project-based learning in 5th-8th grade chinese class
DESCRIPTION
Project-based learning allows students to develop language proficiency and critical thinking skills. This session addressed procedures of designing successful Chinese projects to 5th-8th Grade students, which deeply explored student potential and helped to learn Chinese effectively.TRANSCRIPT
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What are effective teaching strategies?
Vygotsky’s ZPD (Zone of Proximal
Develiopment)
Standard-based instruction Proficiency-
based instruction
Content-based
instruction
Student-center instruction
WTC (Willingness to Communicate)
“Backward Design”
Planning
The PACE Approach
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Who are our learners?
Learning styles – “visual/spatial”, “bodily/kinesthetic”, “musical”, “interpersonal”, “intrapersonal”, “linguistic”, “logical/mathematical” (Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences)
Language proficiency level
Different ability levels
Different cognitive needs
Different interests
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What is Project-Based Learning?
Learn through a real-life scenario
Based on curriculum
Students centered pedagogy
Individual or group activity
2-6 weeks long
Driving Question, projects, and assessment
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How does PBL work?
• Introduce yourself Guiding
Question
• Curriculum standards
• Open questions Projects
• Technology assistance
• Video/Peer assessmentTechnologies
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Example
[Guiding Question] Your Chinese class has pen-pals with a class of students in Dalian. It is your turn to say something about yourself.
[Projects] You introduce yourself appropriately. You talk about at least 5 things about yourself.
[Technology] Prezi/ forum
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Project-Based Learning(PBL) with technologies
Can be part of differentiated instruction -- allows teachers to face the challenge by taking diverse student factors into account to suite the variety of learning styles, interests, and abilities found within a classroom.
Scaffolding
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What kind of technologies we can use for PBL?
Audio recording Video recording and editing (Skit) Moodle Prezi iMovie Photo Story Pixton for fun
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Movie Maker
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Skit
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Skit
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Skit
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Sound files
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Online assignment
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My Chinese Journal
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Review and Quiz
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Prezi
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Prezi
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iMovie
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Photo Story
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Pixton http://www.pixton.com/comic/5u19b9e6
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…有沒有 ....? 在…?
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the Magic Donkey
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Group Activity-1 [Guiding Question] You and your friends are
interested in a Chinese culture scholarship for this summer. You decide to prepare a menu project to impress the interviewer.
[Projects]
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[Technologies]
Video-recording
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Group Activity-2 [Guiding Question] This year, your school has a
Chinese exchange student, 強. Since you are learning Chinese, you are asked to be his buddy. You start the conversation by telling him what subjects you are taking now, who the teachers are, etc, so your Chinese friend can get some ideas about the school.
[Projects]
[Technologies]
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Q & A
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Thank you for your listening!