From: zhu.ning@trinity.oxford.ac.uk Wed Aug 2009: 41: 50 1997

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 23: 31: 40 GMT

From: CSSA-UK<zhu.ning@trinity.oxford.ac.uk>

Subject: NEWS From CSSA-UK

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 * NEWS From CSSA-UK *

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 Seminar on Chinese Teaching For Chinese Children in the UK

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 Hi everyone, 

 In order to help Chinese children to learn and develop their understanding of Chinese language and culture so that they can fit in more easily when they return to China, the Chinese Education sub-group of the CSSA. UK, with the support of the Education Section of the Chinese Embassy, intends to hold a one-day seminar at the end of Novermber to discuss questions and problems in Chinese teaching to Chinese children in the UK. 

More specifically, we will discuss the following questions:

(1) how to organize Chinese teaching more efficiently;

(2) what kind of teaching materials are being used or are to be recommended;

(3) how to monitor the student progress (ie exam the students periodically and at the end of each term)

(4) how to finance the Chinese teaching. 

A representative from each of the Mandarin Chinese schools or Mandarin Chinese class attached to other (Chinese) schools from your local CSSA is invited to the meeting. Further details of the date and place will be anounced in due course. We will cover travel expenses. (To reduce the travel expenses, please book your coach tickets well in advance, that is, upon our next announcement of the time and place. )

To facilitate our discussion, we have designed a simple questionnaire in the following. Please, each chairperson of the CSSA or head teacher of the Chinese School, take some time and complete it. Your completion will not only facilitate your (representative's) participation at the discussion, but also help us organise the meeting in a more efficient way. PLEASE send the completed questionnaire with the name of the participant from your local association as soon as possible to the addresses at the end of the message. 

We thank you in advance. 

An Ran on behalf of the Chinese Teaching Group, CSSA. UK

The following is the questionnaire. 

1.  Name of your local CSSA. 

2.  Name of the school. 

3. Name and address of the representative to attend the seminar. 

4. Which year did Chinese teaching of your school start?

5. How many classes or groups are there in your school?

6. How old are the youngest and the oldest children in your school?

7. How many children are attending Chinese classes in your school and in how many classes are they put?

8. Which level book (eg. Chinese Standard Book 1, Book 2, etc) does each class use?

Class Book

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Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

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9. Do you receive any financial support for the classes?(Yes／No) lf so, from whom?

10. Do you have to pay rent for the rooms which you use for the classes?

(Yes／No) If you do pay rent, how much?

11. Do you receive any financial support for teacher salaries? (Yes／No)

12. How much are teachers paid per hour?

13. How many teachers are employed and how many of the teachers are university graduates?

14. How many of the teachers were trained as teachers of Chinese in China?

15. How many of the teachers have 2 years or more teaching experience outside China?

16. How often, on average, does each of the classes in your school give pupils quizes or tests?

17. What measures are usually taken by the teachers in your school to encourage the parents of the children to help with the Chinese teaching and learning?

18. What specific problems are usually met in Chinese teaching in your school?

19. What measures are usually taken to try to solve the problems?

20. What suggestions do you have for improvement of Chinese teaching in your school and for all Chinese kids in the UK? (Please specify)

Please take some time to discuss these questions with the head of your school or with teachers in completing the questionnaire. And please return the question naire by e-mail or by post to following address no later than 14 Novermber, 1996. 

AN Ran

Reading  &  Language Information Centre

Bulmershe Court, Earley

Reading RG61HY

E-mail: A.Ran@reading.ac.uk

Telephone No.01734 875123 ext. 4871

Fax: 01734 316801