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Read-On 2021 College Group Final Projects



For their final projects, participants in the College Group applied what they learned in the Read-On Program to rework their approach to teaching a unit that they had used with their students during the prior academic years. The final projects are presented as "Think Aloud" Videos. The instructions for preparing their videos are available here. Links to the videos and supporting material developed by participants for classroom use, are presented on this page. There are 8 projects in all.

 

Instructor: 詹秀娴 Hsiu-hsien Chan

Lesson:  移民Modified authentic material (news article)

Level: IL-IH (heritage students)

Reading instruction highlights: Intensive and extensive reading, developing independent reading skills

Reading assessment: Research and write family immigration stories

Video link

Extensive materials

Handout 1_Self-monitoring

Handout 2_Modified authentic material

Handout 3_Unit teaching


Instructor: 杜雯華 Wen-Hua Du

Lesson: 教育, Integrated Chinese Level 3 

Level: IM-IH (non-heritage students)

Reading instruction highlights: Pre-reading, lower-level literacy teaching, during-reading, post-reading, parallel reading

Reading assessment: Offering opinions in a conversation

Video Link

Parallel Reading Activity

Summative Assessment


Instructor: 馮瑩 Ying Feng Kline

Lesson:  旅行青蛙為什麼迅速火遍中國朋友圈?Modified authentic material

Level: IM-IH (non-heritage students)

Reading instruction highlights: Guided extensive reading method 

Reading assessment: Read and discuss a related text; listen and watch another video clip about 旅行青蛙

Video Link


Instructor: 林君穎 Chunying Lin、吳瑜 Yu Wu

Lesson: 一次性產品, All Things Considered

Level: 林君穎 targets IM to IH level students; 吳瑜IH to AL students (non-heritage students)

Reading instruction highlights: Literal, inferential, evaluative reading

Reading assessment:  Interview, role-play, and forum discussion related to disposable products and environmental protection

Video Link for Chunying Lin: Post Think Aloud - Chunying Lin

Video Link for Yu Wu: Post-Program Think Aloud_WU - Yu Joyce Wu

一次性产品教案Handout (Word format)

一次性产品教案Handout (PDF format)

 

Instructor: 王湘苓 Hsiang-Ling Wang

Lesson: 約會, The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course

Level: NH-IL (non-heritage students)

Reading instruction highlights: Predicting based on text titles, finding main idea and supporting details

Reading assessment: Summarize the content; extend the story

Video Link

IC2_L16 Dating约会_阅读活动设计


Instructor: 王嘉佳 Jiajia Wang

Lesson: 網上交友的興起,  The Routledge Advanced Chinese Multimedia Course

Level: AL (non-heritage students)

Reading instruction highlights: Lexical compound word building, segment words, literal reading

Reading assessment:  Discuss and offer different opinions, listen/read an authentic video clips

Video Link


Instructor: 葉信鴻 Hsin-hung Yeh

Lesson: 以和為貴, Middlebury Chinese Summer School Level 4 

Level: AL-AM (non-heritage students)

Reading instruction highlights: Pre-reading, lexical and syntactic awareness, inferential and evaluative reading 

Reading assessment: Role-play in a negotiation committee; present a negotiation report

Video Link