Building an Enjoyable and Engaging Online Mandarin Chinese Classroom
Jiao Li
Description
Suffice it to say that learning any language remotely is far from ideal. Students tend to divert their attention away from the PowerPoint slides or even doze off during the online ZOOM session. What is worse is they could feel isolated without the real-time in-person interaction with classmates and language instructors. This can lead to lower performance by the students compared to face-to-face classes. Over the past year and a half I experimented on a number of methods on how to build an enjoyable and engaging online Mandarin Chinese classroom. In this talk, we will walk through some tips that are applicable to various levels of language classes.
Link to the video: https://video.ucdavis.edu/media/SITT+2021+-+Building+an+Enjoyable+and+Engaging+Online+Mandarin+Chinese+Classroom/1_qv7k492j
About the Presenter
Jiao Li (李姣) is a continuing Chinese lecturer in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. She earned her M.A. Degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Beijing Normal University, with an emphasis in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign language. She moved to the U.S. and joined UC Davis in 2013 shortly after graduation. She enjoys assisting her students to acquire the language skills they needed to thrive as global citizens. Her passion also lies in enhancing students’ cultural awareness and developing their cultural competence.
