Performed Culture in Action to Teach Chinese as a Foreign Language

Introduction: Performed Culture as a Holistic, Embodied Approach to Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Part I: Performed Culture in Goal Setting 1. Developing a PCA-Informed Learning Spiral for a Beginner-Level STARTALK Chinese Program [Yongfang Zhang] 2. Meaningful Local Immersion: Strategies to Help CFL Learners Perform the Target Culture Locally [Donald Newman and Chris Stellato] 3. Connecting International Students with the Local Community through a PCA-Informed Orientation Program [Xin Zhang and Cong Li] Part II: Performed Culture in Assessment 4. Sustaining a Newly-Established PCA-Based CFL Program: The Role of Formative Assessment and Grading [Jianfen Wang] 5. Implementing Dynamic Assessment in PCA-Based Second-Year Chinese Language Courses [Nan Meng] 6. Designing and Implementing the PCA Prochievement Oral Interview [Xizhen Qin and Jianfen Wang] Part III: Performed Culture in Material Development 7. Adapting and Supplementing Integrated Chinese for PCA-Informed Instruction [Donglin Chai] 8. Localizing Language Learning for Beginner-Level CFL Curricula [Junqing (Jessie) Jia] Part IV: Performed Culture in Instructional Design 9. Performing Transportation in the Lower-Level CFL Classroom [Litong Chen]10. Designing a Performance-Based Curriculum for Beginning Business Chinese to Enhance Students’ Intercultural Competence[Bing Mu]11. Maximize Learners’ Engagement with a Chinese Novel through Podcasting and Book Club Discussion [Zhini Zeng]12. Using Performed Culture Approach in an Online Chinese Language Program [Yunxin Zhang]