1. Virtual Chinese Space
Learn Chinese Online

2. Aim and Targeted Audience
Online learning community for people to learn Chinese
Target adults as its audience

3. How to Justify
There are several possibilities to justify an educational product or program which we want to develop

4. How to Justify – no needs
If there are no needs,
create needs, then products.

5. How to Justify – with needs
If there are needs over there,
and no products or solutions, it seems whatever you come out might be justified.
and products or solutions, you need to create something better by meeting the needs
either they cannot meet
or they cannot satisfactorily meet
or they ignore
or in different ways

6. Needs?
Needs related to learning Chinese? The answer is YES

7. Needs Needs to learn Chinese
Evidence 1
Evidence 2
Needs or the learning problems which learners have when they are engaged in learning Chinese.

8. Principles of Learning Language
As much as possible, language learning should emulate authentic language use.
performance with language rather than knowledge about the language.
comprehension and production.
requires an understanding of the cultural context within which communication takes place.
takes into account individual learning styles and rates
engagement
Assessment reflects instructional goals and is performance oriented.
Technology and textbook materials play a support role for language-learning goals; they should not determine curriculum.
Teachers are qualified in the languages they teach; proficiency in the language, experience with the cultures, pedagogical expertise specific to the language.

9. Principles to Needs
Looking from another way, we can view these principles as learning needs.
the first principle “As much as possible, language learning should emulate authentic language use.”
can be rephrased as “learners need to learn a language in a way emulating authentic language use.”

10. Solutions? Learn Chinese in a language immersion program
Learn Chinese full-time in school
Learn Chinese in China or other Chinese-speaking areas
Learn Chinese with computer software or tapes
Learn Chinese online

11. Justification for my Project
There are needs:
Tremendous to needs to learn Chinese
Needs or learning problems emerged when being engaged in learning Chinese
There are programs and solutions
Are they good?
So what I have to do is to design a better program by meeting the needs
either they cannot meet
or they cannot satisfactorily meet
or they ignore
or in different ways

12. Justification for my Project
Is it possible for me to design a better program
Yes, because I am in LDT program
How to design a better program
I need YOUR HELP

13. Thanks!