Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) exchange teacher Wang Zhenglin shares her advice to future host schools and her experiences at Batesville Primary School in Batesville, IN. Watch the video and learn some great ways to prepare for the TCLP experience from Wang Zhenglin!
Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) exchange teacher Amina Chlouchi shares her advice to prospective host schools and her experiences at Merrick Academy Charter School in Laurelton, NY. Watch the video and learn about the impact of hosting a TCLP teacher from Amina Chlouchi!
In this video:
Sarah Elgammal’s (Ashford School) students sing a song during their Arabic music class.
Hu Qian (Western High School) leads her students in a game to practice saying the months of the year in Mandarin.
Mohamed Salem Tiguit’s (Frederick Douglass School) students present a skit about going to a restaurant in Arabic.
Wang Zhenglin (Batesville Primary School) reviews Lunar New Year vocabulary with her students.
On February 9 and 10, 2022, Teachers of Critical Language Program (TCLP) exchange alumni and current exchange teachers gathered on Zoom for the 9th Annual Virtual Alumni Conference. This year’s conference topic was “Applying Virtual Teaching Methods in Hybrid and In-Person Classrooms”. The conference featured four alumni presenters: Wu Yan (2017-2018), Wang Ling (2018-2019), Passant Aly (2017-2018), and Mahmoud Dahroug (2017-2018), who shared their experiences and advice surrounding the conference topic with their colleagues.
In this video:
Sun Quanfang’s (Ewa Makai Middle School) students rehearse a song in Mandarin for an upcoming performance celebrating the Chinese New Year.
Zhang Xiaolin’s (Wiggs Middle School) students give a presentation in Mandarin on “My School Life” using vocabulary on hobbies and school subjects.
Mohamed El Ouardi (Plantation Middle School) leads students in a word-recognition game to reinforce days of the week vocabulary.
Xu Quansai (Batesville Intermediate School) teaches students in PE class traditional tai chi movements and names.
This project will benefit the school's 200 students, including those in 5 Mandarin Chinese classes across 4 levels. The CLP funds will be used to acquire decorations, and supplies necessary to organize a school wide event to celebrate Chinese New Year.
The students are going to be pen pals between my host school in Chicago, Illinois and my home school in China. In order to experience Chinese culture, the students who participate in the pen pal activity in America are going to Chinatown in downtown Chicago in May as a field trip. The students will taste Chinese food in a Chinese restaurant, they will be able to apply their ability to use chopsticks. They will also look at the architecture there, they will take the activities we did.
All 472 students in Batesville Intermediate School participated in introductory Chinese calligraphy classes during the school day and 41 students signed up to participate in after school calligraphy clubs to learn even more. This all took place as part of my TCLP outreach.
The EMMS Chinese Class Yearbook 2021-2022 is an artistic presentation of all the activities, what we've learned throughout the year, as well as students' own understanding of things related to the language and cultural learning. This is not only a collection of memories, but also an achievement exhibition. Students in the Chinese class and Chinese enrichment class will all work together toward the final production of the Yearbook. Additionally, the outreach activities to the whole school and community will be included in the yearbook.
The project will consist of two parts. First, before the festival, students will learn about the tradition of Spring Festival and how Chinese people celebrate it. They will make crafts in preparation of the festival, like papercutting, lanterns, and couplets, to decorate the classroom and a Chinese culture bulletin board. They will also learn about Chinese food and practice how to use chopsticks. Then on Chinese New Year, the students and parents will take a field trip by bus to the Chinatown in downtown Chicago.
