10月2-7日,正值南半球草长莺飞的时节,酝酿已久的语言沉浸周如期拉开帷幕,新西兰各地的中文老师们,在第三学期结束之后,便从四面八方集结于南岛皇后镇,开始了以“山·水·人”为主题的中文沉浸周项目。
参与项目的十七名教师分别在新西兰中、小学任教,无论是母语还是非母语的中文老师都对此次沉浸式学习机会充满了期待。临行前扫码加入微信群组,老师们启用典型的中式社交软件进入热身环节,中餐菜单成为第一篇电子读物,首次“破冰”则在欢迎晚宴中展开,素不相识的同行以老师互称,在餐桌旁结成互助伙伴,大家初识、点餐、以茶代酒,共享地道美食,开营第一课——舌尖上的“中文”在欢声笑语不知不觉中完成。按照计划,老师们分组研讨,王丹萍老师带领大家在绘制“语言肖像”的过程中思考外语教师的语言观,结合箭镇华人聚居地的参观,从理论诠释到日常教学评测,在答疑解惑中把老师们引向更深的思考,让人意犹未尽;孙璐老师精心设计了丰富多样的课堂活动,老师们积极互动操练,语言技能迅速提升,每人写就 “一周迷你书”,完成了难忘的中文沉浸周日志,信心大增;杨艳老师的汉字教学工作坊,给大家提供了别样思路,老师们纷纷合作,以身造字,气氛热烈。
Photo 1(top image) 集体启航
虽然汉语老师们暂时无法前往目的语国——中国开展语言文化沉浸项目,但是皇后镇的优美自然、华人移民聚居历史赋予了沉浸于中国文化的种种可能。 “仁者乐山,智者乐水”,山水自古以来就在中国文化中有着独特的意蕴,山高水长曾给予先民造字的灵感,人与人在其中交流分享,互相启发,老师们来到大自然这一开放课堂修复身心之乏,无论是徜徉山水,风花雪月、即兴歌咏,或是“拉面速成“、“极速前进”、“走出迷宫”,还是“逃脱密室”、“头脑平衡“,本着促进目的语实践、利于同行切磋的目的,这一系列的培训活动设计不仅让老师们脑力激荡、放飞自我,重温学习乐趣,而且通过形式多样的竞技活动促成了母语、非母语老师在活动中彼此鼓励,密切沟通,通力合作,完美达到了中文语言沉浸项目的初衷。
因为汉语,老师们在皇后镇相逢,志同道合、齐心协力完成了任务,收获了友谊,短暂的密集型学习,共同成就了中文沉浸的集体记忆,大家教学相长,在知行合一的专业发展活动中取长补短,焕发活力、元气满满地重回中文课堂传道授业。山水有相逢,来日皆可期,期待此次山水修行让老师们在未来的教学中桃李芬芳。
戴岚(新西兰国家汉语顾问)供稿
On the 3rd of September, a week before the Moon Festival, I attended a one-day workshop called Celebrating the Moon Festival 2022 organized by Tui Tuia | Learning Circle Facilitator Yan Yang, NZCLTA’s president Laura Deng and Auckland regional chairperson Tantan Xu. About 30 Chinese language teachers nationwide participated in lively activities, and we found them useful to include in our everyday classroom.
Mooncake-making was an exciting session assisted by an experienced Chinese pastry chef, Mr Li, as he demonstrated how to easily make a snow skin mooncake. All the teachers had a chance to make snow skin mooncakes, and I successfully got three by myself as samples for my class later.
The following session was a feast for our ears with a traditional Chinese musical instrument, Guzheng, by a professional player Ms Lin Zheng. We gained the basic knowledge of Guzheng and appreciated the fantastic performance by Ms Lin and a Y13 learner from Glendowie College.
This amazing program also had a classic paper-cutting part to present how to cut out the main characters of the Mid-Autumn Festival in celebration activities. The workshop culminated with a ‘Happy Dictionary’ cultural knowledge contest among participants using Flippity.
Based on what I learnt from this workshop, I led my Year 9 Chinese language learners to explore the Moon Festival by making snow-skin mooncakes in classes at Whangaparaoa College on 7 September. These Year 9 learners had a memorable experience of celebrating a Chinese cultural festival in the classroom. They were introduced to this upcoming Chinese tradition by learning its history and the legend behind it and by the hands-on experience of making mooncakes, enjoying their pastry creations.
