If you are interested in delivering a workshop at our 2020 Annual Conference, please refer to the main Annual Conference page for more information.
The UCL IOE Confucius Institute 16th Annual Chinese Teaching Conference took place in June 2019. The theme of the Conference was ‘Looking Back, Thinking Forward’ 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. The 2019 Conference handbook can be found here. The handbook contains a programme of the workshops and plenaries in the central pages of the PDF.
Day 1, 14th June 2019
Conference Plenaries
Chinese Observatory 2019 – Katharine Carruthers
Chinese – The Learners’ Perspective – Dr. Jane Orton
The National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy – Prof. Emma Marsden
Conference Workshops
Fostering Learning through virtual classrooms – Lina Li
Project-based learning at GCSE – Chunlei Li
Differentiation in the mixed ability classroom – Lucy Wicks
Lights Camera Action! Using film in the Chinese classroom – Xiaoming Zhu & Dr. Carol-Mei Barker
Embedding Chinese in your primary school curriculum – Rachel Tiefenbrun
Evidence-informed perspectives for teaching pronunciation to beginner learners of Chinese – Rob Neal
How to stimulate learners’ independence in Pre-U language teaching – Eva Bunnage
Making writing interesting and interactive – Zeng Bin
Using pop songs to learn Mandarin and culture – Chang-Chi Chen
Primary Progress: Assessment is your friend – Cara Bleiman
Using the UCL IOE MEP teacher training films to develop your own teaching – Kay McLeod & Nicola Larkin
Developing students’ independent learning competence (GCSE speaking and writing focus) – Frank Wang
Mixed listening strategies for effective input – Michelle Tate
Creative usage of authentic materials – Yi Zhang
Games in the primary Classroom – Rhoda Pennington
Day 2, 15th June 2019
Conference Plenaries
Action Research: Teaching Chinese Characters – Kay McLeod
Previous research about teaching/learning Chinese characters – Dr. Kan Qian
Character writing research – Dr. Kan Qian
Action Research Chinese Characters – Jane Woo
Action Research Phase 1 – Victor Wu
Writing Research – Jolanta Vanate
Expanding Knowledge: Thinking forward to the future of Chinese development and delivery – Philippa Vallely, Zoe Barfield, Kai Cheung, Alex Ferraby and Rose Ren
Learning Languages Builds Character: The forward impact of language learning – Xiaoming Zhu, Ryan James-Gall, Manny Botwe and Liqun Dai
Conference Workshops
Integrating and implementing character study into your Scheme of Work – Josh Ma
Self-regulated student learning (meta-cognition) in practice for Chinese teaching and learning – Lijing Zhang
Behaviour Management in Classrooms – Jane Woo
Curing the year 8-9 doldrums with project-based learning! – Annabel Hurley
Setting effective independent learning tasks for Mandarin practice – Kay McLeod & Tangfeng
Cross curricula approaches to primary Mandarin – Simone Haughey
Looking forward to a new curriculum – Intent, implementation and impact – James Stagg
Exploring what matters most to students – Liqun Dai
I, We, You, learning system to engage students and help them progress – Katie Wang
Let’s play a fun activity! – Yen-Chiao Fang
Task-based learning for GCSE speaking and writing – Elliot Hsiao-Williams
Creative and independent learning through homework: engaging students outside the classroom – Puchan Liao
Learning, Living, Language: Different approaches to four skills – Yuemei Li
Teaching Mandarin with SEN learners – Yi-Shan Lu
Chinese music and Chinese language teaching and learning – Lik Suen and Beibei Wang
Busy teachers optimising learning and reducing workload – Victor Wu and Pia Maggioni
