Join us here at Goldsmiths Confucius Institute for Dance and Performance in celebrating 10 years of the department.
We will be marking the occasion with an exciting period of talks and seminars from eminent guest speakers from around the globe as they explore the evolution of Chinese language acquisition techniques and present research material relating to Mandarin Chinese teaching and learning techniques.
The Past, Present, Future Forum offers a platform for interdisciplinary discussion and critical engagement.
The conference is free and open to all, please register your place here.
Meet our guest speakers…
17th June, Lower- Ground Floor LG01, Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths campus, New Cross
Wei Jin
2.20pm, 17th June 2022
Talk: Teaching and Learning Material
Jin Wei is a lecturer with many years experience. She is currently the Teacher Training & Professional Development Coordinator at UCL Institute of Education where she lectures on the PGCE programme and works on the Mandarin Excellence Programme at the UCL Institute of Education; she was formerly a lecturer in Chinese language at Goldsmiths and SOAS, University of London and at the University of Cambridge.
Dr. Yangguang Chen
2.50pm, 17th June 2022
Talk: The Rise of Chinese as a Globalising Language in the UK
Dr. Yangguang Chen is Professor of Education in Goldsmiths Education department; she joined the department in 2006 after 20 years of experience in academia at China’s universities. Her research interest includes comparative education, curriculum studies, and citizenship education. She won the Overseas Research Scheme (ORS) Award and registered her PhD study in Educational Studies at Goldsmiths.
Dr. Chen has since extended her research into the field of educational bilingualism and focused her research on educational policy particularly with reference to issues of social inclusion and ethnic minority achievement. She also works on the BA in Education, Culture and Society programme, MA in Education: Culture, Language and Identity, PGCE (Secondary) MFL programme and the MPhil/PhD programmes at Goldsmiths. She is a member of the Centre for Language, Culture and Learning at Goldsmiths.
Jing Fang
3.45pm, 17th June 2022
Talk: Online Tools and Resources to Assist Chinese Language Teaching and Learning
Jing Fang graduated from Beijing Normal University and the University of Edinburgh. She is a lecturer in Chinese Language at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University where she has taught for more than 20 years.
Ms Jing Fang is a Lecturer in Chinese with many years’ experiences teaching Chinese literature and language. She formerly taught at the University of International Business and Economics (Beijing) and the University of Edinburgh.
This practical session introduces some online tools and resources which can assist Chinese language teaching and learning. It aims to make teaching preparation easier, teaching more effective, and student learning more independent.
Chenjin Ying
4.45pm, 17th June 2022
Talk: Methods of Grammar Teaching
Workshop: Mock Teaching of Directional Complement
Chenjin Ying is currently a Mandarin lecturer on the undergraduate Chinese studies programme and Mandarin credit courses at Goldsmiths; she is on secondment from Capital Normal University in Beijing. She studied Chinese Linguistics and language and literature education at Peking University and Zhejiang Univeristy. Chenjin has taught Mandarin learners and trained Mandarin teachers at universities in Germany, Belgium, and USA.
