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10/31/2012

A Letter from Professor Fu Hongchu

Dear Tseng Laoshi and JJ,

I want to thank you both for organizing such a successful workshop at Uva. On our way back, I was chatting with my colleague Prof. Yanhong Zhu and we both agreed that in terms of content and of organization, this workshop is the best we have attended. In fact, everything was so nicely arranged and coordinated, including last night's dinner. You must have worked very hard to ensure the success of the workshop. I just want to thank you again and wish you the best for the semester!

Regards,

Hongchu

The CLTA-VA Fall grammar workshop on Saturday, October 13 was a great success. Approximately 80 participants attended the workshop at UVa, and each participant left UVa with smiles and satisfaction.

This year has been a great year for CLTA-VA. In addition to the fall grammar workshop in UVa, we held an equally wonderful spring workshop on the beautiful campus of Woodberry Forest School on Saturday, April 16, 2012. Besides, we had six Chinese sessions and one workshop presented at FLAVA's annual conference on Oct. 5-6 in Williamsburg. Special thanks should be given to the Chinese language faculty and Confucius Institute at William & Mary College who helped to set up the CLTA-VA booth at the CLTA-VA/FLAVA conference. (by the CLTA-VA Board)

Nov. 20th, 2012

Announcements: • CLTA-VA 2013 annual

conference will be held at the end of April at George Mason University;

• CLTA-VA president and board members will be reelected;

• There will be more support from CLTA headquarter for regional organizations

Inside this issue:

News/Sharing

• CLTA-VA Spring Workshop (p. 2)

• CLTA-VA/FLAVA conference (p.2)

• Sharing from new members (p.2)

• Scholarships and awards (p.3)

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A Great Workshop on a Beautiful Campus ( By Scott Navitsky)

A Wonderful Experience （（（（by Yao Yuqing )

The spring workshop at Woodberry Forest School was a great success. Over 50 participants visited our campus to hear Prof. Chengzhi Chu’s lecture on Chinese character acquisitions. Opening remarks were made by Dr. Dennis Campbell, Headmaster of Woodberry Forest, Prof. Miao-Fen Tseng, as well as Scott Navitsky. Many of the participants were very happy to have the opportunity to bring this conference to a secondary school to represent our members

The CLTA-VA-FLAVA conference was a wonderful opportunity to get new ideas and meet with old and new friends. I attended the workshop that discussed about using TL in classroom teaching presented by Mr. Yu Peng. He did a wonderful job and I learnt a lot. I also learned how to use blog with students in

收获很大（马雪）收获很大（马雪）收获很大（马雪）收获很大（马雪）

这次参加CLTA-VA 的 Workshop, 我收获很多。非常感谢主办方的辛勤准备！三位主讲教授的现代教学语法讲座，将中文教师和学生从枯燥的机械的单纯的语法课中解放出来，给我的启发很多，在我自己的课堂上进行操练。白教授强调的“精讲多练”和“在练习中，在句情中学习语法”给无聊的语法课带来很多师生和生生互动，这样一节课在欢声笑语中不知不觉地就过去了，学生也收获很多。其他两位教授也给我们展示了很多课堂实例和教师的一些上课的

缺点，非常实用，我在我以后的课堂教学中会多注意这些问题。希望以后会经常有这样的活动，给我们这些中文教师新的实践启发。

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class. As a presenter, I shared how to use Clicker to assess students' learning. Of course, I made a couple new friends who had just started their teaching careers. It was fun dinning with them.

Sharing from Our Members

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Scholarship Promotion by Confucius Institute at George Mason University

( by Dr. Wang Jing )

To travel and study in Taiwan, check www.studyintaiwan.org

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Confucius Institute at George Mason University undertakes applications for Chinese Government scholarship and Confucius Institute scholarship in April each year. Open to all Chinese learners in the US, both of these two scholarships are to support international students to study Chinese language as well as other Chinese related subjects in China.

Scholarships & Awards

Confucius Institute at George Mason University is promoting Chinese Scholarship programs on campus. In order to help students to prepare for applying for scholarship next April, CI Mason invited some former scholarship recipients back from China to come to Chinese classes to talk with the students who are taking Chinese courses about their experiences in applying for scholarship as well as their life in China.