Considerations in Selecting Teaching Materials for K-12 Chinese Classes Xiaoning WangChinaSprout, Inc.April 27, 2007

Agenda

Selecting Objectives and CriteriaTextbooks and Cultural Materials for

• Elementary Students• Middle School Students• High School Students• AP Students

Q & A

Learning Objectives

• Proficiencies

• Immersion or Bilingual Programs

Selecting Criteria

• Age and Grade Levels

• Characters (simplified or traditional)

ChinaSprout’s Unique Proposition

• Broad and in-depth Materials (Chinese, Taiwan, Hong Kong and U.S.)

• Expertise (learn from teachers, administrators, parents, and students)

Selecting Textbooks and Cultural Materials

Textbooks and Cultural Materials for Elementary Students

Textbooks• Chinese Made Easy For Kids• My First Chinese Words and My First Chinese Readers• Chinese Paradise • Chinese for Children• Happy Chinese• New Concept Chinese• Fun Chinese

Characters and Reference Materials• Flash Cards• Games• Picture Dictionaries• Posters

Textbooks and Cultural Materials for Elementary Students

Multimedia Materials• DVD (Chinese for Children, NiHao Little Friends, Learn Chinese with

MeiMei or animated films)• CD-ROM (learn characters or bilingual stories)• Audios: Music, stories

Cultural and Story Books• Picture books about China and Chinese culture (in English, Chinese or

bilingual)• Folktales, story books or chapter books (in English, Chinese or bilingual)• Social Study and Science books in Chinese or bilingual

Textbooks and Cultural Materials for Middle School Students

Textbooks• Chinese Made Easy• Discovering Chinese• Chinese for Youth• Learn Chinese with Me

Characters and Reference Materials• Flash Cards (playing cards)• Dictionaries• Workbooks

Multimedia Materials• DVD (feature films)• CD-Rom

Cultural and Literatures• Books about China and Chinese culture (in English, Chinese or bilingual)• Popular Chinese or American literatures (in Chinese or bilingual)

Textbooks and Cultural Materials for High School Students

Textbooks• Ni Hao• Learn Chinese with Me• Integrated Chinese• Magical Tour of China

Characters and Reference Materials• Flash Cards (playing cards)• Dictionaries• Workbooks

Multimedia Materials• DVD (Reality Chinese)• CD-ROM

Cultural and Literatures• Books about China and Chinese culture (in English, Chinese or Bilingual)• Popular Chinese or American literatures (in Chinese or Bilingual)

AP Chinese Materials

Objectives• Language and culture competencies• Interpersonal, interpretative, and presentational communication

Textbooks • Language (Ni Hao, New Practical Chinese, Integrated Chinese)• Chinese Culture (Chinese Traditional Cultural and Modern Life, Cultural

Interpretations of China, Getting into Chinese Thoughts, Meeting China, Intermediate Reading Chinese Course)

Other Materials • Reading, Writing, Listening (Introduction to Chinese Writing, Read

Chinese Slogans and Signs, New Chinese Situational Dialogues, Chinese Reading Step by Step)

• CD-ROM (Chinese Pen, Speech or Pen Plus)• DVD (Reality Chinese)

Chinese for Children Textbook / Chinese Power Learning Games