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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nFriday, January 26, 2024 12:30 pm to 2:00
  pm \n Virtual: Zoom \n\nSpeakers \nWei Cai, Professor, University of Ca
 lgary Xiaowen Xu, Associate Professor of Teaching, University of British
  Columbia Shuxue Zhang, Director, Confucius Institute at St. Mary’s Univ
 ersity \n\nDescription: \nLanguage: Chinese (English interpretation will b
 e provided)Textbooks have an indispensable role in Chinese as a foreign la
 nguage (CFL) classrooms. They outline the ladders in language acquisition\
 , lay out the details in accumulative practice, provide tools and materia
 ls for assessment and much more. Even though the role of the textbooks is 
 never challenged, the recent pedagogical trends toward task-based teachin
 g and technology-assisted individualized learning have opened up new discu
 ssions over the future forms, content, and design of the CFL textbooks. 
 This panel brings together scholar-teachers in leading Canadian Chinese La
 nguage Programs to explore the paths toward the next generation CFL textbo
 oks. The topics discussed include but not limited to improving learners’ l
 istening skills, incorporating AI technology, CFL cultural contexts in C
 anada, intercultural designs, and Classical Chinese in advanced Chinese 
 classes \n\nContact Information: \n Yanfei Li, Assistant Professor, Teac
 hing Stream, University of Toronto taryn.li@utoronto.ca \n\nSponsors \nDe
 partment of East Asian Studies, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library \n\nCate
 gories \n Discussion Panels \n\nAudiences \n FacultyGraduate StudentsUnder
 graduate Students
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SUMMARY:CFL Textbook Development Panel Series - Trends and Challenges: Deve
 loping Chinese as a Foreign Language Textbooks for Canadian Universities
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.eas.utoronto.ca/events/cfl-textbook-development-pa
 nel-series-trends-and-challenges-developing-chinese-foreign
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