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Symposium, April 10, 2007

On April 10, 2007, the Confucius Institute at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa hosted a symposium at the Pacific Club titled "Support & Resources for Starting and Expanding Chinese Language and Culture Programs and Opportunities" with keynote speaker Robert Davis, Director of the Confucius Institute at Chicago Public Schools. CPS is already training thousands of students in the Chinese language and runs an active summer program to send students to China.

In addition, a panel of experts gave presentations about some of the Confucius Institute's new initiatives: our 2007 Mandarin Chinese Summer Immersion Sports Camp, the new College Board Advanced Placement Examination of Chinese, suggestions for curriculum development, and teacher training opportunities with the Confucius Institute.

Luncheon was served to 40 participants, comprising Honolulu public and private school teachers and administrators, and UH Manoa and UH community college faculty and administrators, as well as representatives from the Hawaii Board of Education and the Governor's Office.

Agenda

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11:30 Check In
11:40 Welcoming remarks by
Rosita P. Chang, Professor of Finance; and Director, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Katherine Kawaguchi, Assistant Superintendent for the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Support, Department of Education, State of Hawai‘i.
11:50 Luncheon
12:20 - 2:00 Presentations:
Robert Davis, Director, Confucius Institute, Chicago Public Schools
"Creating Effective K-12 Chinese World Language Programs in Urban U.S. School Districts: The Chicago Public Schools Model" [PowerPoint]

Lynette Fujimori, Instructional Services Branch, Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Support, Hawai‘i Department of Education
"Starting and Expanding Chinese Language and Culture Programs: Hawai‘i State Department of Education" [PowerPoint]

Theodore E. (Ted) Liu, Director, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawai'i
"State of Hawai'i Governor’s International Initiatives"

Tao-chung (Ted) Yao, Professor of East Asian Languages & Literature, and Co-Director of the Confucius Institute, UH Manoa
"Latest Development of Advanced Placement Chinese"

Cynthia Ning, Associate Director, Center for Chinese Studies, and Co- Director of Confucius Institute, UH Manoa
"STARTALK: Chinese Language Immersion Sports Camp for High School Students"
1:45 - 2:00 Q&A
2:000 Adjournment

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