1. Teach Characters Using the Analytical Approach Lulu Dong Hunter College International CLTA-GNY Conference May 15, 2010

2. Course Description This course supplements the Elementary Chinese course to guide students to learn the basic strokes and Chinese radical characters through the Chinese calligraphy. Students can learn the traditional Chinese calligraphy writing skills. They will also distinguish and identify the scripts.

3. textbook Chao, Der-lin (2008) The New Multimedia Course for Learning Chinese Characters workbook

4. Grading Quizzes 30% Web-based and written assignments 30% Mid-term exam 10% Final exam 15% Class attendance and participation 15%

5. Characters Website www.chineseliteracy.net

12. 1 st semester Content How characters are formed Basic strokes, stroke order Radicals Strategies for learning new characters 1-8 strokes, 9-15 strokes Traditional and simplified characters The most frequently used characters

13. Associate with speaking Chinese class reading Write short essay and dialogues Practice writing characters with oral Chinese

14. 2 nd semester The development of Chinese scripts penmanship Cursive writing style and some special features of writing Development of printing and print fonts Calligraphy styles Easy mistaken characters and characters with multiple forms Homophones and characters with multiple pronunciations and meanings How to use dictionary

15. Cursive writing style

19. Newspaper Calligraphy class Metropolitan museum visit Li yan and Bo’s

20. Feedback from students Grades: 60% higher Overcome learning fear Low drop-out rate Characters learning strategies help further learning