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  • 1.  答复: teaching Chinese students

    Posted 02-01-2013 02:08

    Hi, Wendy,

     

    Here're my two cents in terms of how to engage Chinese students in class. Would love to get thoughts from other people on this as well.

     

    In my first class, I would explictly emphasisze how their engagement and participation contribute to their final marks for the course (and also to their learning as well of course).

     

    In the first few weeks, I would ask all students to sit to people different from the one from last week. This could enable Chinese students to get familar with students from other backgrounds and encourage them to engage in group discussion.

     

    Set the ground rule that they need to speak English to their Chinese peers in class

     

    Allow students some minutes to think about questions and send them a supportive message that it is not embarrasing if they do not answer the questions quickly.

     

    Regards,

    Shuang 

     

     

    发件人: Management Education and Development Discussion [MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] 代表 Wendy Smith [smithw@UDEL.EDU]
    发送时间: 2013年1月31日 6:10
    收件人: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    主题: teaching Chinese students

    Hello -
     
    I am teaching an organizational behavior/leadership class this semester in the United States and over half my class includes students from China.
     
    Does anyone have recommendations of great leadership/OB case studies set in China?
     
    Does anyone have tips or strategies that have worked particularly well to help these students connect with the class and engage with the material?
     
    Thanks for the suggestions -
     
    Wendy Smith
     

    --
    Wendy K. Smith, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management
    Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
    University of Delaware
    Newark, DE 19716



  • 2.  答复: teaching Chinese students

    Posted 02-01-2013 10:42
    Wendy - If you use Blackboard I suggest using the Discussion Board option. Have the class read material (case/article/section of text) and then have students post responses to 2-3 questions developed by you. Students then bring a copy of their post to class the following week. You review the postings online then in class make some general comments about the responses and continue the discussion. Since the students who posted have a hard copy of their statements you can have a few of them read portions of their work to highlight interesting comments they made.

    This is a great way to get all students (especially non-native English speakers and introverts) involved in class discussions. Students are reading from their written responses but may also begin to feel comfortable expanding on their initial post. For non-native English speakers they are reading prepared statements - a good thing if you are speaking in front of a group. They, of course, should be encouraged to go to the writing center prior to posting a response so that their post is in proper English. With any size class you can do this several times during the semester with only a few of the students responding online. Everyone should be reading the posts so that in class you can ask those who didn't post if they agree/disagree with statements made by Eva or whomever.

    On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Shuang Ren <sre@unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

    Hi, Wendy,

     

    Here're my two cents in terms of how to engage Chinese students in class. Would love to get thoughts from other people on this as well.

     

    In my first class, I would explictly emphasisze how their engagement and participation contribute to their final marks for the course (and also to their learning as well of course).

     

    In the first few weeks, I would ask all students to sit to people different from the one from last week. This could enable Chinese students to get familar with students from other backgrounds and encourage them to engage in group discussion.

     

    Set the ground rule that they need to speak English to their Chinese peers in class

     

    Allow students some minutes to think about questions and send them a supportive message that it is not embarrasing if they do not answer the questions quickly.

     

    Regards,

    Shuang 

     

     

    发件人: Management Education and Development Discussion [MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] 代表 Wendy Smith [smithw@UDEL.EDU]
    发送时间: 2013年1月31日 6:10
    收件人: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    主题: teaching Chinese students

    Hello -
     
    I am teaching an organizational behavior/leadership class this semester in the United States and over half my class includes students from China.
     
    Does anyone have recommendations of great leadership/OB case studies set in China?
     
    Does anyone have tips or strategies that have worked particularly well to help these students connect with the class and engage with the material?
     
    Thanks for the suggestions -
     
    Wendy Smith
     

    --
    Wendy K. Smith, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management
    Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
    University of Delaware
    Newark, DE 19716