Pedagogy for Teaching Mandarin With Cablecast Facility
Conclusions
Things Learned from This
Experimental Project
Technology Employed In Our
Cablecast Lessons Is Very Helpful in Teaching Mandarin As A
Second Language - Technologies Readily Available
Cablecast Approach (Facility,
Pedagogy and Cablecast Programming) Is Not Only Novel to
Students But Proven Extremely Beneficial to Learning Mandarin -
Kids Learn Very Fast & fun
Homework Changed to Homeplay by
Exploiting Students' Familiarity with TV and Computer Games Is A
Huge Advantage in Teaching Mandarin - Watching/Playing TV/PC Is
Not Work
Zhuyin and Pinyin can be learned
simultaneously with little difficulty and great future benefit
Production of Cablecast Mandarin
Lessons May Seem Complex Initially But Becomes Quite Simple in
Following-Up Lessons - Students Help to Produce Lessons
Cablecast Lessons May Bring A
Small Class Learning Experience to A Large TV Audience Provided
the Audience Has Computer-Based Mandarin Teaching Material -
Future Verification
Scrammble Chinese Word Game
Developed for This Experiment Was Well Liked by Students and TV
Audience - A Valuable Learning Tool in Itself
Future Direction
Based on the Positive
Results, the Cablecast Approach Producing Cablecast Lessons
(Technology, Pedagogy and Production Methodology) Should Be
Further Explored to Develop Effective Live TV Mandarin
Lessons and Replicated in DVD Format for Large Audience -
Hence, We Hope to Fine Tune the Process for Such Purposes.
The Scrammble Chinese Word
Game Not Only Has Pedagogical Value But Also Entertainment
Value - Hence, We Hope to Develop It As An Educational Game