Erin Kent Consulting

This course is designed for K-12 Chinese language educators and aims to develop students’ writing skills in Chinese. Over the span of 8 hours, participants will engage in four comprehensive sessions focused on enhancing teaching practices and improving students' writing abilities. The course will highlight effective theories and empirical practices that have been proven to nurture both Chinese and Chinese-English bilingual writers.

• Session One: Theories and Research
  Examine the theories and research that underpin effective writing instruction across languages, with a particular emphasis on the unique aspects of the Chinese writing system. Discover how these insights can guide teaching practices for fostering Chinese and bilingual writing skills.
• Session Two: Shared, Interactive Writing and Word Study
  Explore strategies for shared and interactive writing that enhance students' learning experiences while integrating word and grammar study to support foundational writing skills. This session will focus on building a collaborative classroom environment where students develop their identities as writers, nurturing their independence in writing by consolidating their problem-solving abilities and character writing skills. 
• Session Three: From Assessment to Learning Progression
  Learn to support students in becoming assessment-capable while developing their writing skills through a personalized approach. This session will emphasize crafting learning progressions that accommodate diverse learners and strengthen their writing abilities. We will explore how to apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines to enhance writing instruction, ensuring that all students have equitable opportunities to engage with and excel in their writing work. 
• Session Four: Standards-Based Unit Planning
  Focus on developing standards-based writing units that align with educational goals. Participants will acquire strategies for effective curriculum planning that showcase various solutions for mapping unit learning content while utilizing backward design to outline writing goals for lower grades that will lead toward the ultimate desired learning outcomes in higher grade levels. This approach encourages educators to identify key concepts and ideas in writing, empowering them to develop genre-based writing units that promote deeper understanding and skill development in their students.

课程名称：中文语境中的写作科学

课程简介：
本课程专为K-12中文教育工作者设计，旨在提升学生的中文写作能力。课程总时长为8小时，参与者会参加四次线上会议，重点提升教学实践和学生的写作技能。课程强调经过实践验证的有效理论和教学策略，意在有效培养中文及中英文双语写作者。

• 第一部分：理论与研究
  探讨支持有效写作教学的理论与研究，着重关注中文写作系统的独特之处。了解这些见解如何指导及影响教学实践，从而促进学生中文及双语写作技能的提升。

• 第二部分：共同与互动写作及字词语法研究
  探索共同和互动写作教学策略，旨在培养和增强学生的写作者身份和写作动机，同时整合词汇和语法学习以支持基础写作技能。该部分还将讨论如何构建一个协作且自主的课堂环境，以培养学生在写作中的独立性和问题解决能力，支持他们形成积极的写作身份。

• 第三节：从评估到学习进程
  学习如何通过个性化的方法支持学生成为具备评估能力的深度学习者。课程将强调制定适应不同学习者的学习进程，以增强他们的写作能力。同时，我们将探讨如何运用通用学习设计（UDL）的理念来提升写作教学，确保所有学生在写作中获得公平的机会，从而实现不同的写作成就和成功样式。

• 第四节：基于标准的单元规划
  专注于设计基于标准的写作单元，参与者将探索有效的课程规划策略，寻找不同的解决方案以梳理单元学习内容，并运用逆向设计思维，参考更高年级的最终学习成果来规划低年级的写作教学目标。这种方法鼓励教育工作者识别写作中的大概念和关键思想，用于计划基于体裁的写作单元，促进学生深入理解写作，并循序渐进地发展写作技能。