BREAKOUT SESSION 2
Dr. Wei Zhengwei
Dr. Haiyan Li
Jing Wu
How to Promote Intercultural Competence through Literature? | 国际教育当中如何通过文学学习来培养跨文化理解？ by Zhengwei Wei, Haiyan Li and Jing Wu
Intercultural understanding is one of the core tenets that are endorsed and promoted by IB. Putting the principle into daily teaching practice and nourishing international-mindedness in students, as IB has been advocating since its establishment, are the key issue that requires some response from everyone who engages in international education,
Therefore, the purpose of the presentation is to focus on the prerequisites that may serve as an important foundation to enrich the teachers’ understanding of the issue. By so doing, we hope to identify some of the facets of great significance in their endeavor to develop their students’ intercultural awareness. To achieve this goal, we will adopt the concept of “time and space” from the IBDP course of Language and Literature. Its application is accorded the lance, through which the context of teaching the course is analyzed, and some typical scenarios are examined. The specific questions to be answered are:
1. Why can the study of literature play a crucial role in fostering students' intercultural understanding?
2. What are the potential problems commonly encountered and thus deserve some attention from us as professionals?
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 last year, it has become topical on the global scale as to how we human beings of different traditions and beliefs can put aside the differences and find common ground in our response to the issue of our common destiny. While it may still take our further effort to find the sufficient means to combat the pandemic related adversities, including the resurging nationalism in various forms, sensible answers can be searched for from different cultures' wisdom. As part of the treasure, literature has always been regarded as the source of inspiration. Its unique function of bridging different ideologies and cultural traditions and cultivating people’s mutual appreciation is self-evident.
跨文化理解是从事国际教育必须要面临的一个问题，也是IB倡导的国际情怀培养当中的一个重要步骤。工作坊将结合IB大学预科课程文学教学中”-时间和空间“这一探究领域中所涉及的一些重要问题，结合教学案例来讨论经典文学作品的研习，为什么在学生跨文化理解上，扮演着重要的角色，有哪些潜在的问题应该引起我们的注意。随着去年以来爆发的疫情，全球范围内各种名号的民族主义、甚至民粹主义，暗流涌动。因此不同意识形态和文化传统，如何面对这一挑战来做出智慧的回答，在人类共同命运这一问题上做出合理的回应，是我们必须面对的问题，而国际教育当中通过文学学习来培养的跨文化理解，其重要性不言而喻。"
Dr. Dali Tan is Professor of Chinese and Chair of the World Languages Department at the Northern Virginia Community College and has been a Chinese teacher in the United States for over twenty-six years. She has extensive experience teaching Chinese to students from 5th grade to college seniors as well as adult learners and heritage Chinese school students. She served on the three-member Editorial Board of STARTALK. She served as a board member of NECTFL (Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and President of CLASS (Chinese Language Association of Secondary-elementary Schools). She was the Director for NOVA STARTALK eTower Infrastructure Grant Project which has produced several Open Educational Resources modules based on a famous Chinese painting called “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” -- etower.nvcc.edu.
Dr. Wei started his association with IBO as a chief examiner in 1993.
蔚博士自1993年被IBO任命为学科总考官以来，担任了与此相关的不同角色，见证了它的变迁与发展。
Ms. Li is teaching the Chinese language and literature at a bilingual school in Beijing and also serves as the examiner for the same subject for the IBO.
李海燕老师为鼎石国际学校一线教师，目前担任IB中文母语考官。
Ms. Wu is a Chinese language teacher at ISB and also serves as Principle Examiner for IBO.
吴静老师任职北京顺义国际学校，目前担任IB主考官。
How to Promote and Improve Preschool Children's Chinese Learning through Environment Creation, Activity Design, and Cooperation with Parents | 如何通过环境创设、活动设计和与家长的协作来促进和提升学前阶段小朋友们的中文学习 by Ling Tong
How to promote and improve preschool children's Chinese learning through environment creation, activity design, and cooperation with parents.
This session will share practical strategies in the early years' program:
- Examples of how the teacher can use the environment effectively as the 3rd teacher;
- How to create centers that stimulate and facilitate young children's learning;
- Including parents in children's learning journey.
如何通过环境创设、活动设计和与家长的协作来促进和提升学前阶段小朋友们的中文学习。
本次分享，集中讨论的是适用于幼教阶段的教学技巧和课堂设计， 包括
如何有效地使用教室作为第三位“老师”
如何设计学习角，来促进和协助幼龄儿童的学习和探究
如何把家长也邀请到学习中来，让学习空间拓展到家庭中，学校外。
This year marks Ling Tong's 15th year with the International School of Beijing. She had previously taught Chinese language in the Elementary School, an Early Years (EY)classroom teacher, and is now the Dual Language classroom teacher for EY3. Lings dedication shows her love and passion for Chinese teaching and learning.
这是我在北京顺义国际学校工作的第15年了。不管是在中文系做中文老师，还是在三岁双语班做中文班主任，中文教学始终是我热爱中的热爱。
The Important Value of Literary Theory to Teaching and Evaluation——Taking the Teaching Practice of Literary Theory in IBDP Chinese A as an Example | 文学理论对教学与评估的重要价值——以文学理论在IBDP中文A的教学实践为例 by Di Wang 王迪
Since the launch of the new IBDP Chinese A syllabus (2019 edition), teachers have discussed more about fields of exploration, global issues, and concepts, but less about the importance and application of literary theory in the curriculum. I will share the important value of literary theory from the three aspects of Why/What/How. Sharing How to apply literary theory to better guide teaching and evaluation.
IBDP中文A新大纲（2019版）启用以来，老师们对探索领域、全球性问题、概念探讨较多，而对文学理论在课程中的重要性及应用较少谈及。我将从Why／What／How三个方面分享文学理论的重要价值，如何应用文学理论更好的指导教学与评估。
Icarus Wang，UWC Changshu Chinese Teacher. Member of World Chinese-language Writers and World Sinology Research Association. Research Master of Chinese Literature, UM. He published many academic research papers on literature and IB Chinese Teaching.
王迪，中国常熟世界联合学院中文系教师，世界华文作家协会与世界汉学研究会会员，发表过多篇文学与IB中文教学研究文章。
How to Create a New Chinese Curriculum that Links Past and Future | 兼收并蓄，严于去取——如何创造联结过去与未来的新中文课程 by Wu Yuhao 吴昱昊
This lecture aims to draw lessons from today's multi-language courses, refer to the teaching objectives and characteristics of ancient and modern Chinese, focus on the social significance of Chinese and its own characteristics, and draw a blueprint for the new Chinese curriculum in the future.
本讲旨在借鉴当今多种语言课程，参考古今中文教学目标与特点，着眼中文社会意义与自身特点，勾勒未来的新中文课程蓝图
A Doctor of Literature. In addition to being an IB examiner, Wuyuhao taught IBDP Chinese and TOK. Outside the classroom, he worked as an Assistant Principal and an Academic Coordinator.
文学博士，IBDP中文教师与考官，中文TOK教师，助理校长，学术主管。
