Untapped Potential: Ratcheting Up the Instruction to Teach Chinese Language in an K-12 Class Yuqing Hong Curriculum Specialist Office of ELLs, NYCDOE
Why Chinese? Economic capital Political capital Cultural capital Educational capital
New Initiatives in the U.S. National Flagship Language Initiative Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP)
Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC Population Programs Pedagogy
Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC Population - 16,649 ELLs are Chinese speaking - highly concentrated districts:
Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC Programs: - Chinese as a foreign language program (FL) - Chinese bilingual program (NLA) - Chinese dual language program (DL)
Overview of Chinese Language Programs in NYC
New York City School Districts
The untapped potential: Language features Curriculum Materials Assessment Pedagogy
The untapped potential: Pedagogy – Panel discussion - Lily Shen - Marisa Fang - Rita Kwan - Wendy Lin
Resources: American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages – Asia Society – Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools – College Board – The Chinese Ministry of Education and the National Office on the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language – Chinese School Association in the United States – National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools – National Council of State Supervisors For Languages –