Resources:

LANGUAGE MATERIALS FOR MANDARIN

UC Guidelines on Heritage Language Instruction
http://uccllt.ucdavis.edu/Heritage_Language_Guidelines.pdf

UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching
http://uccllt.ucdavis.edu/

UCLA Language Materials Project
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/index.aspx

Bibliographic Database of Teaching Materials:
UCLA's LMP provides full bibliographic information for each item in the database, including detailed annotations that describe the content and other features of the material, intended to help you find the most appropriate materials to meet your individual teaching and learning needs. When possible, they provide information on how to order materials. The LMP does not sell the materials found on the database.

• Language Portals:
  Each language portal contains information specific to a language on the LMP website, including links to the LMP citations for the language, links to relevant external websites, and a language profile. The profile provides a map, a description of key dialects, grammatical features, and a brief linguistic history.
• Materials Reports:
  These reports provide a summary of the types of materials cited for each language in our database and can be used to assess the availability of teaching materials for the languages we cover.
• Authentic Materials:
  The LMP database includes sources of Authentic Materials. The Authentic Materials page of this website provides more information about the materials, and a guide to their use in the classroom.
• CARLA Institutional Database:
  We have collaborated with the University of Minnesota's LCTL project to link to their database of institutions that offer less commonly taught languages. This database represents over 2,000 North American institutions.
• CAL Database:
  We have collaborated with the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC and host their database of Teaching Materials for the less commonly taught languages on the LMP site.

National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)
Note: Currently working on a Chinese Learning Objects project to develop high quality e-learning lessons that will help students improve their ability to read Chinese which will be available July 2007.
http://www.nflc.org/

Ed.gov (U.S. Dept of Ed) teacher workshop materials on teaching Chinese.
http://www.t2tweb.us/Workshops/Sessions.asp
Includes:

• An Interactive Approach to Teaching and Assessing Chinese with Technology
• Building Competency in Foreign Language Instruction
• Chinese Alive: Fun and Effective Activities
• CLASS Professional Standards for Chinese Language Teachers
• Creating Classroom Activities for Learning Chinese Culture
• Culture, Grammar and Vocabulary All in the Same Bag!
• Interpersonal Communication: Making It Happen in the Chinese Classroom
• Learning Chinese as a Second Foreign Language The Glastonbury Model
• Make It Easy, Make It Fun, Make It Make Sense: Chinese Classroom Practice
• Planning Standards-Based Curriculum in Mandarin Chinese
• Read Analytically and Write Effectively in Mandarin Chinese
• Teaching Techniques to Support a Chinese Program in an Unlikely School District
• Traveling in Beijing: Teaching Mandarin Through a Thematic Unit

LISTSERVES/ PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Professional development programs at California State University East Bay (CSUEB):

• Teaching Chinese Certificate Program:
  http://www.ce.csueastbay.edu/catalog/Chinese
  
  
• Single Subject LOTE: Mandarin Credential Program:
  http://edschool.csueastbay.edu/departments/ted/TED/main-admit.html
  
  
• Master of Science in Education: Option in Curriculum Development (Accepting all credits earned from CSUEB Teaching Chinese Certificate Program)
  

Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)
University of Hawaii
http://clta.osu.edu/

Chinese Language Association for Secondary/Elementary Schools(CLASS)
Boston Public Schools
http://www.classk12.org/

Listserve: MN-k12Chinese -- Minnesota k-12 teachers of Chinese
http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MN-k12Chinese&A=1.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL)
http://www.actfl.org

CULTURE and HISTORY links on the ORIAS resources site.

What is ORIAS?

Institute of East Asian Studies, UCB

East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCB

Berkeley Language Center, UCB

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