Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clc/newsletter/issue_no2.pdf sdsdss Editor/ Dr. Weiping Wu Issue No. 6 Dec 2003 Teaching Testing Learning Materials Activities Contents Message From the Editor.......... 2 Assistant Editor/ Ms. Chu Hsiao-mi Editorial Board/ Ms. Chen Fan Ms. Han Chiang-ning Ms. Kwan Choi-wah Mr. Lee Siu Lun Mr. Wong Ho-put Production/ Ms. Doris Wong Teaching...... 3............... 4 Testing )...... 5-6 Learning S.R.Lily Duggimpudi ( ) 嘅.... 7 Mikiya Otera ( )!... 8 Materials.... 9.. 10 Activities CLC Events of the 40th Anniversary Celebration...11 CLC Seminars and Activities... 12 ( )..... 12 Online reading for CLC newsletters: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clc/newsletter.htm Online reading for this issue: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clc/newsletter/issue_no6.pdf 1
No. 6 Dec 2003 Language Matters is a CLC Newsletter, which is a platform for teachers at CLC and other similar institutions to share views a workshop for awareness of basics in testing a student corner for Chinese learners to share their experience and concerns an update with comments on all teaching materials a bulletin board to publicize all CLC related news and activities Teaching / Teacher's forum, for TCFSL teachers to exchange views and share experience. Testing / For discussions on issues related to testing. Learning / Student corner for CLC students to share their learning experience. Materials / Updates, comments and issues related to teaching materials in TCFSL. Activities / CLC academic activities (e.g. conferences, services, research outcome, etc.) From the Editor Starting in 2003, Language Matters(LM) is published regularly 4 times a year. Submissions for publication are welcome from all CLC teachers and students, as well as those who are involved with either teaching or learning Chinese (including Putonghua and Cantonese). All submissions should be sent to: Editor, Language Matters Chinese Language Center Fong Shu Chuen Building The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Please note the following when sending us any submissions: 1. Language: Either in English or in Chinese. 2. Length: Between 300 to 500 words, no longer than 800 words in any case. 3. Focus: should be related to either learning or teaching Chinese, including cultural aspects of langauge learning. LM is distributed to about 500 to 800 programs and individuals in the field of teaching Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language, both local and international, in either electronic or printed form. Address: New Asia--Yale-in-China Chinese Language Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fong Shu Chuen Building, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR Tel.: (852) 2609 6727 Fax.: (852) 2603 5004 Web site: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clc Email: clc@cuhk.edu.hk 2
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No. 6 Dec 2003 ( ) Teaching Joseph Boyle* / Boyle, Joseph. (1997) Success and failure in learning Cantonese, Language Learning Journal, September 1997, No. 16, 82-86. 4
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No. 6 Dec 2003 Learning S.R.Lily Duggimpudi ( ) CAN 4612 - Fall Term 02-03 嚟 嘅 哋 啲 啲 嘅 喺 哋 哋 哋 嘅 哋 咗 嘅 嘅 嘅 啲 喺 嗰 嘅 吓 嘅 嘢 啲 哋 嗰 咗 啲 咗 哋 嘢 喺 攰 啲 哋 嘅 嘥 嘢 咗 啲 嘅 嘢 嘅 啲 嘅 嘅 嘅 啲 嘅 嘢 咗 哋 哋 7
No. 6 Dec 2003 Mikiya Otera ( ) PTH 4415 ( Summer Term 2002-2003 ) Learning 8
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No. 6 Dec 2003 Kwan Choi Wah 1. 2. Language Environment & Language Teaching A selection of essays presented at the Second International Symposium on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, pp. 27-30, Beijing Institute of Language, January 1988. 3. Several Points on Teaching a Second Language A selection of essays presented at The First International Symposium on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, pp. 381-387. Beijing Institute of Language, May 1986. 4. A series of articles about Chinese Customs and Festivals in Japanese, including Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Hungry Ghosts Festival, etc. Stepping Into Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tourist Association, 1990. Lee Siu Lun 1. Matching Teachers Needs and Learners Needs, paper presented at the 5 th Annual Conference of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL), 2002 2. A Sociolinguistic Study of Code-mixing in Hong Kong, 1996 M. Phil. Dissertation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Tam Fee Yin 1. A Cognitive Study on Metaphor in Cantonese MA dissertation in Chinese Linguistics, 1997 2. The Maintenance of the Ancient Initial '-ng' in the Toishan Dialect, a presentation at the 7th International Conference on Cantonese and Other Yue Dialects, 1999 Wang Qi 1. < --- > < > P423-435 1997.12 2. < > < >57 P26-30 1998.10 3. < > 1999 4. < > >P178-193 2000.12 5. < > >95 P56-62 2000.12 6. < > > P217-223 2001.4 7. paper presented at the 6th International Symposium on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language 1999 Wong Ho Put The Use of Visual-aids in Vocabulary Instruction in Teaching Mandarin as a Second Language MA Dissertation, HKPU, 1998 Materials Information in this column is provided by Ms. Chu Hsiao-mi. 10
No. 6 Dec 2003 Held on Sept 27, 2003 Coordinator: Ms. Wang Qi Ms. Yeung Man Activities Held on Oct 7, 2003 Coordinator: Ms. Nakata Yukiko Ms. Chan Siu Ping Held on Oct 11, 2003 Coordinator: Ms. Cheung Lai Chun Mr. Sou Si Tai Ms. Han Chiang Ning 11
Date Descriptions No. 6 Dec 2003 10/12/2003 () 29/11/2003 Prof. Hugh D. R. Baker 29/11/2003 Activities 12