post-startalk chinese a year-long distance course for summer 2009 startalk students katharine...

Post-STARTALK ChineseA year-long distance course for summer 2009

STARTALK students

Katharine Nielson, Principal InvestigatorPresented by: Megan Masters

University of MarylandCenter for Advanced Study of Language (CASL)

Background

CASL’s Task

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Research

Literature ReviewOnline Language Courses Must:

•Follow principles of SLA

•Establish community

•Maximize the benefits of the web

•Include instructor training

Participation Requirements

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Course Development

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Course Content

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Course Development Team

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Sample Weekly Activities

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CHIN 201 LMS

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Example

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Research Questions

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Student Reflections

We are not given a list of vocabulary to learn and then tested on it, but rather we are thrown into context and expected to figure out what is going on. It was a fun experience to learn this way, and I hope that the rest of the course is similar.

That was so hard. I have so much to learn about this language before I do anything with it. I was floundering so bad. I hope next week's assignment, is something I can achieve with confidence. Cross your fingers!

Wow. That was some intense Homework. I thought it was very good and quite helpful but it is very obvious that I have a long way to go with my Chinese. I'm very glad that the audio files on the homework can be played more than once. I think it is very challenging but doable and fun. Context was very helpful to figuring things out.

Questions

Katie Nielsonknielson@casl.umd.edu(301) 226-9171

Megan Mastersmmasters@casl.umd.edu(301) 226-8829

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