The British Chinese Language Teaching Society

(BCLTS)

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Teaching and Learning

Organisation

 

Funding Policy for the BCLTS

Teaching speaking

1.    What is the best way to encourage students to speak more? Try to use a real situation, such as a role-play exercise. Give students some tasks to achieve. For example  My email address is: Ask students to play Chinese word games. When a student concentrates on a game he or she won't feel shy to communicate. I've found Chinese Articulate is a good exercise for spoken Chinese. My email address is:     2.     My students talk a lot in Chinese, but they don't speak proper sentences. What can I do to make them speak properly? Maybe you should encourage your students to think what they want to say before speaking. Maybe you should encourage them to speak slowly. My email address is: Don't forget to copy the relevant question into the following box before submitting your comments. Email Address: Name:

Teaching writing My students write sentences well, but they can't write short essays. Do you have any suggestions to help them? Some of my students write very stilted Chinese. Are there any tricks that can help them to write naturally? Don't forget to copy the relevant question into the following box before submitting your comments.   Email Address: Name:

Teaching reading What is the best way to encourage students to read more? Some of my students like reading out loud, which I think is good, but they can't read fast enough. Are there any suggestions which will help them read faster? Don't forget to copy the relevant question into the following box before submitting your comments.   Email Address: Name:   Teaching listening Some of my students don't react fast enough in listening comprehension exercises. Are there any dills that can help them to improve their responsiveness? Are there any easy-access and free materials for listening comprehension? Don't forget to copy the relevant question into the following box before submitting your comments.   Email Address: Name:   Teaching Mandarin to Cantonese speakers Are there any good textbooks available for teaching Cantonese speakers who are brought up in the UK? Don't forget to copy the relevant question into the following box before submitting your comments.   Email Address: Name:   Multimedia     1.  Are there any easy language exercise templates available for teaching? Actually it is very easy to create a language exercise template yourself by using Office XP with FrontPage. You can edit a webpage with FrontPage . If you don't want to bother with that, here is a ready made template for you. My email address is: Don't forget to copy the relevant question into the following box before submitting your comments.   Email Address: Name: Funding policy    Discussion on the funding policy of the BCLTS ( A try version).  Read the present BCLTS funding policy by clicking here. I think the members should take the responsibility and try to help the managerial team to run the organisation. Finding their own travel expenses could be regarded as their commitment to the BCLTS, as the BCLTS has already promised to pay everyone' accommodation fees. (Lu Lin of XX University) Don't forget to copy the relevant question into the following box before submitting your comments.   Email Address: Name: