The Chinese Language Program |
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The John Eaton Chinese Language program was established in September 2007 as part of an exchange program sponsored by HanBan (the Office of Chinese Language Council International) and DCPS. HanBan is an educational institution based in Bejing that prepares Chinese language teachers for international assignments. DCPS selected Eaton as one of the DC public schools to employ a full-time Chinese teacher who has incorporated Chinese instruction into the Pre-K through 5th grade curriculum.
The John Eaton Chinese program is designed for the early stages of Chinese language proficiency. Based on National and District of Columbia Public School foreign language standards, this program emphasizes phonetics, character introduction, basic language functions, and elements of Chinese culture. The teaching and learning constantly takes place in meaningful and communicative contexts so that students graduating from the John Eaton Elementary School will be able to demonstrate the competency in these skills:
Listening: Students can understand basic greeting, counting, shopping, and topics on family, animals, food, weather, sports, countries, hobbies, and other basic words or sentences in Chinese.
Speaking: Students can use simple words, phrases, or sentences to introduce self and others, and express their likes and dislikes. They can communicate in the classroom contexts for eating in a restaurant and shopping in a market. They can have simple conversation on family, animals, food, weather, sports, and countries.
Reading: Students can recognize 100 basic characters or words (numbers, elements of the nature, color, family members, zodiac animals, food, body parts, weather, season, sports, and countries).
Writing: Students can draw any character by following the given stroke order.
Cultural Awareness: Students can recognize and identify distinctive products and celebrations of the Chinese culture. Students can make comparison between Chinese and American cultures.
The John Eaton Chinese program is designed for the early stages of Chinese language proficiency. Based on National and District of Columbia Public School foreign language standards, this program emphasizes phonetics, character introduction, basic language functions, and elements of Chinese culture. The teaching and learning constantly takes place in meaningful and communicative contexts so that students graduating from the John Eaton Elementary School will be able to demonstrate the competency in these skills:
Listening: Students can understand basic greeting, counting, shopping, and topics on family, animals, food, weather, sports, countries, hobbies, and other basic words or sentences in Chinese.
Speaking: Students can use simple words, phrases, or sentences to introduce self and others, and express their likes and dislikes. They can communicate in the classroom contexts for eating in a restaurant and shopping in a market. They can have simple conversation on family, animals, food, weather, sports, and countries.
Reading: Students can recognize 100 basic characters or words (numbers, elements of the nature, color, family members, zodiac animals, food, body parts, weather, season, sports, and countries).
Writing: Students can draw any character by following the given stroke order.
Cultural Awareness: Students can recognize and identify distinctive products and celebrations of the Chinese culture. Students can make comparison between Chinese and American cultures.