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Chinese Language Teacher Education Program

Funded by the Freeman Foundation, the Chinese Language Teacher Education program (CLTE) is specifically designed and dedicated to meet the high demand of teaching Chinese language in Hawai'i and beyond. It brings expertise from the College of Education, the Center for Chinese Studies (CCS, with its Confucius Institute) in the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, and the Department of East Asian Languages & Literature and Second Language Studies.

Fundamental training for teaching Chinese

This program provides teacher trainees short-term workshops, seminars, or institutes held on weekends or during school breaks focusing on fundamental concept and problem-solving skills in Chinese language teaching. In these sessions, we provide extensive assistance and training in areas like specific pedagogy for teaching Chinese as a foreign language extending through K-12; curriculum design and material selection; literature and cultural integration in language teaching; classroom management and proficiency testing/assessment approaches.

Current Workshops/Seminars

  1. Advanced Level Workshop Series for Chinese Language Teachers. Please click here for information brochure and application form.
    Workshop dates in Fall 2009: 10/3, 10/10, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, and 11/14
  2. Comprehensive Discussion Seminars in Teaching Chinese. Please click here for information brochure and application form.
    Seminar dates in Fall 2009: 9/20, 10/18, 11/29, and 12/6

Non-licensure certificate program

This program consists a series of five courses constituting core content requirements for foreign/heritage languages. These meet the latest teacher standards promulgated by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). This sequence of courses can be completed in two semesters, and includes provision for classroom-based practice teaching, in collaboration with professional Chinese language teachers in private and public schools.

Core Content Requirements Suggested Courses Credits
1 advanced L2*-specific linguistics course CHN 451 or CHN 452 3
1 advanced L2-specific sociolinguistics course CHN 455 3
1 advanced language/culture course CHN 470 3
1 advanced literature course CHN 485, CHN 486, CHN 487, CHN 491, CHN 650, CHN 612, CHN 611D 3
1 L2-specific language pedagogy course CHN 643 or STARTALK summer institute 3

*L2 = Second language

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (Licensure)

This State licensure program is under the supervision of the College of Education's Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary Education (PBCSE) program. It is a field-based program of interrelated courses approved by the Hawaii Teachers Standard Board for teacher licensure and meets the accreditation requirements of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Professional Education Requirements (18 credits)

Course Name Course title Credits
ITE 401 Introduction to Teaching 3
EDEF 610 Foundations of American Education 3
EDEP 631 Adolescent Psychology 3
ITE 404J (co-requisite ITE 402J) Teaching in the Subject Field 3
ITE 402J (co-requisite ITE 404J) Teaching Practicum 3
SPED 445 Educating Exceptional Students in Regular Classrooms – Secondary 3
AND

Multicultural Education (3 credits, choose one course)

Course Name Course title Credits
ITE 440 Curriculum Implications of Multicultural Education 3
or SLS 380 or SLS 660 or L2-specific sociolinguistics course from the core content requirements list Bilingual Education / Sociolinguistics 3
AND

Educational Technology (3 credits, choose one course)

Course Name Course title Credits
ETEC 414 Media in Education 3
or ETEC 442 Computers in Education 3
or ETEC 448 Technology Links to Learning 3
or SLS 418 Instructional Media 3
AND

Practicum (12 credits)

Course Name Course title Credits
ITE 405D (co-requisite ITE 406D) Teaching Residency 9
ITE 406D (co-requisite ITE 405D) Seminar 3

Application deadline for PBCSE:

March 1 for Fall semester,
September 1 for Spring semester

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