My students were excited and inspired by this celebration. They were able to link the mooncakes with the knowledge of the Moon Festival, such as the connection between the shape/pattern on the surface of the mooncake and the origin of this festival when they observed the demonstration of making mooncakes. This represented the true meaning of the Moon Festival. The cultural activity provided a great opportunity for students to acquire language knowledge and naturally understand Chinese culture.
Above all, these experiences have encouraged Year 9 students to continue with their studies and Whangaparaoa will have a Year 10 Chinese class for next year, a new class at this school. “The interesting and special experience aroused students’ interest and enthusiasm in Chinese culture and language, and thus became the motivation for them to continue learning Chinese,” said Shannon Enright, the Head of Arts & Language Department, “Many learners find it’s a class with fun that allows them to learn new knowledge and skills.”
Article by Miranda Xu, Chinese Language Teacher, Whangaparaoa College
Photos above: (Top left) Students from Whangaparoa College, (top right and bottom left) Teachers of Chinese at the Celebrating the Moon Festival workshop
2022年10月22日,在这春光明媚的周末,新西兰惠灵顿地区中文教师会议于惠林顿男子中学顺利召开,来自六所学校的中文老师汇聚一堂开展教研活动,先后就各自中文教学的经验和挑战以及大家共同关心的话题展开了探讨。
作为新西兰中文教师协会惠灵顿地区主席,喻老师积极筹备组织了此次会议,他在发言中坦诚地分享了疫情以来中文教学所面临的困难和策略,学生与教师克服着种种压力,正视来自各方面的挑战,积极应对新情况。与会教师纷纷回应,提供各自的缓解方案,商议改善和变通的可行性路径,相互鼓励,彼此赋能。新西兰教育部Tui Tuia Learning Circle汉语顾问戴岚在会议中做了主题发言,从国际中文教育学界的热点和研究动态,海内外的教学资源、研究成果,到Tui Tuia所提供的教师提升培训课程计划以及语合中心项目——中国文化进校园工作坊、网络中文课堂建设等方面做了分享,内容饱满 ,信息丰富,再一次激起了老师们的热烈讨论和交流。餐叙期间老师们仍意犹未尽,继续着课程设计和课堂活动建设的话题,畅所欲言。
新西兰惠灵顿地区中文教师会议圆满顺利,老师们不仅交流了信息,还不失时机讨论了未来遵照新西兰中文教学大纲实施教学过程中如何对照《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》的可行性,开启了下一阶段的热点话题,同时还明确了下一学期2月底即将召开的教研活动的主题,令人期待。
Photo: 新西兰惠灵顿地区中文教师会议部分教师合影
戴岚(新西兰国家汉语顾问)供稿
With the advent of New Zealand Chinese Language week, members of Northcote College Lion Dance Group (NCLDG) trained to create performances to showcase Chinese culture. They put together an instructive event video, probably the first production of its kind to include the lion-dance lion with Monkey King, in a bid to showcase the symbolic meaning of a traditional character in a modern way.
During October 2022, they performed at Northcote Primary school, Pinehill School, Northcote Intermediate school, Pukekohe Intermediate School and Sacred Heart College to deliver wonderful performances, mini-speeches, and training services to students from other schools. The group has been acting as a Chinese cultural ambassador at Northcote College to embrace cultural diversity and to demonstrate the school motto of being in service of others. NCLDG’s most recent performance at Sacred Heart College Theatre featured on the website of Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Auckland. The performance video is highly recommended and can be watched here
The video features pre-performance practice, comments from dancers, the final performance and interactions with the audience.
By Sim Yang, Chinese and ESOL teacher at Northcote College and PhD candidate at the University of Auckland
“The Culture of China - Water Cube Cup” Chinese Singing Competition Final was held at The Piano in Christchurch on Sunday 24 July 2022. There were 21 participants and around 200 people there. This was the first year that non-Chinese students were included.
