CLTA-WA 2016 Spring Workshop
Making Thinking Visible in the Chinese Flipped Classroom
Innovative Strategies and Techniques for Teaching Common Textbook Themes
Presenters: Huixing (Betty) Hu 胡慧星
Lovett School, Atlanta, Georgia
Co-sponsors: Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA)
East Asia Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
Time: 8:00am – 4:00 pm
Location: Thomson Hall Rm 101, University of Washington
Cost: Free for members; $20.00 for non-members
(CLTA-WA annual membership fee: $30.00 for 07/01/2015—06/30/2016)
Registration: https://goo.gl/NRXibvYC
The participants who attend the workshop in its entirety will receive 6 clock hours from WAFLT. No partial clock hours will be given.
Refreshments will be provided. Participants are advised to make arrangement for their own lunch.
CLTA-WA Homepage: https://jxi.ywi.mybluehost.me/
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Workshop Program:
8:00 –8:30 Registration and social time
8:30 – 12:00 Making thinking visible in the flipped Chinese classroom
12:00 — 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 Innovative strategies and techniques for teaching common themes
Workshop description:
Morning session – Making Thinking Visible:
In the 21st century, making thinking visible is essential to the flipped classroom. The presentation will demonstrate how to integrate visible thinking into the Chinese language learning process through various thinking routines; the presentation will also detail how to build students’ understanding of the material and increase engagement in order to create a vibrant culture of thinking and understanding in the Chinese flipped classroom.
Afternoon session – Innovative Strategies and Techniques for Teaching Common Themes:
The presentation will share innovative strategies and resources relating to language teaching as well as to a variety of themes that can be found in many of the most popular Chinese language textbooks, such as Integrate Chinese, Easy Steps to Chinese, Chinese Link, Huanying, and more.
About Huixing (Betty) Hu:
Huixing Hu has been teaching Chinese at the Upper School of The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia since 2005. She was the first instructor for Georgia’s selective Governor Honors Program, run every summer. Huixing previously served as the Principal of the Emory Chinese Academy, and was also the Director of the VCU Startalk Chinese Academy for four years. She is currently the President of the Georgia Chinese Language Educators and a board member of Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS).
Huixing’s professional awards have included:
- The 2015 Woodward Award for Excellence in Teaching, Lovett School
- Recognized and honored by Georgia’s School Superintendent Richard Woods for excellence in achievements and outstanding performance in providing high-quality teaching and services to Georgia education in the category of 2015 World Languages.
- Star Teacher, 2012 at Lovett
- Georgia Chinese Language Educators (GCLE) Teacher of the Year, 2012
- GCLE’s “Best Mentor,” 2012