CLTA of NSW inc. 2012 NEWSLETTER Issue No.

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Editor: Faraday Pang

CLTA NSW held its AGM in February where a new committee was elected:
President Vice President Treasurer Secretary General Secretary Minutes Assistant Treasurer John Meng Wei Leu Rachel Fong Faraday Pang Kai Liu Rachel Lumb

CLTA NSW Priorities 2012 Continue to support teachers and students who are undertaking HSC Heritage Chinese course; Develop quality Trial HSC Exam Assessment materials for the various Chinese courses; Create the most relevant and practical professional learning opportunities to Chinese language educators; Increase participation and promote excellence in Chinese language education in NSW. Update the contact details of CLTA NSW Members are now able to contact our Association via surface mail, email, voice mail, facsimile or on-line as follows: The Chinese language Teachers Association of NSW Inc. PO Box 136 Ashfield NSW 1800, Australia Voice mail: 61 2 85690315 Fax: 61 2 85690379 Email: office@cltansw.org Web: http://www.cltansw.org

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Brand new CLTA NSW website Please visit the Associations new website at http://www.cltansw.org where loads of information and resources are available for its members 24/7. Members are encouraged to create accounts in the "Members Area" to access members-only resources, share teaching strategies and voice opinions. Professional Learning and Development To make sure the Association organises the most relevant training, all members have been invited to complete a survey about their preferred professional learning courses. As a result, we are currently organising a long in-service focusing on the newly developed NSW Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) course. CLTA NSW is also in taking with PLANE.edu.au about future cooperation to use their on-line learning platform and virtual peer coaching facilities. We are aiming to launch training courses on-line to support Chinese language teachers throughout NSW.

2012 CLTFA Conference Date: 7, 8 July Saturday, Sunday

2012 NSW Premiers Teacher Scholarships

*Please refer to attached flyer. We would love to have more teachers to participate! *Ask Wei Leu for more details as he was the 2011 scholarship recipient.

State organiser: Perth CLTA *Please refer to 2012 CLTFA Conference flyer and application form attached in the email.

The 11th Chinese Articulation Workshop http://blogs.cis.edu.hk/workshop/

Application closed: 4 May Friday

This workshop will provide a platform for school practitioners to exchange good practices and for researchers to share their latest findings. The main key strands include: - Challenges of a K-12 Chinese curriculum - Designing a curriculum within a variety of frameworks, e.g. the IB, IGCSE or national curricula - Teaching pedagogy, including scaffolding skills - Collaborative teaching and learning - Technology-infused teaching and learning - Teaching resources - Assessment - Communicating and partnering with parents Two main keynotes will be on live stream 10am and 1pm on Friday 20 April 2012, Hong Kong time. 10am Fri 20 April 2012 Hong Kong time, "The ABCs of Chinese: Fundamental Challenges in Learning to Read Chinese in L1 and L2" by Professor Catherine McBride-Chang, Chinese University Hong Kong 1pm Fri 20 April 2012 Hong Kong time, Dual Language at CIS by Li Bin, Deputy Head of Chinese International School, Anita Chen, Primary ICT Facilitator, CIS students Workshop resource will be available online, join https://www.facebook.com/events/359238957442450/ and follow Twitter #21clhk

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John Meng is currently the Head Teacher LOTE/Mathematics at Rooty Hill High School, NSW. He was elected as the President of CLTA NSW at its 2012 AGM. Prior to that John has been teaching Chinese Language, Asian culture and literacy and Mathematics in Great Western Sydney Region since 2006. As the project leader, John successfully managed and completed Learning Neighbourhood Asia Literacy Program funded by NALSSP in 2009-2010. John is the recipient of the NSW Western Sydney Region Excellence in Education Award and Australian Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL) Leadership Award in recognition of his contribution in Asian literacy education and school leadership. Recently he has been appointed twice as the China Group Leader of Endeavour Language Teachers Fellowship, part of DEEWR Endeavour Awards program. Johns research interests cover the pedagogies integrating ICT, visible learning and leaning differentiation, and student performance data analysis. In his leisure time John enjoys playing bridge, having a round of golf and gourmet cooking for his family.

Graduated from Tamkung University Taiwan in 1979, Wei LEU has been teaching Mandarin, ESL and Spanish for more than 17 years. His Chinese students include L1, L2 and Background Speakers learners of Chinese (Years 712). In his teaching career, Wei has been involved in the NSW HSC Examination Committee, HSC marking and syllabus writing. He has also organised professional development workshops for teachers and published several books related to Chinese language teaching which include Study Guide for HSC Chinese Background Speakers Stage 6 CourseStudent Book, Study Guide for HSC Chinese Background Speakers Stage 6 CourseTeacher Book, HSK 10 Levels Teaching Programs, HSK Step by Step Units of Work, Levels 1-7, and Learn Chinese While Singing, Student Workbook Vols 1 and 2. Wei believes that education is the way to make the world better. In order to put into practice this educational philosophy, Wei co-established with his wife, Ms Chiuling LIN, the Rural China Educare Foundation, a charity foundation, to raise money for setting up libraries in Primary and Secondary schools in rural China. More than 100 libraries have been set up by RCEF since 1998. Wei was awarded the 2011 Premier's Kingold Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship. The focus of his study trip is to research the best practice in teaching the cultural dimensions integrated with language suitable for the NSW K-10 Chinese, Stage 6 Chinese Continuers and Heritage Chinese syllabuses so as to achieve the prescribed objectives and outcomes. Wei was elected as the Vice President of Chinese Language Teachers Association of NSW inc at its 2012 Annual General Meeting.

**All members are encouraged to contribute to the column in our newsletter. Please note that the column is set up to share Chinese related curriculum, pedagogy and other Chinese teaching and learning experiences among our members.

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Wei Leu 2011 9 29 (Sydney Morning Herald) Gillard Ken Henry (A white paper) Gillard (Industrial Revolution) Gillard (Business as usual)

(Asian century) Australia must learn about its Asian neighbours or

suffer 100 years... Matt Wade

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 Fall in study of Chinese a concern John Garnaut Ken Henry

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Language Teacher, Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Bay Campus Curriculum Coordinator, Saturday School of Community Languages, Chatswood Centre Blog: http://sharechineseresources.blogspot.com/ (Chinese) http://hscheritagechinese.blogspot.com/ (Heritage) http://weileu.blogspot.com/ (English)

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