CFP: 6th Intl Conf on Chinese Lang Pedagogy (30 Nov; 3-5 Aug)

The 6th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy and the
First International Conference on Teaching Chinese to American Students
第六届国际汉语教学学术研究研讨会
暨首届国际对美汉语教学研讨会
August 3-5, 2007, Nanjing-Yangzhou, China
(The First Announcement)

The 6th International Conference on Chinese Language Pedagogy and the First International Conference on Teaching Chinese to American Students will be held in Nanjing and Yangzhou on August 3-5, 2007. (Deadline 30 Nov. 2006) The purpose of the conference is to promote academic exchange and cooperation among teachers and scholars in the field of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCSL) in and outside China. The theme of this conference is weighing on teaching Chinese to American students, but the conference also accepts papers on teaching Chinese as a foreign language to students in other countries.

The Conference welcomes papers (in Chinese or English) on, but not limited to, the following topics for discussion:
1) Common and special features of the Chinese learning styles among American students
2) Curriculum designs, teaching methods and techniques in the classrooms of TCSL (focusing on American students)
3) Case studies on teaching Chinese characters, pronunciation, grammar, speaking, reading and writing to American students
4) Management of Chinese language programs for American students
5) Teacher training programs for Chinese language teachers in U. S.
6) New concepts and developments in compiling textbooks for teaching Chinese to American students
7) Secondary school Chinese classrooms and AP Chinese in US
8) Comparative studies among HSK, TOFEL, and AP Chinese Test
9) Sino-American cultural differences in relation to Chinese language teaching and learning
10) Application of educational technology in Chinese language instruction
11) Researches on Chinese language acquisition and pedagogical development in TCSL
Conference Sponsors: Nanjing University, China: Yale University, USA; and the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York (CLTA-GNY), USA.
Conference Co-Chairs: Dr. Aimin Cheng (Nanjing University), Dr. Ling Mu (Yale University), Dr. Wayne Wenchao He (CLTA-GNY )
Conference Committee Members: Dr. John Zhiqiang Yu (Baruch College of City University of New York), Dr. Ted Tao-chung Yao (University of Hawaii), Dr. John Jing-hua Yin (University of Vermont), Dr. Martha Gallagher (US Military Academy, West Point), Dr. Xiaoqi Li (Beijing University), and Dr. Yongsheng Zhu (Fudan University).
Teachers and scholars in mainland China who have questions related to the Conference may contact:
Dr. Xianwen Cao and Dr. Yuan Chen
Tel: 86-25-83593586
Fax: 86-25-83316747
Email: xianwencao@126.com, yuanchen@nju.edu.cn
Teachers and scholars outside mainland China, including those in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, who have any questions related to the Conference, may contact:
Dr. Wenchao He
Tel: 1-201-968-6306
E-mail: wh3@nyu.edu

Teachers and scholars outside Mainland China, including those in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, who intend to attend the Conference should fill out the on-line Attendee’s Registration Form at: http://classes.yale.edu/chns150/conferences/2007nanjing/ at your earliest convenience and submit it before November 30, 2006.

Those who intend to present a paper at the Conference should send the paper abstract (no more than one page) as a file attached to an e-mail message to Dr. Wenchao He at wh3@nyu.edu and Dr. Ling Mu at ling.mu@yale.edu before January 31, 2007. The reviewing team formed by the Conference Committee will review the paper abstracts anonymously and will also notify paper abstract submitters of the status of their paper abstracts in March 2007.
Those whose paper abstracts are accepted will need to send the completed papers to Dr. Wenchao He at wh3@nyu.edu by May 31, 2007 so as to be included in the Conference Proceedings to be published. The Conference Committee reserves the right to review a completed paper again if it is drastically different from its original paper abstract. The format and other requirements of the paper will be provided in the acceptance letter.
Post-Conference Tours: 1) Confucius hometown Qufu & Taishan Mountain, 2) Huangshan Mountian, 3) Nanjing. Suggestions for tours to other nearby places are also welcome. Final decisions on tours will be made after all suggestions are collected.
Updated conference information will be available at the following website:
http://classes.yale.edu/chns150/conferences/2007nanjing/