Sold Out - We are pleased to invite you to the panel discussion Trends and Challenges: Developing Chinese as a Foreign Language Textbooks for Canadian Universities, part of the CFL Textbook Development Panel Series, on Friday, January 26, 2024.
* Language: Chinese (English interpretation will be provided). Free admission, open for all to attend. Please register in advance.
- Date: Friday, January 26, 2024.
- Time: 12:30- 2:00 p.m. (EST)
- Location: Virtual (held via Zoom)
- Registration: http://surl.li/pnbsa
Abstract
Textbooks have an indispensable role in Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) classrooms. They outline the ladders in language acquisition, lay out the details in accumulative practice, provide tools and materials for assessment, and much more. Even though the role of the textbooks is never challenged, the recent pedagogical trends toward task-based teaching and technology-assisted individualized learning have opened up new discussions over the future forms, content, and design of the CFL textbooks.
This panel brings together scholar-teachers in leading Canadian Chinese Language Programs to explore the paths toward the next generation of CFL textbooks. The topics discussed include but are not limited to improving learners’ listening skills, incorporating AI technology, CFL cultural contexts in Canada, intercultural designs, and Classical Chinese in advanced Chinese classes.
Panelists
Wei Cai, Professor, University of Calgary
Bill Wang, Senior Faculty Lecturer, McGill University
Xiaowen Xu, Associate Professor of Teaching, University of British Columbia
Shuxue Zhang, Director, Confucius Institute, St. Mary’s University
Moderator
Yanfei Li, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto.
For more information about the panel discussion, visit the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto's event page linked here.
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, and the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library at the University of Toronto Libraries.
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