The Consul-General of People's Republic of China in Christchurch, Madame Ying He made a welcome speech; and unveiled "South Island Singing Club" to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand. Christchurch City Councillor Jimmy Chan and other dignitaries in the community were present. The respected 101 year old calligrapher Mr Yuxun Tang gave his best wishes in his treasured scrolls of calligraphy "The pearl is round, and jade is smooth, and the lingering sound lingers around the beam" for the SI Singing Club.
Seven of our Lincoln High School students were accepted for the Finals. A great experience and rewarding day for all students. Congratulations to all the participants.
Article by Terina Yee, Teacher in Charge of Chinese, Lincoln High School
I am a theatre kid who loves performing. I love to take every singing opportunity I can! But when my Chinese teacher asked me to compete in a Chinese singing competition, I was hesitant. I started learning Chinese at the age of seven but stopped, so when I began learning the language again in 2021, I had study at the same level as my peers. So, singing a Chinese song in a competition sounded very daunting. But the performer inside me said yes.
When prepping for the competition, I decided to sing the song ‘Qian Qian Wan Wan’ which I had previously sung nine months prior for a small online competition.
I then found out that I had to learn another Chinese song and the organisers of the Christchurch division wanted me to sing ‘On The Wings of This Song’. This originally was a German opera song but many Chinese singers have sung it. I was very nervous in the beginning because I have only dabbled in opera in my singing lessons. Thankfully, the organisers connected me with a Chinese singing teacher who helped me learn the song and properly pronounce the lyrics.
I competed on 24 July. In the end I got the award that let me compete in the world competition! I was extremely surprised, and it didn’t fully hit me that I did it until later when I was in a café, pulling the trophy out of a box.
The next few weeks went by and the next thing I knew, I was driving to the place where we would film the World Chinese Water Cube Cup Songs Competition. Due to COVID-19, the competition was held online which in some ways was less scary.
After I performed my song on 12 August, the judges gave me some wonderful feedback. Overall, I am very thankful for this experience because even though I didn’t win, getting the chance to represent New Zealand was an honour. Doing the Worldwide Chinese Water Cube Cup Songs Competition helped me develop my speaking skills because I had to really focus on pronouncing my song lyrics correctly. I would highly recommend others to compete and give everything a chance!
Article by Sonya Li – McHenry, Year 11 Lincoln High School Christchurch
Recently, I was lucky enough to participate in the Water Cube Chinese Singing Competition. This year was the first year that the competition has been opened to foreigners, and I was really keen to enter. I have been learning Chinese for about seven years, and I began taking singing lessons a year and a half ago, so this was a great opportunity to do two of the things I love at once! For the competition I decided that I would sing a song we had looked at in class called Dui mian de nu hai kan guo lai. This roughly translates to “Girl opposite me, look over here”, and it was really fun song to sing.
On 24th July we had the regional performance at The Piano with about six other people in the youth, non-native division. The crowd there was wonderful; really supportive and happy, and it was a great experience. Unfortunately, I had to leave immediately after my song, so I didn’t know my result until the next day, and when I found out that I got through to the next level I nearly couldn’t believe it.
Next, I was busy recording a one-minute self-introduction video, and I was pressed for time because I only had one day to submit the video to the organizing committee. Then there are weeks of waiting for news. On 16th August, I received the news that I entered the top ten in the world! I was thrilled.
Then a whirlwind of rehearsing and sound tests to prepare for the world finals. At first, I was really nervous about setting up the technology and sound, but the people in the house that I did the final performance in were lovely and had everything already organised. During my first tech-run I found out that one of the people helping me prepare was also doing the world finals in the adult, native-speakers division, and the morning after my performance she did the finals and came first in the world!
I had my performance at about 9:00 at night on 23rd August, and because I was the second-last competitor to appear on stage, I found out my placing shortly after that. It was such an amazing experience, and I was so happy to even participate in the finals, let alone to come fifth. Everyone sang wonderfully, and the judges were very kind, making sure to speak slowly enough that we could understand! I believe my Chinese has improved a great deal in these past few weeks. I had so much fun doing this, and it is something that I will remember for the rest of my life!
