British Chinese Language Teaching Society

Advanced Chinese Language Teaching and Research Workshop

Note: Due to the current cronavirus outbreak in the UK, we have decided to postpone the Workshop. We will contact you as soon as the new date is confirmed. We do apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS) will hold an Advanced Chinese Course Teaching and Research Workshop on the 14-15 March 2020. The aims of this workshop include: advancing professional development, improving teaching and research levels of relevant advanced Chinese courses, and creating a bridge between the Mandarin Excellent Programme (MEP) and Chinese language teaching in the HEs. Members and non-members of BCLTS are all welcome to register.

The event is hosted by the Confucius Institute at the University of Nottingham. There are 40 places available for participants. In case of unforeseen circumstances, BCLTS reserves the right to conduct online training activities instead.

Confirmed Guest Speakers:

Prof. Boping Yuan, Cambridge University

Dr. Lili Chen, the University of Sheffield

Ms. Jing Fang, Oxford University

Mr. Shio-Yun Kan, Oxford University

Prof. Xinsheng Zhang, London Richmond University

Dr. Qing Chen, University of Liverpool

Dr. Lianyi Song, SOAS, University of London

The executive editor-in-chief of International Chinese Education and Dr Zulei Wang of Beijing International Studies University, and Dr. Weichang Chen, Editor of International Chinese Teaching and Research will also brief on their journals’ submission requirements during the workshop.

Programme Outline:

1. The 14th of March is for teachers who are about to teach, or who are already teaching, Chinese Studies degree programs, advanced language courses or content modules at university level. This session is also aimed at teachers who are interested in the transition and/or transformation between MEP courses and university courses.

2. The 15th of March is for teachers who would like to develop their research and academic writing skills. In order to run the workshop efficiently, all participants are required to submit an abstract of their research work. This should be research that will be presented in the BCLTS conference on 29th June- 1st July, 2020 in Bangor, or that the researcher aims to submit to a similar international conference or journal.

The topics for the abstract include (but not limited to):

• TCFL or TCSL course design and classroom teaching research

• Contrastive analysis on international or regional course curriculums and syllabuses

• Mixed teaching methods and application on the basis of the MOOC/teaching platform and other teaching technology

• Research on character teaching materials, methods and effects

• Research on culture studies and teaching

• Research on primary and high school Chinese teaching (teaching resources, evaluation and immersion programmes)

• The use and application of textbooks and supporting materials

• Research on Chinese examinations and assessments

• Research on language learners and language skills, teaching modes

• Research on teaching Chinese for academic purposes (modes, methods and effects)

• Research on (local) teacher training programmes

• Case studies on language learners

Interested attendees should submit a brief research proposal or abstract on one of the above topics prior to the workshop to Dr. Shejiao XU conference@bclts.org.uk.

Registration Contact:Dr. Li LI: coordinator@bclts.org.uk Registration Fee

• BCLTS members: Free

• Non-BLCTS members: £80

• Payment link: https://bclts.org.uk/seminar-and-workshop.html

• Programme Detail: TBC

IMPORTANT: For full member attendees who need one night accommodation on 14th March will need to send Dr. Ying Peng a cheque of £60 as deposit please. We will return it when they attend the event but the cheque will be cashed if you fail to attend after the room reservation is made. The accomodation BCLTS provides are twin bedrooms shared by two colleagues of the same gender.

Dr Ying Peng

School of East Asian Studies, Michael Sadler Buildiing, The University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9JT

Note: BCLTS reserves the right of final interpretation of the workshop process and in fulfilling the application quota.

Executive Committee of the BCLTS

Nottingham Confucius Institute

16 February 2020