I spent a large portion of this weekend working on a research paper for a class that I'm currently taking: "Fundamentals of Research-Based Processes in Reading." (This is a required class for the teaching certification program I'm in). For this assignment, we were supposed to do an "I-Search Paper." This seems to be a much more conversational and reflective way to do research, where the author writes down their thoughts, how they did their research , how they came to their conclusions, and what they learned. It's more "touchy-feely" than any other research paper that I've written. Fortunately, perhaps because I do blog, I didn't really have problems writing down my thoughts and reflections. :-) I initially had some difficulty finding an appropriate research topic (it has to do with reading, and I teach Mandarin Chinese, after all). However, I decided to research how children learn to read Chinese, especially those children who are learning Chinese as a second language (rather than native or heritage speakers). I wanted to find out if the the research supports some of the thoughts I have about how to approach teaching. Anyhow, it was definitely labor-intensive, but ultimately educational, and the research was something that I felt was very helpful. In addition, I now have a large stack of scholarly journal articles that are all related to teaching reading in Chinese--things that I can refer to in the future as well! If you're interested, in checking out my I-Search paper, I have uploaded it here.
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About MeChristina has been a Chinese language teacher for the last 5 years and now teaches "Think Tank," a Critical Thinking class to elementary students. She is also mom to two amazing girls, wife to a wonderful husband, violinist, and Christian (not necessarily in that order). Archives
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