Article by Conrad Goddard, Y12 Lincoln High School Christchurch
To view the Water Cube Cup 2022 competition, check out the YouTube video below:
10月2-7日,正值南半球草长莺飞的时节,酝酿已久的语言沉浸周如期拉开帷幕,新西兰各地的中文老师们,在第三学期结束之后,便从四面八方集结于南岛皇后镇,开始了以“山·水·人”为主题的中文沉浸周项目。
参与项目的十七名教师分别在新西兰中、小学任教,无论是母语还是非母语的中文老师都对此次沉浸式学习机会充满了期待。临行前扫码加入微信群组,老师们启用典型的中式社交软件进入热身环节,中餐菜单成为第一篇电子读物,首次“破冰”则在欢迎晚宴中展开,素不相识的同行以老师互称,在餐桌旁结成互助伙伴,大家初识、点餐、以茶代酒,共享地道美食,开营第一课——舌尖上的“中文”在欢声笑语不知不觉中完成。按照计划,老师们分组研讨,王丹萍老师带领大家在绘制“语言肖像”的过程中思考外语教师的语言观,结合箭镇华人聚居地的参观,从理论诠释到日常教学评测,在答疑解惑中把老师们引向更深的思考,让人意犹未尽;孙璐老师精心设计了丰富多样的课堂活动,老师们积极互动操练,语言技能迅速提升,每人写就 “一周迷你书”,完成了难忘的中文沉浸周日志,信心大增;杨艳老师的汉字教学工作坊,给大家提供了别样思路,老师们纷纷合作,以身造字,气氛热烈。
Photo 1(top image) 集体启航
虽然汉语老师们暂时无法前往目的语国——中国开展语言文化沉浸项目,但是皇后镇的优美自然、华人移民聚居历史赋予了沉浸于中国文化的种种可能。 “仁者乐山,智者乐水”,山水自古以来就在中国文化中有着独特的意蕴,山高水长曾给予先民造字的灵感,人与人在其中交流分享,互相启发,老师们来到大自然这一开放课堂修复身心之乏,无论是徜徉山水,风花雪月、即兴歌咏,或是“拉面速成“、“极速前进”、“走出迷宫”,还是“逃脱密室”、“头脑平衡“,本着促进目的语实践、利于同行切磋的目的,这一系列的培训活动设计不仅让老师们脑力激荡、放飞自我,重温学习乐趣,而且通过形式多样的竞技活动促成了母语、非母语老师在活动中彼此鼓励,密切沟通,通力合作,完美达到了中文语言沉浸项目的初衷。
因为汉语,老师们在皇后镇相逢,志同道合、齐心协力完成了任务,收获了友谊,短暂的密集型学习,共同成就了中文沉浸的集体记忆,大家教学相长,在知行合一的专业发展活动中取长补短,焕发活力、元气满满地重回中文课堂传道授业。山水有相逢,来日皆可期,期待此次山水修行让老师们在未来的教学中桃李芬芳。
戴岚(新西兰国家汉语顾问)供稿
On the 3rd of September, a week before the Moon Festival, I attended a one-day workshop called Celebrating the Moon Festival 2022 organized by Tui Tuia | Learning Circle Facilitator Yan Yang, NZCLTA’s president Laura Deng and Auckland regional chairperson Tantan Xu. About 30 Chinese language teachers nationwide participated in lively activities, and we found them useful to include in our everyday classroom.
Mooncake-making was an exciting session assisted by an experienced Chinese pastry chef, Mr Li, as he demonstrated how to easily make a snow skin mooncake. All the teachers had a chance to make snow skin mooncakes, and I successfully got three by myself as samples for my class later.
The following session was a feast for our ears with a traditional Chinese musical instrument, Guzheng, by a professional player Ms Lin Zheng. We gained the basic knowledge of Guzheng and appreciated the fantastic performance by Ms Lin and a Y13 learner from Glendowie College.
This amazing program also had a classic paper-cutting part to present how to cut out the main characters of the Mid-Autumn Festival in celebration activities. The workshop culminated with a ‘Happy Dictionary’ cultural knowledge contest among participants using Flippity.
Based on what I learnt from this workshop, I led my Year 9 Chinese language learners to explore the Moon Festival by making snow-skin mooncakes in classes at Whangaparaoa College on 7 September. These Year 9 learners had a memorable experience of celebrating a Chinese cultural festival in the classroom. They were introduced to this upcoming Chinese tradition by learning its history and the legend behind it and by the hands-on experience of making mooncakes, enjoying their pastry creations.
