1 The Frequency Dictionary of Daily Chinese Characters Encountered by Singapore Students

 

Compilers:	Dr. Lin Jinzhan, Dr. Goh Hock Huan & Mr. Zhao Chunsheng
Publisher:	NTU-SCCL Press
Publication date:	September, 2014
ISBN:	978-981-09-2227-6

This dictionary contains a total of 4,855 characters selected from the Singapore Students Daily Written Chinese Corpus. The main body contains 4,436 common characters that are arranged according to pinyin, and each character is elaborated with information such as frequency, character formation and frequent words, for readers' easy retrieval. The dictionary also contains two indexes, mainly the Index of Characters Used in Proper Nouns (419 characters), and the Index of Character Components.

This dictionary is a product of a baseline study carried out by SCCL. It is prefaced by Professor Chew Cheng Hai, Professor Lu Jianming and Professor Tse Shek Kam, all of whom acknowledge its positive role in Singapore's Chinese language teaching and even the teaching of Chinese as a mother tongue. With the launch of this dictionary, Singapore Chinese teachers and researchers will have a character list specially compiled for their professional use. It can be further used as a reference for the preparation of teaching and materials, the development of tools for character recognition, and the compilation of Chinese learners' dictionaries.

 

2 Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language— Exploration and Practice

 

Authors:	Dr. Hsieh Yu-Fen，Dr. Zhang Huimei
Publisher:	Nanjing University Press
Publication date:	July, 2014
ISBN:	978-7-305-13409-8

 

Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language— Exploration and Practice is a compilation of selected articles from the 2nd international conference on Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second Language held by SCCL. The articles are written by Chinese language researchers and educators from Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The book is divided into two sections. The first section is the "Asian Selections", which comprises of 12 papers discussing on the topics of Chinese language education under various social contexts, including pedagogy, multimedia/computer-assisted language learning, assessment, teaching material development, teacher training and professional development, researches on the current state of Chinese language education, the comparison of cross-cultural communicative strategies and so on. The second section is the "Singaporean Selections", which is a specialized collection of 8 papers that look into Chinese language education at preschools as well as primary and secondary schools in Singapore, and illustrate multiple teaching models and concepts. The book is an inspiring reference for the educators of teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language.

 

3 Move Chinese!— Mobile technology and seamless language learning

 

Authors:	Dr. Wong Lung-Hsiang, Dr. Chin Chee Kuen
Publisher:	Nanjing University Press
Publication date:	August, 2014
ISBN:	978-7-305-13802-7

 

The book investigates the strategy of practicing seamless learning in language education, especially in second/foreign language learning. Under the circumstance where the use of target language is insufficient, there is an urgent need of a language environment for the application of second languages that goes beyond classrooms and into the everyday life. Based on their years of research and practical experience, the authors proposed a "seamless language learning framework". It encourages language educators to take an omni-directional approach to the design of classroom teaching and afterschool learning activities from the perspective of individual learners, rather than restricting pedagogical design to a classroom context. This strategy aims to enhance learners' language abilities and also develop their habits and competence of interdisciplinary, constructive learning, inside or outside the formal learning environment.

4 The Teaching and Learning of Chinese Language Series: Volume 8

 

Compilation Editor:	Dr. Aw Guat Poh
Publisher:	NTU-SCCL Press
Publication date:	February, 2014
ISBN:	978-981-07-9264-0

 

The Teaching and Learning of Chinese Language Series: Volume 8 is compiled by Chinese Language Society (Singapore) and published by NTU-SCCL Press to reach out to a wider audience. The Editor of this compilation is Dr. Aw Guat Poh, Associate Professor of National Institute of Education, Singapore. The book on the teaching and learning of Chinese language in Singapore consists of 15 academic papers authored by researchers and teachers. Topics discussed include curriculum evaluation, pedagogy, oral/written assessments, classroom teaching skills, etc.

5 The Journal of Chinese Language Education

 

Publisher:	NTU-SCCL Press & Singapore Chinese Teachers' Union
Publication date:	December, 2014

 

The Journal of Chinese Language Education (Issue 24) has been published in December, 2014. For archived issues, please click here.