Lan Jiang St. Peter

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• Constructive Courseware Design for
• CSL Students through Chinese - English Comparison

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Basic Principle Constructivism

• Cognitive structures within the learner
  facilitate the process of learning.
• All knowledge is constructed through a process of
  reflective abstraction.
• New Knowledge Construction takes place in
  individual contexts and through social
  negotiation, collaboration and experience.

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Basic Principle Constructivism

• It is easier for learners to understand the full
  meaning of instructional materials if the
  materials are relevant to the real-life context.
• Assessment of the learning is interwoven with
  teaching.
• Scaffolding is facilitated to help learners
  perform just beyond the limits of their
  abilities.

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Target Learner Analysis

• The motivation of study correlates with
  personal/occupational development plan.
• The goal of learning is not clearly defined.
• Grasping simple communication skills is the
  common desire.
• Participation is a conditioned categoryby the
  classroom atmosphere.
• Strong logical thinking intelligence.
• Cognitive system in the 1st language has already
  been developed.
• Lack of experiences in 2nd language learning.

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Design the Courseware

• The concept mapping gives prominence to the
  creation of learner-centered environment.
• With benefits of English-Chinese comparison,
  provide scaffolding in the combination of 4
  skills.
• Take advantage of relevant real-life context.
• Encourage collaboration in every level with
  classroom exercises and activities.
• Enhance the course content with related cultural
  elements.

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Design the Courseware

• Instructional tasks
• Characters
• Words
• Sentence drills
• Instructional procedures
• Introduce
• Explain
• Practice

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• Two kinds of "or"
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Sample Lesson
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• (Sub) ? (Num-) MW (N) ? V
• If using ?, then the ? phrase must go before ?.

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