My students were excited and inspired by this celebration. They were able to link the mooncakes with the knowledge of the Moon Festival, such as the connection between the shape/pattern on the surface of the mooncake and the origin of this festival when they observed the demonstration of making mooncakes. This represented the true meaning of the Moon Festival. The cultural activity provided a great opportunity for students to acquire language knowledge and naturally understand Chinese culture.
Above all, these experiences have encouraged Year 9 students to continue with their studies and Whangaparaoa will have a Year 10 Chinese class for next year, a new class at this school. “The interesting and special experience aroused students’ interest and enthusiasm in Chinese culture and language, and thus became the motivation for them to continue learning Chinese,” said Shannon Enright, the Head of Arts & Language Department, “Many learners find it’s a class with fun that allows them to learn new knowledge and skills.”
Article by Miranda Xu, Chinese Language Teacher, Whangaparaoa College
Photos above: (Top left) Students from Whangaparoa College, (top right and bottom left) Teachers of Chinese at the Celebrating the Moon Festival workshop
2022年10月22日,在这春光明媚的周末,新西兰惠灵顿地区中文教师会议于惠林顿男子中学顺利召开,来自六所学校的中文老师汇聚一堂开展教研活动,先后就各自中文教学的经验和挑战以及大家共同关心的话题展开了探讨。
作为新西兰中文教师协会惠灵顿地区主席,喻老师积极筹备组织了此次会议,他在发言中坦诚地分享了疫情以来中文教学所面临的困难和策略,学生与教师克服着种种压力,正视来自各方面的挑战,积极应对新情况。与会教师纷纷回应,提供各自的缓解方案,商议改善和变通的可行性路径,相互鼓励,彼此赋能。新西兰教育部Tui Tuia Learning Circle汉语顾问戴岚在会议中做了主题发言,从国际中文教育学界的热点和研究动态,海内外的教学资源、研究成果,到Tui Tuia所提供的教师提升培训课程计划以及语合中心项目——中国文化进校园工作坊、网络中文课堂建设等方面做了分享,内容饱满 ,信息丰富,再一次激起了老师们的热烈讨论和交流。餐叙期间老师们仍意犹未尽,继续着课程设计和课堂活动建设的话题,畅所欲言。
新西兰惠灵顿地区中文教师会议圆满顺利,老师们不仅交流了信息,还不失时机讨论了未来遵照新西兰中文教学大纲实施教学过程中如何对照《国际中文教育中文水平等级标准》的可行性,开启了下一阶段的热点话题,同时还明确了下一学期2月底即将召开的教研活动的主题,令人期待。
Photo: 新西兰惠灵顿地区中文教师会议部分教师合影
戴岚(新西兰国家汉语顾问)供稿
With the advent of New Zealand Chinese Language week, members of Northcote College Lion Dance Group (NCLDG) trained to create performances to showcase Chinese culture. They put together an instructive event video, probably the first production of its kind to include the lion-dance lion with Monkey King, in a bid to showcase the symbolic meaning of a traditional character in a modern way.
During October 2022, they performed at Northcote Primary school, Pinehill School, Northcote Intermediate school, Pukekohe Intermediate School and Sacred Heart College to deliver wonderful performances, mini-speeches, and training services to students from other schools. The group has been acting as a Chinese cultural ambassador at Northcote College to embrace cultural diversity and to demonstrate the school motto of being in service of others. NCLDG’s most recent performance at Sacred Heart College Theatre featured on the website of Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Auckland. The performance video is highly recommended and can be watched here
The video features pre-performance practice, comments from dancers, the final performance and interactions with the audience.
By Sim Yang, Chinese and ESOL teacher at Northcote College and PhD candidate at the University of Auckland
“The Culture of China - Water Cube Cup” Chinese Singing Competition Final was held at The Piano in Christchurch on Sunday 24 July 2022. There were 21 participants and around 200 people there. This was the first year that non-Chinese students were included.
