SPEAC Program Description
Training Program for Teachers of Chinese.
Training Program for Teachers of Japanese.
Intensive Chinese Language.
Intensive Japanese Language.
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Training Programs for Teachers of Japanese (TJ) and Teachers of Chinese (TC)
15 Graduate Credits
The Training Programs for Teachers of Chinese and for Teachers of Japanese are intensive seven-week programs designed to develop participants' language teaching skills through lectures, discussion, and observation of classes and practice teaching in a parallel language program of SPEAC. Both programs aim to develop competency in the performed culture approach to East Asian language teaching. Participants in the two teacher-training programs share some of the lecture hours but work in separate sections for language-specific work. Participants are required to have a high level of competency in both the target language (Chinese or Japanese) and English.
Course Information for Teacher-Training Programs:
1. EALL 700
Learning East Asian Languages in Cross-Cultural Contexts: College Level
Objectives: Develop a clear understanding of what it means for American learners to develop interactive, performance abilities in an East Asian language. Participants will learn how to articulate and apply these principles in developing a coherent Japanese language program.
General Description: This course introduces through lectures and discussion the principles of teaching East Asian languages at American colleges. Special attention will be given to the challenges of inculcating and assessing performance knowledge of an East Asian language, which is linguistically and culturally distant from American English.
General Description: This course introduces through lectures and discussion the principles of teaching East Asian languages at American colleges. Special attention will be given to the challenges of inculcating and assessing performance knowledge of an East Asian language, which is linguistically and culturally distant from American English.
2. EALL 703
Presentation of East Asian Languages and Cultures: College Level
Objectives: Develop the knowledge base necessary to plan and implement an effective course of instruction in an East Asian language.
General Description: We will explore the development and presentation of beginning to intermediate level curriculum in an East Asian language at the college level. Consideration will be given to material selection and use, pacing, and presentation of aspects of language and culture.
General Description: We will explore the development and presentation of beginning to intermediate level curriculum in an East Asian language at the college level. Consideration will be given to material selection and use, pacing, and presentation of aspects of language and culture.
3. EALL 704
Practicum in East Asian Languages and Cultures: College Level
Objectives: Develop the ability to plan and implement classroom activities based on pedagogical principles discussed in EALL 700. Participants will gain performance knowledge of how to present and practice linguistic forms and functions of an East Asian language, and to train learners to perform in the target language.
General Description: This course is hands-on training for teachers of Chinese and Japanese in separate sections. Participants observe and engage in the teaching of actual college-level courses in Chinese or Japanese (SPEAC's Intensive Language Program). Instructors will also give lectures to guide the participants in their creation of focused and organized lesson plans, as well as critique practice teaching.
General Description: This course is hands-on training for teachers of Chinese and Japanese in separate sections. Participants observe and engage in the teaching of actual college-level courses in Chinese or Japanese (SPEAC's Intensive Language Program). Instructors will also give lectures to guide the participants in their creation of focused and organized lesson plans, as well as critique practice teaching.
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. Intensive Chinese language Japanese offers two levels of instruction, Level I and Level II. Intensive Japanese Language program offers three levels of instruction, Level I, II, and IV. Each level consists of three courses. Participants are expected to take the three courses of a given level consecutively by registering for all of them.
Course Information
Chinese Level I (C-1): Chinese 101.02, Chinese 102.02, Chinese 103.02
Chinese Level II (C-2): Chinese 210.02, Chinese 310.02, Chinese 510.02
Japanese level I (J-1): Japanese 101.02, Japanese 102.02, Japanese 103.02 (5 credits each)
Japanese level II (J-2): Japanese 104.02, Japanese 205.02, Japanese 206.02 (5 credits each)
Japanese level (J-4): Japanese 610.02, Japanese 611.02, Japanese 612.02 (5 credits each)
Please visit the language specific sites for more information:
Chinese language at DEALL
Japanese language at DEALL
Objectives:
Level I (J-1/C-1) takes students from zero ability to basic communicative competence and familiarity with the writing system.
Level II (J-2) moves students with previous language ability toward greater fluency. C-2 is a spoken track.
Level IV (J-4) enables learners to continue their language training through explorations in the native culture.
General Description: These courses are designed and implemented by regular OSU faculty. Classes meet for up to five hours each day for nine weeks. Class hours are divided between FACT hours, in which the instructor provides explanations about the language and culture in English, and ACT hours, in which students rehearse performing in the language.
OSU also offers intensive courses (10 class hours per week) at the intermediate-level during the regular academic year. A beginning student may combine the summer and academic year intensive programs and reach the proficiency level normally attained through four years or regular study in only fifteen months. The intensive path is important for Japanese, which is more time consuming for American students to learn than other languages. SPEAC provides a unique opportunity to accelerate your study of Chinese or Japanese.
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