Graduate students in the Language Teaching Studies program taught the Chinese afterschool club at Edison Elementary School for 5 wonderful years. It was discontinued while Edison was being rebuilt (2020-2022), but LTS students continue to work in the Treetops afterschool program at the temporary Edison school site, which includes some language teaching. Currently, LTS students can also assist as interns in Chinese and English language at Oak Hill School in Eugene, and have interned at the Chinese Immersion School.
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Chinese Club starting again 9/30/2016!
Welcome to a new year at Edison! We welcome all 3-5th graders who would like to learn about Chinese language and culture to join us this Fall on Fridays after school. Please contact Keli Yerian at yerian@uoregon.edu for a registration form, OR ask for one at the front office from Nan, OR keep a lookout for the pink registration form in the next couple weeks among the papers that come home with children. The club is free, but all students must register. See you soon!
Welcome to the CLCC website
In collaboration with Edison Elementary, the Language Teaching Specialization (LTS) MA Program in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon has started an after-school Chinese Language and Culture Club (CLCC). It began in January, 2015, and is continuing throughout the 2015-2016 school year (not including Winter and Spring breaks).
The club is on Fridays after school, 2:55-4:00. Participation in the club is free of charge, but students must register. Please contact Keli Yerian at yerian@uoregon.edu if you would like to register your child.
Chinese Language and Culture Club features:
– Enthusiastic teachers: Each term, two or three LTS students will sign up to participate in the club. They are Native or near native proficiency Mandarin speakers. Their teaching is supervised and observed by the Director of the LTS program, Keli Yerian.
– Rich teaching content: Each session includes Chinese language and culture-related content and activities. During Chinese holidays, Chinese food and traditions are brought into the classroom such as making lanterns and paper cuts. Lessons are taught in a bilingual format (i.e. this is not an immersion course).
– Club schedules: Following the University quarter system, there is a total of seven-nine sessions every term, depending on school day out. Sessions are 60 minutes long and are held once a week.
– Diverse students: This club is open to up to 15 children each term from grades 3-5 (ages 8-11). Students who are interested learning Chinese or Chinese culture as well as native and heritage speakers of Chinese are all welcome.
Chinese Language and Culture Club Goals:
– To help stimulate a positive interest in second language learning and culture among Edison elementary students.
– To provide an opportunity for Chinese-speaking LTS students to obtain additional classroom experience in language teaching at the primary school level.