I am, along with the other 4 successful candidates, about to embark upon a one year GTP at various schools. I would be grateful if anyone in this group has gone through this programme and would like to share his/her experiences or simply offer some tips to us; or anyone who has been a mentor to GTP candidates would like to perhaps just point us to the right direction.
Many thanks,
Liqun
Newland School for Girls
--- On Tue, 24/5/11, Maggie GENG <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Maggie GENG <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Learning characters through sounds
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, 24 May, 2011, 22:35
> Dear Jie and all,
>
> Just want to say that I follow this forum with great
> interest. I am new to the teaching profession and I have
> learned a lot of useful information from here. Personally I
> am very interested in Jie's research, I think to a lot of
> other people as well as there are quite a few responses.
> Correct me if I am wrong, but the purpose of this network is
> about sharing information and exchanging ideas, isn't it? I
> look forward to hearing about your research findings.
>
> Jie, if you want to reply to individuals, here is what you
> need to do. Click reply, the email will automatically put
> MandarinChineseTeaching in the To space, DELETE that, copy
> and paste the individual's email address which is normally
> shown in the "From" section underneath. That's it. Any
> problem, you can email me at [log in to unmask]
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Hui GENG
>
> --- On Tue, 24/5/11, Jie Andrews <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Jie Andrews <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Learning characters through sounds
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Tuesday, 24 May, 2011, 13:58
> > Hi Jennifer
> >
> > I am so sorry for this, I am new to this
> > forum, please can you tell how I should make replies
> to
> > those who are helping me.
> >
> > Many thanks Jie
> >
> > Jie Andrews
> > (Mandarin Lecturer)
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of
> > Jennifer.Buster
> > Sent: Tue 24/05/2011 13:03
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Learning characters through sounds
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Can we please restrict responses and replies of emails
> to
> > individuals please.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jennifer Buster
> > Assistant Director of Learning
> >
> > From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Fu, Roger
> > Sent: 24 May 2011 13:02
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Learning characters through sounds
> >
> > Sounds good. I will give it a try.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of MTATE
> > Sent: 24 May 2011 12:13
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Learning characters through sounds
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > One thing that works well with my students is word
> > association. I ask them to listen to the pinyin,
> tell
> > them the meaning of the word they are hearing while
> showing
> > them the character and ask them to think of a word in
> > English that sounds like the pinyin they are hearing.
>
> >
> > For example, the word for pollution, wu ran. One
> > student came up with the idea that pollution was
> horrible,
> > so you say wuuuu (as in yuck or go away), then they
> someone
> > ran away from it = wu(uuuu) ran.
> >
> > For the characters I do the same thing; ask the
> students to
> > come up with stories they can see in the characters
> and try
> > to associate them with the meaning. So, using
> > pollution again, ??, they came up with water
> pollution, so
> > the water radical is in both characters. The top of
> ?
> > looks like the number 2 (?), (and rhymes with 'wu')
> and the
> > bottom looks like a scoop on front of a digger which
> might
> > be scooping the muck (pollution) away. For ? water
> > again, with a 9 ? on top of a tree ?. So the story
> may
> > go something like.. you need nine lots of water to
> wash away
> > the pollution so that you can see the trees again.
> >
> > This method of teaching them reading, helps with the
> > writing, because they say the story to themselves and
> write
> > the radicals and components in the order of the
> story.
> > It works for a lot of students and they come up with
> the
> > craziest, funniest stories sometimes. I usually do
> > this as a class activity and it helps some students
> who
> > don't have much imagination, as different people see
> > different images in the same characters. They love
> > learning this way, even though it is time
> consuming.
> > Have a go!!
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: 24-May-2011 11:47
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subj: Re: Continued research
> >
> > Hi Chenghan Wa
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your reply, I have order a
> > copy of the book and look forward to reading it and
> seeing
> > if I can use some of its techniques not just to
> help
> > my audio learners but all my students. I do agree with
> you
> > that learning by rote has its place in teaching and
> > learning, especially with learning things like
> Chinese
> > characters.
> >
> >
> > Jie Andrews
> > (Mandarin Lecturer)
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching on behalf of C Wu
> > Sent: Tue 24/05/2011 11:03
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Continued research
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all
> > I think although rote-learning of characters is
> repetitive
> > which requires effort, I feel it's essential.
> > Maybe this can be combined with other strategies such
> as
> > flashcards, radical recognition etc.
> > I read an interesting book which talked about using
> > imagination to learn characters:
> > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-Chinese-Characters-v-1/dp/080483816X
> >
> > Chenghan Wu
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Jie Andrews
> > Sent: 23 May 2011 21:40
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Continued research
> >
> > Hello and a big thank you to all who have sent me
> > information and offers of help with my research.
> >
> > I was quite surprised by the 2 articles that Helen
> > suggested and their veiw point on VAK and the validity
> of
> > questionnaires aimed at determining learning styles. I
> also
> > would recommend everyone interested in this aspect of
> > teaching to read these.
> >
> > However even after reading them I have for the sake of
> my
> > research decided to go along with the established
> thinking
> > on VAK. While I wait for the results of my
> questionnaire I
> > am now looking at ways of helping audio learns to
> write and
> > remember Chinese characters.
> >
> > When I was teaching in China a lot the teaching was
> by
> > repetition by, roto though this sounds uninteresting
> when
> > you have 3000 characters to learn it was very
> effective.
> > However you could not use this teaching method here in
> the
> > UK. I will do some looking on the internet for
> differing
> > teaching strategies that might aid audio learners in
> the
> > writing and remembering og Chinese characters.
> >
> > In the meantime if anyone has come across or has
> developed
> > teaching strategies to help these learns with this
> aspect of
> > Chinese please can they share it.
> >
> > Many Thanks Jie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ..............................................................................................................................
> >
> > Michelle Tate
> > Head of Chinese
> > Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
> > Wotton-under-Edge
> > Glos. GL12 8RB
> >
> > Tel: 01453-842227
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
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