainers” 2009 Summer Institute in Qingdao The Ohio State University is well known for its teacher training programs, particularly in training Chinese language teachers. In the past three years, it operated three year-long Chinese teacher licensure programs (36 graduate credits) that produced four dozen teachers, most of whom have obtained Ohio license to teach Chinese. Each year in the last decade, it has offered seven-week summer institute (15 graduate credits) to train college and K-12 Chinese language teachers. (More information is available at /programs/summerPrgm/speac.cfm) The OSU K-12 Chinese Flagship Program provides quarterly in-service workshops for teachers currently working at K-12 schools in Ohio. Because of OSU’s strength in “performed culture” pedagogical training and the success of its Chinese Flagship Programs, we got support from Hanban (Chinese Language Council International) to provide a 2.5-week summer institute focused on pedagogical training for professors from 18 universities across China. The training was conducted in July 2009 at a beachside facility of Qingdao. The training plan was designed by Dr. Eric Shepherd from the University of South Florida and Kun Shi of the OSU K-12 Chinese Flagship Program. The training team was led by Dr. Shepherd, and included Dr. Yongfang Zhang of the University of Akron and Ms. Hui Li of OSU. Ten high school students were recruited (mainly from Metro and Gahanna-Lincoln High Schools) for demo teaching at the “training of trainers” summer institute. The chaperones were Lisa Floyd- Jefferson and Peggy Lovro. The whole project was coordinated by Kun Shi of the OSU Chinese Flagship Program and Hanban’s Division of Teachers through Wuzhou Chinese Education Technology Company. All teacher participants highly praised the summer institute, and all student participants enjoyed their China study experience, as testified by the following