Join the 2025 Cohort of China Institute’s Project Culture and Language Learning (Project CLL)!
Project CLL is an integral part of China Institute’s Teacher Certificate Program: Understand Chinese Culture and Practice, a program aiming to develop teaching excellence and strong leadership while building a supportive community for K-12 Chinese language teachers in the U.S.. It is an innovative project offering a structured path to effectively integrate culture and language learning in their classrooms through participant-centered workshops, seminars, and individualized coaching sessions. Advanced participants returning from the previous cohorts will gain opportunities to share and present at larger platforms including regional and national conferences, building leadership competence for future career development.
Applications are now open for Project CLL 2025 cohort. Upon acceptance, participants will attend a pedagogical workshop on Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 10: 00 AM to 12: 00 PM (EST) to gain a better understanding about how to design a CLL unit and develop effective strategies for classroom implementation. After the workshop, with expert guidance and individual coaching, participants will design and implement their own CLL units focusing on a selected cultural topic for their classrooms. Each participant will have the opportunity to share his/her unit plan and teaching practices at a China Institute Learn, Share and Lead Workshop in May 2025. Selected participants will be supported by China Institute to showcase their work on larger platforms, furthering their impact in the field of Chinese language education in the U.S. and beyond.
Join us and take a step forward in advancing your teaching. We look forward to working with the 2025 cohort of Project CLL.
Project CLL 2025 cohort is limited to 25 participants.
Applicants must meet the following requirements for consideration:
CTLE credits are offered for New York State teachers attending and sharing at the program organized workshops. In partnership with New England Chinese Language Teachers Association (NECLTA) and Chinese Program at Tufts University, PDP certificate is available for NECLTA members.
For questions, please contact Yongqiang Lin at ylin@chinainstitute.org
This program is made possible through the support of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, the ECNU Center, and generous supporters of China Institute in America.
Dr. Wei–ling Wu (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania), teacher of Chinese, consultant, and trainer of Chinese language teachers. A master Chinese teacher, Dr. Wu taught in K–12 schools in the United States for twenty-five years. Over her long career as a teacher trainer, Dr. Wu has taught courses for teachers of Chinese at New York University, East China Normal University in Shanghai, and other colleges as an adjunct instructor. She has trained hundreds of Chinese language teachers through the Asia Society and the China Institute in the past decade. Dr. Wu has also served on various projects for Chinese language instruction and curriculum development, including those conducted by STARTALK and Chinese Language Schools. Dr. Wu is the designer, coach, and script writer of the Asia Society’s TEQ video lesson series for teaching Chinese, which is accessible across the country and around the world. Her endeavor as chief author since 1994 has resulted in a range of Chinese textbooks for K–12 students.
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