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 Chinese Language Immersion Sports Camp

A STARTALK/Confucius Institute Program at University of Hawaii

Camp Dates: July 7 - July 25, 2008

Overview

Thirty motivated high school students, ages 12-17, with no or minimum experience in Chinese (any dialect) will be selected to participate in a three-week residential program on the campus of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa to acquire basic listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture skills in Mandarin Chinese. Participants will learn language while practicing table tennis and martial arts (approximately an hour a day each) under the tutelage of championship level instructors from the People’s Republic of China. Language lessons will bracket the sports sessions, and will consist of interactive, task-based exercises designed to encourage learners to communicate in Chinese. Evening assignments and activities (including tutoring) support learning. Weekend excursions to sites around scenic Honolulu led by native speakers of Chinese provide additional practice.

Ten Chinese language teachers (either experienced or new to the field) who are interested in observing and trying their own hands at standards-, performance-, and task-based language education are invited to the camp, beginning July 3 (out-of-state teachers should arrive on July 2). A three-day pre-camp workshop will introduce you to the principles of a standards-based curriculum, as well as to available resources to teach following such a curriculum.

Once the camp begins, teachers are free to observe and/or participate in all scheduled activities. After the first few days of instruction, teachers will be invited to teach selected modules together with or in place of regular instructors. Where possible, these sessions will be videotaped to facilitate (friendly) critique and feedback.

Regular feedback sessions will be scheduled at the end of the day (in the 4:30-5:30 time slot), or some evenings, to discuss what standards-based learning does or might look like in practice.

Goals

By the end of the program, each student will test at the Novice Low to Intermediate Low proficiency levels or higher, in speaking and reading. Proficiency will be measured by the STAMP (Standardized Measurement of Proficiency) test.

Participant teachers will be able to articulate the basic principles of standards-based instruction, as well as demonstrate some implementation of this approach in their teaching.

Credit

The camp will provide a total of 75 hours of instruction, equivalent to a normal one-semester course at the college level. Credit for Chinese 101 or 102 may be available for students who will be juniors in Fall. A separate application and administrative fee is required. Inquire if interested.

Three credits of graduate level credit are available to teachers with a bachelor's degree. A separate application and administrative fee is required. Inquire if interested.

Schedule (tentative)    [Download the tentative Daily Schedule]

All camp participants are expected to arrive on the University of Hawai‘i campus on Sunday, July 6 (check-in after 2 pm), and depart on Saturday, July 26 (check-out by noon). Escorted pick-up and drop-off service at Honolulu International Airport is provided for coordinated flights.

Out-of-state participant teachers are expected to arrive on the University of Hawai‘i campus on Wednesday, July 2 (check-in after 2 pm), and depart on Saturday, July 26 (check-out by noon).

Housing & Meals

Students will be housed in double rooms in the Noelani Apartments residence hall on the campus of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. For more information on this dormitory, please go to www.housing.hawaii.edu. Weekday meals will be available in cafeterias around campus, based on a meal allocation of approximately $25 per day. Weekend meals (included) will be arranged according to activities.

Participant teachers will be housed in single rooms in the Noelani Apartments residence hall on the campus of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, along with the students and counselors of the camp. For more information on this dormitory, please go to www.housing.hawaii.edu. Weekday meals will be available in cafeterias around campus, based on a meal allocation of $25 per day. Weekend meals (included) will be arranged according to activities.

Camp Leaders

Cynthia Ning, PhD - Camp Director and Language Instructor. Associate Director, Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Hawai‘i. Co-director, Confucius Institute at UHM. Author, Communicating in Chinese & Exploring in Chinese, Yale University Press.

Chunman Gissing, MA - Language Instructor. Mandarin Teacher at the University Prep Academy, Seattle, WA. Co-chair, Chinese Language Core Team, Washington State. Mandarin Examiner and team leader, International Baccalaureate.

Kristine Wogstad, MA - Language Instructor. Mandarin teacher at the Highland Park High School, St. Paul, MN. Sub-group coordinator, Mandarin Chinese Project: Minnesota DOE. Co-author, Kaiming Intermediate Chinese, Cheng & Tsui.

Meiping Zhu, MA, MS - Language Specialist and Mandarin Teacher. Associate Dean of the School of International Business and Professor of Teaching Chinese and English, Beijing Foreign Studies University. Co-director, Confucius Institute at UHM.

Chuanlu Zhu, BA - Language Specialist and Mandarin Teacher. Associate Professor of Teaching Chinese and English, Beijing Foreign Studies University. Faculty, Confucius Institute at UHM.

Xiu Zhang, MA - Martial arts lead instructor. Founder and chief instructor of the Hawai‘i Wushu Center; former leader, Shandong Provincial Wushu Team; former wushu instructor, Beijing University of Physical Education.

Jianping Huang - Table Tennis Instructor. Member of the PRC national table tennis team, 1979–80. Hawaii state Singles Champion, 2007.

Ada Miaode Feng - Table Tennis Instructor. Won many provincial championships from 1980 to 1981, and represented Guangdong when her team was placed 3rd nationally. Currently an active member of the Hawaii Table Tennis Club.

JiaLin Sun (Sunny), MS - Camp Coordinator. Project Coordinator for the Chinese Language Teacher Education program (CLTE) at the University of Hawaii. President of Sun-shine Sports, LLC; Former assistant coach and camp director for the UH swimming & diving team; past member of the PRC national swim team; holder of world/national swimming championship titles.

Yen Chun, MBA - Camp Public Affairs Coordinator. Vice president, CMC Consulting Group (US-China consultants). Trustee, Soong Ching Ling Foundation of Beijing & Shanghai. Director, Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

These key staff members will be joined by numerous dorm counselors, teaching assistants, camp assistants, and volunteers. An additional ten Chinese teachers-in-training and experienced language faculty will be observing and assisting with instruction.