April 20, 2022 字圆其说 x Glocal (NYUAD WLP Research Kitchen) Workshop Jing CHAI is invited to share the pedagogical exploration in a workshop with the 字圆其说 project among the students, faculty and staff from the New York University Abu Dhabi, hosted by the Glocal Project of the Writing, Languages and Pedagogy Research Kitchen….
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blog – events – FRN
January 11, 2024 Faculty Resources Network Teach Share Invited Talk Jing CHAI is invited to give a talk at the Faculty Resource Network (FRN), an award-winning professional development consortium that sponsors programs for faculty and administrators from a nationwide network of over 50 colleges and universities. The talk about…
blog – events – harvard GSE 1
March 1, 2023 字圆其说 x GSE Harvard University Invited Talk Jing CHAI is invited to give a talk on the theme of Multiliteracies through Images, Instanarratives and TikTalk, using 字圆其说 as example. It is for a course of Graduate School of Education of Harvard University named Technology-enhanced language…
blog – events – ALLT 5
March 4, 2023 The 5th Applied Linguist and Language Teaching International Conference Conference Presentation Jing CHAI is invited to give a presentation at the 5th Applied Linguist and Language Teaching International Conference held at Zayed University, Dubai, with the topic of “Hack the Conceptualization of the Impossible Chinese Characters”. She shared the research findings…
blog – events – CASLAR 7
August 18, 2023 The 7th Chinese as a Second Language Research International Conference Conference Presentation 研究主题：俗文字学，何俗之有？—— 基于Connection-enhanced Teaching理论的二语学习者汉字认知方式新论 关键字：俗文字学，汉字认知，汉字教学，数据分析，众筹网络 研究目的：笔者意在通过数据收集和分析的方式，为在二语学习者汉字认知方式中最普遍存在的“俗文字学”方式提供依据，证明其有效性与必要性。 研究方法：笔者通过自创的网络众筹平台，于2019-2022三年间收集到3000多条学生关于给定的628个汉字的认知方式的陈述，并对其进行分类梳理与分析，追踪个人学习者从零基础学习者至中级水平学习者进阶过程中关于汉字认知方式的变化，以期为“俗文字学”正名。 研究结果：笔者发现学习者在零基础阶段更多地使用“以形记忆”的方式，但随着学习的深入与一定教学的指导，学习者在初级阶段后期开始，逐步自然地回归到传统“正文字学”的认知方式。早期允许“俗文字学”在教学中占有一席之地并不会对其后续学习产生负面影响，反之，学生学习社群的形成、作为“成功学习者”的成就、教师的鼓励与认可，都对学习者持续的学习动力有很强的积极影响。 研究意义：此项研究旨在消除学界对于“俗文字学”的汉字认知方式讳莫如深的态度，鼓励更多一线教学者正视其对汉字教学的积极意义，并为学习者创建一个包容与开放的汉字学习社群。
blog – events – dm community fest
November 4, 2023 字圆其说 x 东明社区花园节 Interactive Booth 字圆其说 was invited to join the Dongming Community Festival over the weekend of November 4 together with 100+ booth brought to the community by the community. The festival witnessed over 4,000 visitors over the weekend, and the interactive booth of I Got…
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November 21, 2023 字圆其说 x Big Brother Big Sister Project Workshop 字圆其说 interactive exhibition invited the migrant workers” kids from the neighborhood community to join a workshop with their NYUSH Big Brother Big Sister, one of which, Melissa Ching, is also the graphic designer of the 字圆其说 project. All participants enjoyed the interactions…
blog – events – fangyuan english
November 26, 2023 字圆其说 x Fangyuan English Workshop A group of 6th graders native Chinese students led by Fangyuan English visited the 字圆其说 interactive exhibition. Jing CHAI hosted a full-English-immersed workshop on the topic of non-native speakers’ perspectives on Chinese characters. The 3-step process of Find-Guess-Draft offered brand new angles for the Chinese…
blog – events – SUES
December 8, 2023 字圆其说 x Shanghai University of Engeering Science Workshop A group of advanced level Chinese language learners from Shanghai University of Engeering Science, led by Professor Yutian LIU, visited the 字圆其说 interactive exhibition. The students were drawn to the creative ideas and forms of presentation, which reminded them their early days of…
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In the Media December 10, 2023 字圆其说 x Shanghai Jiaotong University Workshop A group of 17 faculty and graduate students from the School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiaotong University visited the 字圆其说 interactive exhibition at NYU Shanghai. Jing CHAI led a workshop on the approach of using crowdsourcing website to increase the motivation and…