**2005 Chinese Summer Institute on

**2005 Chinese Summer Institute on Pragmatics in the CFL Classroom**

The University of Hawai'i-Manoa National Resource Center East Asia in conjunction with the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa is pleased to announce a one-week summer workshop on teaching pragmatics in the Chinese as a Foreign Language classroom. For over a decade, teachers and researchers alike have recognized the central role of pragmatics in language learning, and the receptiveness of learners at all levels to the explicit instruction of pragmatic aspects of the target language. Moreover, learners who receive explicit instruction in pragmatics often greatly improve their ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in the target language.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a wide range of pragmatic phenomena in Chinese spoken discourse, and to explanations, activities, materials, and approaches for the instruction of pragmatics in the CFL classroom. Workshop activities will include lectures on Chinese pragmatics and the explicit instruction of pragmatics to CFL learners, as well as model teaching sessions where pragmatics-focused instruction will be demonstrated. Additional sessions will address related issues such as providing feedback to learners, assessing learner performances, and learner reactions to explicit instruction of pragmatics. The activities during the latter half of the workshop will focus on the development of instructional materials and strategies for the explicit instruction of pragmatics in the beginning CFL classroom.

The workshop will provide an opportunity for anyone, regardless of their experience with teaching pragmatics, to develop instructional materials and strategies for introducing pragmatics to CFL learners. Interested Chinese language educators teaching at the secondary or collegiate level are welcome to apply. Please visit the institute website at http://www.hawaii.edu/nrcea/csimain.htm for more information. An application form for the institute will be available at the website from Monday, May 16, 2005. Deadline for applications is June 10, 2005.