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Virtual Chinese Space

• Learn Chinese Online

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Aim and Targeted Audience

• Online learning community for people to learn
  Chinese
• Target adults as its audience

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How to Justify

• There are several possibilities to justify an
  educational product or program which we want to
  develop

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How to Justify no needs

• If there are no needs,
• create needs, then products.

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How to Justify with needs

• If there are needs over there,
• and no products or solutions, it seems whatever
  you come out might be justified.
• and products or solutions, you need to create
  something better by meeting the needs
• either they cannot meet
• or they cannot satisfactorily meet
• or they ignore
• or in different ways

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Needs?

• Needs related to learning Chinese? The answer is
  YES

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Needs

• Needs to learn Chinese
• Evidence 1
• Evidence 2
• Needs or the learning problems which learners
  have when they are engaged in learning Chinese.

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Principles of Learning Language

• As much as possible, language learning should
  emulate authentic language use.
• performance with language rather than knowledge
  about the language.
• comprehension and production.
• requires an understanding of the cultural context
  within which communication takes place.
• takes into account individual learning styles and
  rates
• engagement
• Assessment reflects instructional goals and is
  performance oriented.
• Technology and textbook materials play a support
  role for language-learning goals they should not
  determine curriculum.
• Teachers are qualified in the languages they
  teach proficiency in the language, experience
  with the cultures, pedagogical expertise specific
  to the language.

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Principles to Needs

• Looking from another way, we can view these
  principles as learning needs.
• the first principle As much as possible,
  language learning should emulate authentic
  language use.
• can be rephrased as learners need to learn a
  language in a way emulating authentic language
  use.

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Solutions?

• Learn Chinese in a language immersion program
• Learn Chinese full-time in school
• Learn Chinese in China or other Chinese-speaking
  areas
• Learn Chinese with computer software or tapes
• Learn Chinese online

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Justification for my Project

• There are needs
• Tremendous to needs to learn Chinese
• Needs or learning problems emerged when being
  engaged in learning Chinese
• There are programs and solutions
• Are they good?
• So what I have to do is to design a better
  program by meeting the needs
• either they cannot meet
• or they cannot satisfactorily meet
• or they ignore
• or in different ways

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Justification for my Project

• Is it possible for me to design a better program
• Yes, because I am in LDT program
• How to design a better program
• I need YOUR HELP

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• Thanks!