Could anyone help me with my research?
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Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 3:10am
Topic: Could anyone help me with my research?
Posted By: Ivan Zimmer
Subject: Could anyone help me with my research?
Date Posted: 30 July 2008 at 11:20am
Greetings to all: I'm a new member to this forum. Last year I found this site looking gor materials for Vietnamese, and I hit the jackpot! This site has materials for all the languages I'm studying Chinese (my major and career), Vietnamese, Cantonese, Korean etc. I truly thank the creators of this forum for their hard work and generosity. These materials not only have practical value but historical value!
Now for my main topic: Could any one help me with my research? My name is Ivan Zimmer (I'm American). I am currently a researcher at National Kaohsiung Normal University's Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second (Taiwan) and Foreign Language and an English teacher/Translator by profession. I truly hope to either be an FSO myself or to teach Chinese at FSI, anyhow my graduate thesis will be dealing with producing Chinese textbooks for Diplomats and other intensive training courses. However I need help. First I need research subjects, preferably FSOs (retired and active), next language learners and teachers to answer surveys and give me input on students and teachers needs for intensive Chinese courses. Since this site obviously has FSOs and language specialists, your input would be greatly appreciated.
I am looking to provide course material that will also act as a diplomat's( or other government personnel) guidebook to Chinese, Chinese "dialects", life, culture and professional work in China and Taiwan. I hope to cover basic to advanced range of proficiency with an emphasis on public speaking and writing as well as focusing on traditional abilities. I am also interested in working from a communicative language teaching approach with special attention paid to pragmatic uses of the language. This is to enable the diplomat (or other personnel) to function in China or Taiwan without to much dependence on locally hired staff. Of course I would also hope that such material could be accessed by anyone studying Chinese.
So if anyone could give me advise, thoughts or a "wish list", please y all means tell me.
Also, even though I don't have any FSI language courses to post, would it be permissible to post original Chinese language study material (non-copyright) for users of this forum to use? I would be happy to provide study aids and materials in any language...especialy Chinese, for users of this forum to use.
Thank you for your patience, and I am certainly looking forward to replies and suggestions concerning this post.
Best Wishes Ivan Zimmer
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Posted By: glossika
Date Posted: 01 September 2008 at 5:15am
Hi Ivan. Call me (Mike) at 0939-850-851. Me (sic) and some other people I know can help.
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