The Consul-General of People's Republic of China in Christchurch, Madame Ying He made a welcome speech; and unveiled "South Island Singing Club" to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand. Christchurch City Councillor Jimmy Chan and other dignitaries in the community were present. The respected 101 year old calligrapher Mr Yuxun Tang gave his best wishes in his treasured scrolls of calligraphy "The pearl is round, and jade is smooth, and the lingering sound lingers around the beam" for the SI Singing Club.
Seven of our Lincoln High School students were accepted for the Finals. A great experience and rewarding day for all students. Congratulations to all the participants.
Article by Terina Yee, Teacher in Charge of Chinese, Lincoln High School
I am a theatre kid who loves performing. I love to take every singing opportunity I can! But when my Chinese teacher asked me to compete in a Chinese singing competition, I was hesitant. I started learning Chinese at the age of seven but stopped, so when I began learning the language again in 2021, I had study at the same level as my peers. So, singing a Chinese song in a competition sounded very daunting. But the performer inside me said yes.
When prepping for the competition, I decided to sing the song ‘Qian Qian Wan Wan’ which I had previously sung nine months prior for a small online competition.
I then found out that I had to learn another Chinese song and the organisers of the Christchurch division wanted me to sing ‘On The Wings of This Song’. This originally was a German opera song but many Chinese singers have sung it. I was very nervous in the beginning because I have only dabbled in opera in my singing lessons. Thankfully, the organisers connected me with a Chinese singing teacher who helped me learn the song and properly pronounce the lyrics.
I competed on 24 July. In the end I got the award that let me compete in the world competition! I was extremely surprised, and it didn’t fully hit me that I did it until later when I was in a café, pulling the trophy out of a box.
The next few weeks went by and the next thing I knew, I was driving to the place where we would film the World Chinese Water Cube Cup Songs Competition. Due to COVID-19, the competition was held online which in some ways was less scary.
After I performed my song on 12 August, the judges gave me some wonderful feedback. Overall, I am very thankful for this experience because even though I didn’t win, getting the chance to represent New Zealand was an honour. Doing the Worldwide Chinese Water Cube Cup Songs Competition helped me develop my speaking skills because I had to really focus on pronouncing my song lyrics correctly. I would highly recommend others to compete and give everything a chance!
Article by Sonya Li – McHenry, Year 11 Lincoln High School Christchurch
Recently, I was lucky enough to participate in the Water Cube Chinese Singing Competition. This year was the first year that the competition has been opened to foreigners, and I was really keen to enter. I have been learning Chinese for about seven years, and I began taking singing lessons a year and a half ago, so this was a great opportunity to do two of the things I love at once! For the competition I decided that I would sing a song we had looked at in class called Dui mian de nu hai kan guo lai. This roughly translates to “Girl opposite me, look over here”, and it was really fun song to sing.
On 24th July we had the regional performance at The Piano with about six other people in the youth, non-native division. The crowd there was wonderful; really supportive and happy, and it was a great experience. Unfortunately, I had to leave immediately after my song, so I didn’t know my result until the next day, and when I found out that I got through to the next level I nearly couldn’t believe it.
Next, I was busy recording a one-minute self-introduction video, and I was pressed for time because I only had one day to submit the video to the organizing committee. Then there are weeks of waiting for news. On 16th August, I received the news that I entered the top ten in the world! I was thrilled.
Then a whirlwind of rehearsing and sound tests to prepare for the world finals. At first, I was really nervous about setting up the technology and sound, but the people in the house that I did the final performance in were lovely and had everything already organised. During my first tech-run I found out that one of the people helping me prepare was also doing the world finals in the adult, native-speakers division, and the morning after my performance she did the finals and came first in the world!
I had my performance at about 9:00 at night on 23rd August, and because I was the second-last competitor to appear on stage, I found out my placing shortly after that. It was such an amazing experience, and I was so happy to even participate in the finals, let alone to come fifth. Everyone sang wonderfully, and the judges were very kind, making sure to speak slowly enough that we could understand! I believe my Chinese has improved a great deal in these past few weeks. I had so much fun doing this, and it is something that I will remember for the rest of my life!
Article by Conrad Goddard, Y12 Lincoln High School Christchurch
To view the Water Cube Cup 2022 competition, check out the YouTube video below: