TY - JOUR
T1 - AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE MODEL OF ONLINE CHINESE COURSES
AU - Hsin, Shih Chang
AU - Wang, Ching Wei
AU - Huang, Yu Hui
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Edinburgh University Press
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - This research project attempts to build a new cooperative model with the superintendents of school districts of various states in the United States. The idea behind the project is based on the urgent need of Mandarin Chinese courses in middle school level in the US. Since most school districts encounter the problem of not having enough Chinese teachers or teaching resources, offering Chinese courses through internet videoconferencing from Taiwan could be a feasible solution. This project involved some aspects including teaching materials design specifically for online instruction, communication with schools and their teachers/students, teacher’s training for synchronized online instruction, e-learning platform and facilities arrangement, and problem solving along the implementation process. The program has been implemented during the year of 2012. We have cooperative agreements with five schools districts in different states and have established a workable operation model for this international cooperation. Through this cooperative model, American students gain the benefit of learning resources through internet, and Mandarin educators and researchers in Taiwan also gain new insights on how to promote the Chinese language learning in the global community.
AB - This research project attempts to build a new cooperative model with the superintendents of school districts of various states in the United States. The idea behind the project is based on the urgent need of Mandarin Chinese courses in middle school level in the US. Since most school districts encounter the problem of not having enough Chinese teachers or teaching resources, offering Chinese courses through internet videoconferencing from Taiwan could be a feasible solution. This project involved some aspects including teaching materials design specifically for online instruction, communication with schools and their teachers/students, teacher’s training for synchronized online instruction, e-learning platform and facilities arrangement, and problem solving along the implementation process. The program has been implemented during the year of 2012. We have cooperative agreements with five schools districts in different states and have established a workable operation model for this international cooperation. Through this cooperative model, American students gain the benefit of learning resources through internet, and Mandarin educators and researchers in Taiwan also gain new insights on how to promote the Chinese language learning in the global community.
KW - American Middle Schools
KW - International Cooperation
KW - Online Mandarin Courses
KW - Teaching Chinese as a second language
KW - e-learning
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U2 - 10.3366/ijhac.2014.0101
DO - 10.3366/ijhac.2014.0101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126725873
SN - 1753-8548
VL - 8
SP - 95
EP - 106
JO - International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing
JF - International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing
ER -