The IOE Confucius Institute 15th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference took place in June of 2018. The theme of the Conference was ‘Thinking globally, acting locally: motivating Mandarin learners around the globe’ and these ideas were heavily reflected in the Conference workshops and plenaries. We have gathered together the workshop and plenary presentations so that they can be referred to and used in your future Chinese language teaching. The presentations below have been arranged below in order of appearance at the Conference.
Day 1, 15th June 2018
Conference Plenaries
Thinking globally, acting locally: motivating Mandarin learners around the globe – Katharine Carruthers
UCL IOE Master of Teaching (MTeach) – Caroline Conlon
Changing Hearts and Minds for an Open World: An Identity Approach to Teaching and Motivating Learners of Chinese in UK Schools – Dr. Yongcan Liu
Characters first: The deep benefits of a different approach to learning the written language – Damian Charnock
Teaching Chinese in a multicultural world – Dr. Thomas Bak
Further reading: Healthy linguistic diet: the value of linguistic diversity and language learning across the lifespan – Dr. Thomas Bak
Further reading: Towards an interdisciplinary lifetime approach to multilingualism – Dr. Thomas Bak
Kensington Wade: English Chinese Dual Language School – Jo Wallace
Just Rap! – Adam Moorman
Conference Workshops
A video interaction to promote authenticity and spontaneity – Yuchen Li
How to stimulate interest in the new GCSE – Eva Bunnage
How do we create ‘China in the classroom’? – Helen Lewis
Using a learning cycle to accelerate students’ learning progress, to keep learners motivated – Katie Wang
Primary Mandarin: Planning for progression – Cara Bleiman
Teaching writing styles for the new GCSE – Yadi Luo
Strategies to enhance information from long-term memory – Monica Jang
Creating an immersive learning environment with technology – exchange trips and homestays – Jingjing Ruan
Useful classroom resources for teaching Pre U language papers – Jing Keeler
Creative writing with Robots – Simone Haughey
Teaching history for Pre U: ‘The Big Picture’ – Ashley Hern
Classroom strategies for delivering the new Chinese GCSE writing – Alice Webb and Dr. Qian Kan
East meets West – immersive and culturally-relevant learning activities – Elliot Hsiao-Williams
‘Stickability’: Making character stick! – Lucy Wicks
Introducing characters – a different approach – Freya Zhang
Day 2, Saturday 16th June 2018
Conference Plenaries
Why Chinese – ShaoLan Hsueh
Learning and teaching Chinese through games – Olle Linge
Thinking Globally – Katharine Carruthers
Acting Locally – Chris Webster
MEP Teacher Training Videos – Nicola Larkin
Teacher Toolkit – Trevor Stevens
Mandarin Teaching Education: Issues and Solutions – Fotini Diamantidaki
Conference Workshops
Activities and strategies targeting new GCSE exam questions – from speaking to writing – Newton Leng
Creating a Chinese language immersion environment to maximise pupils’ learning potential – Kim Yan Wang
How to improve your students’ writing skills – Linying Liu
Feedback? Feed-forward! Marking revolution! – Alex Ferraby
Learning and Teaching Chinese through Games workshop – Olle Linge
From extrinsic to intrinsic motivation: A case study of character teaching – Jane Woo and Sophia Lam
Authenticity: Incorporating real Chinese into lessons – Annabel Hurley
Wolf Warriors! Different approaches to using authentic materials from Year 7 to 11 – Julian Suddaby
Intensive Chinese learning in the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) – Chunlei Li
A games based approach to primary Mandarin – Rachel Tiefenbrun
Learning Chinese characters with fun – Xuequn (Frank) Fan
Stronger KS3 and new GCSE in Mandarin – are you ready? – Shan Lane
Get linked globally – case study of e-pal and Skype project with Chinese schools – Yuemei Li
Teaching Mandarin to Dyslexics – Dr. Theresa Munford
Low-teach and high-tech ways to liven up the KS3 Mandarin classroom – Ben Stainer
