Call for papers: Third International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy (themes including heritage learners)-- DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 15 DECEMBER 2002

[Scott McGinnis]

The 1st Announcement
The Third International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy

June 25-27, 2002
Nanjing,  P.R. China
Introduction
Following the two successive successful international conferences on
Chinese pedagogy (Wuhan , 2000 and Yichang, 2001), Nanjing University and
New York University, as well as a group of supporting institutions, are
jointly initiating the Third International Conference on Chinese Pedagogy.
 The Conference will be held from June 25 to 27, 2002 in Nanjing, a modern
metropolitan city with historical importance in China .
	The ultimate goals of the Conference are to promote the education of
Chinese as a foreign language and to increase the communication channels
among Chinese language teaching professionals. Teachers of Chinese will
have excellent opportunities to meet colleagues in China and from other
parts of the world during the Conference. There will also be sightseeing
activities during and after the Conference.  The papers accepted and
presented at the Conference will be collected for formal publication.

The general themes of the conference are, but not limited to:
--Chinese language and culture programs from abroad conducted in China
	-Program and curriculum design
	-Language emersion and language pledge
	-Relations between content course and language course
	-How to make use of the language environment and culture resources
	-Teacher training
	-Relationship between study abroad courses and home institute curriculum
--Computer assisted Chinese language teaching
	-Computer technology in Chinese language curriculum
	-Chinese language courses using computer technology offered at different
schools
	-Internet and its role in language instruction
	-Language learning software and its application in language instruction
	-Teacher’s role in computer assisted Chinese language teaching
-Pros and cons of applying computer technology in language course, and
future development
--Teaching conversational Chinese
	-Goal of the course and curriculum design
-Teaching Pinyin, pronunciation and tones
-Teaching method and activities
-Real life situations and tasks in conversation training
-Available textbooks and their pros and cons
--Other pedagogical issues in teaching Chinese
	-Chinese character teaching
	-Chinese grammar teaching
	-Classical Chinese teaching
	-Writing training
	-Reading training
	-Middle school and elementary school Chinese classes
	-How to teach Chinese heritage learners
	-Special purpose Chinese

Workshops:
We will offer two half-day workshops (depending on number of attendees)
before conference. One is on “Internet and Chinese Instruction”, and the
other is on “Language Teaching Methodology”. Details about the workshop,
registration and charge will be announced in the next announcement.

Organizers
Nanjing University, P. R. China
New York University, U.S.A

Executing Agency:
Institute for International Students, Nanjing University

Conference Chairs
Professor Li Kai, Nanjing University,  P. R. China
Dr. Wayne He, New York University,  USA

All overseas scholars, please contact Dr. He at:

Wenchao.he at nyu.edu

Or
East Asian Studies Department, NYU
715 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10003
USA
Phone: 212-998-9068
Fax: 212-995-4682

Supporting Institutions   (Partial list, in random order)
National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (PRC), The
Chinese Association of Universities & Colleges for Foreign student
Affairs,   Chinese Language Teachers Association (U.S.A.), National
Foreign Language Center (U.S.A.), Harvard University, Kenyon College, the
University of Oklahoma, Baruch College (CUNY), Brooklyn College (CUNY),
the University of Vermont, Mount Holyoke College, Williams College,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon
University, Columbia University, Brown University, the State University of
California at Long Beach, Brandeis University, the University of Houston,
The University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of Iowa, College of
the Holy Cross, Kalamazoo College, Beijing University, Qinghua University,
Beijing Normal University, Beijing Language & Culture University, People's
University of China, Beijing Foreign Language University, Nankai
University, Tianjin University, Fudan University, East China Normal
University, Zhongshan University, Wuhan University, Sichuan University,
Shandong University, Zhejiang University, Jilin University, Shanghai
Foreign Language University, Xiamen University, Northwest University
(China)

Secretariats  of the Conference
Professors 	Ling Dexiang, Nanjing University (Co-Secretary General)
			John Yu, City University of New York (Co-Secretary General)
			Tang Yiwen, Nanjing University
			Yueming Yu, Carnegie Mellon University

Academic Committee
Professors		Wu Huainan, Nanjing Univesity (Co-Chair)
Tim Xie, California State University, Long Beach (Co-Chair)
Jianhua Bai, Kenyon College
John Yin, the University of Vermont
			Ying Wang, Mount Holyoke College
			Aimin Li, Harvard University

Preparatory Committee (Partial list, in random order)
Professors: Li Kai, Ling Dexiang, Tang Yiwen, Wu Huainan,  Mingchao Gui,
Ping Xu, Jianhua Bai, John Yin, Baozhang He, Ying Wang, Tao-Chung Yao,
Cynthia Ning, Cornelius Kubler, Claudia Ross, Madeline Chu, Dela Jiao,
Qinghai Chen, Yueming Yu,  Tianwei Xie, Aimin Li, Wenchao He, John Yu,
Shuming Lu, Qun Ao, Junxue Zhang, H. Lin Domizio, Chih-ping Sobleman, Moss
Roberts, Frank Tang, Scott McGinnis, Qun Ao, Xiaohong Wen, Grace Zhang,
Chuanren Ke, Ningping Yu

Official group email list: Chineseconference at yahoogroups.com is our
official group email list. All the important conference announcements and
group communication are made through this list. The list was built based
on the name list of the first and second (Wuhan and Yichang) conferences.
We will add new comers to the third conference. This list will remain on
during intervals of each conference. People on this list can use it as a
regular channel for professional communication. If you choose not to stay
on the list, you can follow the instruction always attached at the end of
a message from the list to unsubscribe.

Important deadlines:
Deadline for Attendee’s Information Form (see below): (As soon as
possible, but no later than the abstract deadline. You do not have to wait
to send the form till you make your final decision. Please send us the
form immediately when you have the intention to attend.)

Deadline for Abstract: December 15, 2001(The place where to submit your
abstract and other requirements will be notified in the next
announcement.)

Deadline for Research Paper: February 15, 2002 (This complete paper is for
publication. Please see the second conference notice for format and
requirement.)

Deadline for Conference fee: February 15, 2002 (The exact amount will be
announced in the 2nd notice.)

Conference working language and paper language:
Mandarin Chinese and English.

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ATTENDEE’S INFORMATION FORM

Please return the following form through e-mail to Dr. He
(wenchao.he at nyu.edu) and  send a carbon copy (cc) to Dr. John Yu
(jzqyu at yahoo.com) immediately.

Family name:
First name:
Names in Chinese characters:
Gender:
Highest degree:
Job title:

Affiliation:
Office address:
Home address:
1st email address (check it carefully):
2nd email address:
Office phone number:
Home phone number:
Fax number:

Did you attend the first two conferences?
Wuhan conference, 2000
Yichang conference, 2001

Do you plan to attend the pre-conference workshops? If yes, which one?
Computer teaching			Teaching methodology

The possible topic of your paper:
Would you like your paper to be published if accepted?
Will you attend the conference without a paper?
How many others will travel with you?
Are you interested in a three-day tour to Huang2 Shan1 Mountain (with
extra cost)?
Are you interested in a two-day tour to Suzhou, Wuxi and Tongli (with
extra cost)?
Are you interested in a one-day tour to a selected city near Nanjing (with
extra cost)?

*The conference organizer can help you with the arrangement of your own
travel to and within China .