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Mandarin for Future Mandarin Teachers (MFMT)

July 2nd – August 10th, 2012

Mandarin for Future Mandarin Teachers (MFMT) was established in 2006 through CI@CI, a partnership between China Institute and East China Normal University (ECNU). This summer program provides scholarships for a select group of pre-service and in-service Chinese language teachers to take professional development courses taught by distinguished ECNU professors who are leading scholars in their respective fields.

The MFMT program offers:

  • • 4 Graduate-level Courses* ( 3 credits each)
  • • Chinese Cultural Immersion Excursions
  • • Chinese Classroom Visit/Observation
  • • Collaborative Cross-disciplinary Activities

FREE Tuition and Accommodation

Program Length: 6 weeks, July 2nd through August 10th, 2012 

Program Location: ECNU, Shanghai, China


Early-bird registration**: by February 29th, 2012

Application deadline: by May 7th, 2012

Registration Fee (non-refundable): $20

Program Fee: $300


For more information please contact yshneider@chinainstitute.org or call 212.744.8181, ext. 130.

*Chinese Phonology, Chinese Script, Chinese Grammar and Chinese Classical Literature

**$20 registration fee is waived for early-bird applicants

East China Normal University (ECNU) campus

2006 MFMT participants

2010 MFMT participants with Professor Gu Weilie (Photo Credit: Edward Lian)

Please click to download the application form.

Eligibility
• Speak Mandarin Chinese at native or near native levels
• Be currently teaching Chinese at an accredited U.S. public or private school
• Be enrolled in a program leading to the career of Chinese language teacher
• Seek a career in teaching Chinese in American schools
• Hold a bachelor’s degree

Admissions are given on a rolling basis. Early application is recommended.

• All participants are required to secure, and bear the costs of their own air travel and other transportation between US point of departure and ECNU in Shanghai.

• All participants are required to assume full responsibility for the costs of obtaining a valid passport with a valid entry visa to China, any necessary immunizations, and travel insurance effective throughout the program. 


• In the event that a participant decides to withdraw from the program after acceptance and payment of the program fee, that fee is nonrefundable, unless the participant submits a signed statement from a physician indicating that the withdrawal is necessary for medical reasons.


• In the case of a medically-based withdrawal, CI@CI reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to decide whether a make-up session will be permitted; however, in that circumstance, scholarship will not be available, and any make-up session must be fully funded by the participant.


• CI@CI reserves the right to cancel the program due to insufficient enrollment or other factors beyond its control. If CI@CI must cancel the program prior to the start date, all program fees will be refunded, except for a $20 registration fee.


• In the event that CI@CI must cancel the program after the start date, a portion of dormitory upgrade or extension fees may be refundable, depending on the cancellation date, subject to Confucius Institute at China Institute’s ability to recoup funds from the providing institution.

CURRICULUM

• Classical Chinese Literature by Prof. Gu, Weilie
(3 credits /45 class contact hours)
This course chronologically introduces Chinese literature from Pre-Qin to Qing Dynasty and will highlight important literary schools in history, classical writers and their works. A combined method of lectures and classroom discussions will give the students a general picture of the development of Classical Chinese literature and improve their understanding of Chinese literary works, so that they can incorporate this knowledge into their work as language teachers.

• Chinese Script: Structure and Evolution by Prof. Li, Lulei
(3 credits/45 class contact hours)
This course will introduce the origins, evolution and principles of Chinese characters for language teachers. Students will study the protoform and its development of the frequently-used characters, the graphic-semantic relations, and the process of segmentation into strokes, as well as the basic principles governing the composition of Chinese characters. The focus of the course is on the graphemes, the nucleus of Chinese writing system, and their functions in the composition of characters. This course will help students classify characters into hundreds of groups interrelated phonetically or semantically in terms of graphemes, and to develop instructional methods to facilitate the acquisition of Chinese characters.

• Chinese Phonology for Language Teachers by Prof. Mao, Shizhen
(3 credits/45 class contact hours)
This course is designed to improve students’ understanding and teaching skills of Chinese phonology. It provides a systematic theory of the phonology of Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua), including vowels, consonants, initials, finals, tones, syllabic structures, sandhi, prosodic phonetics. It focuses on the combination of theoretical knowledge with practical ability in phonology and its teaching. It will also apply a comparative method between Chinese and English phonologies for the special needs of U.S. students.

• Chinese Grammar by Prof. Ye, Jun
(3 credits /45 class contact hours)
This course provides a fundamental knowledge of Chinese grammatical structure as required in the “Teaching Syllabus for the Undergraduate Program of Chinese as a Foreign Language” issued by the National Office of TCFL (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language) of China. The syllabus includes: morphemes and their classification, word classes, phrases, sentences (simple, complex and peculiar), sentence groups, aspects of verbs, degrees of comparisons of adjectives, etc. It also provides a systematic knowledge about Chinese linguistic theory.

PROFESSORS’ BIOGRAPHIES

Prof. Gu, Weilie, Professor of Ancient Chinese Literature and Vice Dean, International College of Chinese Studies. A longtime ECNU faculty member, Professor Gu taught Chinese language at the Institute de Management Europe-Asia (ISUGA) in France during 1997-98. His major publications include:
• Gu, Weilie, (2008) Chinese Culture: A General Introduction. East China Normal University Press: Shanghai.
• Gu, Weilie, Chief Editor, (2006) Chinese Ancient Literature. Commercial Press: Shanghai. 


Prof. Li, Lulei, Associate Professor of Chinese Linguistics, International College of Chinese Studies. An ECNU faculty member since 1981, Professor Li served as a visiting professor at Wellesley College in 2004, and at Dong-Eui University in Pushan, Korea in 1996-97. Her teaching and academic publications have focused on ancient Chinese language and especially on Chinese characters.

Prof. Mao, Shizhen, Associate Professor of Chinese Phonology, International College of Chinese Studies. Graduated from ECNU in 1981, Prof. Mao’s research is focused on Chinese phonology, grammar, the teaching and testing of Mandarin Chinese. Courses taught by him include but are not limited to, Modern Chinese, General Theory of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, and etc. He has taught at the Institute de Management Europe-Asie (ISUGA) in France, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and trained Chinese language teachers in Canada. Prof. Mao is the editor of several publications including “Researches on Phonology Test in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language”, “Research on PSC”, “New Course on Mandarin” ,”Sail in the Sea of Poem”, and “Teaching Chinese Phonology to Speakers of Other Languages”. He also co-edited “Syllabus of PSC”, “PSC Guide Book”, and “Syllabus of LSDK”.

Prof. Ye, Jun, Professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and Graduate Student Advisor, Department of Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language, International College of Chinese Studies. An ECNU faculty member since 1992, Dr. Ye has served as a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia, 2004-2005, and Cornell University, 2008. He was also a visiting professor at Wellesley College, 2003-2004. His research has focused on Chinese phonetics with major publications in:
• Ye, Jun (2003), co-writer, The Study on the Phonetic Test of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. China Social Science Press: Beijing.
• Ye, Jun (2001), The Grammatical Function of the Rhythm of Chinese Sentences. East China Normal University Press: Shanghai.
• Ye, Jun (1997), co-writer, Strategies for Students Studying Chinese as a Second Language. Chinese Press: Beijing.