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Lynn Xiaoling

Transformational Teachers

Transformational teachers are expected to facilitate students to succeed in the world and become socially responsible citizens. To accomp...
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May 8, 2013 04:12
Lynn Xiaoling

Individual classroom teachers do have a powerful influence on equality of edu...

Individual classroom teachers do have a powerful influence on equality of educational opportunity for students. We can and should play a ...
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Mar 20, 2013 23:40
Lynn Xiaoling

A Teacher's Role （2）

An East Asian child might hesitate to express his or her opinion directly or to classify actions as absolutely right or wrong due to his ...
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Feb 20, 2013 00:06
Lynn Xiaoling

A Teacher's Role

A teacher has the responsibility to transmit and perpetuate American cultural values at school as well as provide students knowledge and ...
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Feb 19, 2013 11:44
Lynn Xiaoling

One sentence

There is a free Chinese language practice course at Confucius Institute this Monday only. I just received the information from the instru...
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Oct 20, 2012 06:15
Lynn Xiaoling

My first graduate course in the U.S.

I am taking a graduate course from this Fall, named "Second Language Acquisition". I am enjoying my campus life very much but I...
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Sep 15, 2012 06:10
Lynn Xiaoling

Foreign language teaching strategies 1 - Setting learning objectives first

I am learning a few foreign language teaching strategies recently. I found that there are some common principles of an effective lesson d...
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Sep 7, 2012 06:57
Lynn Xiaoling

Today's class reflection

The keyword left for me today is creativity. Even though I am aware of these standards, principles, strategies and student-centered activ...
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Jul 4, 2012 06:10
Lynn Xiaoling

"Is study and memorization the right way to learn a language"

The summary of the reading "Is study and memorization the right way to learn a language":http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/an...
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Jul 4, 2012 06:08
Lynn Xiaoling

My First Day of the Chinese Teacher Training program

It was so exciting to start my Chinese Teacher Training summer program. It was my first time to enroll in a program which you are a stude...
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Jul 2, 2012 04:53
Lynn Xiaoling

One Year Annivesary of the "CJK in Practice" Group

After I received the organizer dues payment receipt this morning, I realized that it has just been exactly a year since I founded the &qu...
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Jun 28, 2012 00:32
Lynn Xiaoling

日本に一時帰国

今は、日本に一時帰国しています。結構寒い日々が続いています。花粉が飛んでいるか、毎朝アレルギー的なくしゃみが止まりません。この二三日、市役所や図書館などに行ったりしていますが、私のややこしい質問にとても親切に対応してくれて感動しました。日本では当たり前ですが、アメリカ（ニュ...
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Feb 29, 2012 11:49
Lynn Xiaoling

How to prepare for the Mandarin OPI test by ACTFL

I took the Mandarin Oral Proficiency Interview(OPI) test by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL) yesterday and go...
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Jan 14, 2012 03:13
Lynn Xiaoling

2012 New Year Resolutions

Happy New Year to all! How time flies! It seems that I just wrote down the 2011 New Year Resolutions a few months ago: http://lang-8.com...
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Jan 6, 2012 11:56
Lynn Xiaoling

My first Europe trip

I traveled to Italy, Switzerland and France on the past Thanksgiving holiday. It was my first time to see and feel Europe. I was especial...
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Jan 6, 2012 11:29
Lynn Xiaoling

How can be a bilingual or trilingual?

I have met quite a few friends can speak two or over two foreign languages very well in NYC. However,there seems few "ABC" (&qu...
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Sep 2, 2011 02:31
Lynn Xiaoling

Do you really like to learn the foreign language?

Some friends say New York City is not a good place to improve your English. The reason is simple. Because you are able to survive here ev...
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Aug 31, 2011 11:55
Lynn Xiaoling

What I felt from the earthquake @NYC

I moved from Tokyo to New York City recently. When the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake happened on 3/11, I was still in Tokyo. Today'...
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Aug 25, 2011 00:40
Lynn Xiaoling

How to master Chinese pronunciation

I tried to teach basic Chinese pronunciation to an English native speaker today.It was not easy. Number third tone seems a bit more diffi...
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Aug 16, 2011 12:00
Lynn Xiaoling

Started a group for learning east Asian languages

We started a meetup group named "East Asian Language Learning through Interpretation Methods" recently. http://www.meetup.com...
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Jul 23, 2011 12:02