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Chinese Language Teachers Association of South Australia

Chinese Language Teachers Association of South Australia

About | CLTASA Activities

The Confucius Institute proudly supports the activities of the CLTASA in their work to serve Chinese teachers and Chinese teaching in South Australia.

About the CLTASA

The CLTASA has a long history in South Australia. It has been making a lasting contribution to Chinese teaching in South Australia and to the professional training and development of our Chinese teachers.

The Objectives of the CLTASA are to Serve Chinese teaching and serve Chinese teachers.

In 2008 planned activities include:

  • Professional training and development workshops for primary school teachers and secondary school teachers (Chinese continuers level and Background speakers level);
  • CLTASA magazine;
  • Chinese teachers social activity at Dragon Boat Festival;
  • Chinese Teachers State conference;
  • Chinese primary schools and secondary schools Awards
  • Chinese secondary schools’ oral competition
  • Passing on information to all Chinese teachers regarding PD, Employment and Scholarship.

For more information about the CLTASA, please contact the President, Ms Jenny Jin, GPO Box 10261, Adelaide S.A. 5000.

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CLTASA News

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Report from the 2008 National CLTFA Conference

Report from the conference held in Canberra, 11th-13th July 2008.

CLTASA Newsletter 2008

Issue 2, 2008

Issue 3, 2008

Issue 4, 2008

Professional Development Event May 31 st 2008

The term 2 workshop was a great success. Full report.

High School Hanyuqiao State Competition S.A.

By Marnie Foster

On May 17, 16 students and their families and teachers gathered at Adelaide University for the 2008 Hanyuqiao Chinese speaking Competition. This competition was jointly hosted by the Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of SA and the Confucius Institute, with guest judges Zhang Ning (Adelaide University), Lin Sheng (Confucius Institute) and Steven Langford (past winner of the university Hanyuqiao). Steven Langford was also guest speaker for the event, sharing his experiences of learning Chinese with the audience. Many students were inspired by his achievements and his passion for Chinese.

Contestants and Judges

There were 2 categories for entry in the competition: second language and first language, with 8 students participating in each from high schools across South Australia. All students were thoroughly prepared and they presented well in front of the 70 or so audience members. It was a very enjoyable event for all involved and a great opportunity for students to showcase their Chinese skills and gain valuable public speaking experience. The level of students’ Chinese was excellent and the judges had a difficult time in choosing the winners. The prize winners were:

Second Language Learners: 1 st prize: Madeleine Leung of Walford College
  2nd prize:Vanessa Irakoze of St Aloysius College
  3rd prize: Bremen Janarthanan of St Peters College

First Language Learners: 1st prize: Alan Xu of St Peters College
  2nd prize: Yiling Gong of Immanuel College
  3rd prize: Annie Lin of the School of Languages

Good luck to the first and second prize winners in each category who will travel to Canberra in July to compete against the winners from others states.

It was great to have so many more students competing this year and we hope to see more schools involved in 2009.

 

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CLTASA Activities

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Chinese Teachers Professional Development Workshops

More information about professional development workshops offered by the CLTASA in Term 2, 2008.

Cultural Experience Day

More information about the Cultural Experience Day for Chinese Teachers to be held on June 7, 2008.

Chinese Speaking Competition

The Confucius Institute is supporting the CLTASA in the organisation of the state finals of the high school 2008 Australia-China Council National Chinese Speaking Competition (Hanyu Qiao).

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