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Teaching Chinese at Upper Levels: Philological Knowledge and Teaching Skills

TCSOL Chinese Linguistics Workshops: 2022 Spring

Date and time:

Jan. 22nd (Sat.), 2022, 8:00-10:00 am (EST), and Mar. 5th (Sat.), 2022, 9:00-11:00 a.m. (EST)

Topic: Teaching Chinese at Upper Levels: Philological Knowledge and Teaching Skills

This workshop is designed for the Chinese teachers who teach the language at upper levels (3rd year and above). The organizer of the workshop believes that the quality of instruction of Chinese at upper levels, to a great extent, lies in the quality of the texts that instructors choose or write for the courses. Then, how to choose the texts of high quality and guide students to go through them and learn the meaningful expressions? The instructors must have good taste in reading and outstanding knowledge of Chinese philology. To develop such taste and knowledge, the workshop will select four Chinese texts, two in Classical Chinese, two in modern Chinese, and lead participants to do a close reading and texts analysis. We will specifically identify the linguistic features of different registers, reveal the source and evaluation of idiomatic expressions, build the bridge between linguistics and rhetoric, etc. 

 

The speaker: Prof. Lening Liu

Lening Liu was born and raised in Xi’an City of China. He received his PhD in Linguistics from the University of Florida. Since 1995, he has been teaching Chinese language, Chinese linguistics and pedagogy at Columbia University in the City of New York. Currently, he is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Director of Chinese Language Program of the university. 

  1. Liu’s research concentrates in the areas of syntax, discourse grammar and Chinese pedagogy. He is the co-author of the <Handbook for Chinese Teachers> and the author of many journal articles. 
  2. Lening Liu is a member of Executive Committee of The International Society for Chinese Teaching（世界漢語教學學會常務理事）. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Chinese Language Education (《國際中文教育學報》) and the editor of TCSOL Studies (《華文教學與研究》). 

 

哥大国际外语教师教育中心 – 2021秋季中文语言学工作坊

时间：2022年1月22日，美东时间8:00 – 10:00 a.m.

主题：高阶汉语教学 – 语言学知识和教学方法

 

本次工作坊为教授高阶汉语（学习汉语的第三年及以上）的教师量身定做。工作坊的组织者认为，教授高阶汉语的教师对文本的选用/撰写在很大程度上决定了汉语教学的质量。汉语教师应该提高自身的文学修养和语言学知识，从而能够选择高质量的文本并且带领学生从中学习到有意义的表达。为了帮助汉语教师做到这一点，本次工作坊的主讲人选择了四个文本（其中两个为文言文文本，另外两个为白话文文本），并带领参与者对文本进行深入阅读和分析。在工作坊的过程中，主讲人会特别指出不同语体风格的语言特点和不同成语的来历，同时还会帮助大家建立语言学知识与修辞学知识之间的联系。

 

工作坊主讲人：刘乐宁教授

 

刘乐宁教授在西安出生长大，于佛罗里达大学获得语言学博士学位。刘乐宁教授从1995年开始，在哥伦比亚大学教授汉语语言、汉语语言学和汉语教学法。刘乐宁教授现为哥伦比亚大学东亚语言文化系教授、中文部主任。

刘乐宁教授的研究内容包括句法、语篇语法和汉语教学法。他与其他作者一起，共同写作了《Handbook for Chinese Teachers》，也创作了数篇期刊文章。另外，刘乐宁教授还是世界汉语教学学会常务理事、《国际中文教育学报》主编和《华文教学与研究》主编。