Chinese Language Learning and Teaching Seminar Agenda
Topic: Difficulties in learning Chinese language
29th June 9:30 – 17:00 St Anne’s College, Oxford
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Morning 9:30-12:30 |
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Opening Talk – Mr Shio-yun Kan |
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Section 1: 9:30-10:40 Chair-Dr Regina Llamas |
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9:30-10:00 |
Mr. Mike Gow
BICC student – Bristol Centre |
The challenges facing
Chinese learners in the UK |
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10:00-10:40 |
SOAS students
Miss Rowena Evans, Mr David Edwards, Mr Richard Nash, Mr Peter Donaldson – undergraduate 4th yr |
learning experience sharing |
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Break (10:40-11:10) |
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Section 2: 11:10-12:20 Chair-Ms Catherine Xiang |
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11:10-11:50 |
Oxford students
Mr Mike West, Mr Phillip Entwistle - Mphil 2nd yr
Miss Alice Freeman - Undergraduate 4th yr |
learning experience sharing |
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11:50-12:20 |
Ms. Bo Hu
BICC Language Instructor - Oxford Centre |
Preliminary results of Chinese language learning difficulty survey |
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Afternoon 14:00-17:00 |
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Section 1: 14:00-15:30 Chair-Mr Ablimit Baki |
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14:00-14:30 |
Dr. Lianyi Song
SOAS
Department of the Languages and Cultures of China and Inner Asia |
What makes Chinese language learning difficult: a survey on students of Chinese at SOAS |
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14:30-15:00 |
Dr. William Yu
SOAS
Language Centre |
Difficulties in learning Chinese characters |
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15:00-15:30 |
Ms. Boun Chun
SOAS
Postgraduate in Sinology |
Translation at the heart of learning process: the case of Chinese as a second language in British and French universities |
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Break |
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Section 2: 16:00-17:00 Chair-Ms Bo Hu |
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16:00-16:30 |
Ms. Catherine Xiang
Bristol University Language Centre
- BICC partner |
Exploring negative L1 transfers – the case of sentence structure |