Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Curriculum Design and Instruction

Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Curriculum Design and Instruction features theme-based curriculum and student-centered instruction. All the designs in the volume have been field-tested and further improved based on students’ feedback and teachers’ reflections. It collects best practices to meet the demand from Chinese language instructors today, and projects the future of a field that is facing myriad opportunities and diverse challenges. The volume is state-of-the-art in terms of the theoretical framework upon which the designs are built, the current research-based instruction, and teacher training literature for concept-building and instructional creativity.
- Introduction: Theme-based Curriculum and Task-based Instruction by Xiaohong Wen 温晓虹
- Theme 1 History and Modern Cities
Two Cities: Comparing Chicago and Beijing by Haiyan Fu 付海燕
A Significant Historical Figure: Qin Shihuang”by Xiaolin Chang 常小林