Didacta: Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Primary and Secondary School
Kategorie: Schulen, Lehrerfortbildung
October 31, 2014
Time |
Contents |
Speaker |
Place |
Morning |
Didacta Schweiz Visit |
|
Messe Basel, Hall 1 |
13:00-15:00 |
英格兰中小学汉语教学 |
Katharine Carruthers |
CIUB, Steinengraben 22 |
15:00-15:30 |
茶歇 |
|
CIUB, Steinengraben 22 |
15:30- 17:30 |
美国中小学汉语教学 |
Frank Tang |
CIUB, Steinengraben 22
|
Free entry.
We also recommend you our other Workshops from the 1st. to 2nd November.
Katharine Carruthers
- Director, Institute of Education, University of London Confucius Institute for Schools
- BA Chinese Studies, MA Chinese Politics and International Relations, Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Foreign Languages
Research interests
- Teaching and learning of Chinese as a foreign language in schools
- The notion of intercultural competence in Chinese and UK schools
- Globalisation and language policy
Teaching
- Katharine Carruthers teaches on the PGCE Languages course, working with PGCE
Lixing (Frank) Tang
- Co-Director of Multilingual Multicultural Studies, Clinical Professor of Foreign Language Education, New York University
- Ph.D. New York University, Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL)
- M.A. Shanghai Teachers University Engish Education
- B.A. Shanghai Teachers College English Language & Literature
Research Interests
- Foreign/second language teacher education
- Foreign/second laguage teacher professional development
- Learning styles and learning strategies
- Teaching Chinese as a foreign language
- Action research in second/foreign language classrooms
- Comparative education
Teaching
- Teaching English as a second/foreign language in both secondary schools and colleges in China and the United States for over thirty years
- Teacher trainer and professor in Shanghai Teachers University, Baruch College–The City University of New York, and New York University.