国际中文实验学校2009 年秋季班开学 周末中文竞赛优胜者将获奖品

国际中文实验室自20061210日起,已成功举办142届网上周末中文竞赛(免费),来自世界各地的中文学习爱好者参加了我们的每周中文竞赛。

142周周末中文竞赛 (2009 817日到823) 结果已经揭晓。优胜者是:

Richard Zhang

Claire

Duan Wong

国际中文实验室网上周末中文竞赛最近获得Emory University孔子学院赞助,每月累计总分前名将获得奖品。每月获奖者名单于下揭晓,奖品随后颁发, 请大家踊跃参加。有关详情请关注:www.iChineseLab.com

A prize will be awarded to the monthly Winner, sponsored by Confucius Institute in Atlanta at Emory University.

关于国际中文实验室

国际中文实验室旨在推广中文教学 创办一流的教育, 培养一流的学生; 快乐学中文, 互动练技能。

1. 小班制教学教师与学生比例不超19

2. 真实生活专题: 以学生熟悉的环境, 活动为主题编写专题使中文更接近孩子们的日常生活

3. E 时代功能建立24小时教学内容 趣味练习和多媒体的网上互动平台。

4. 学生为中心:采用目标教学, 协作学习, 个体指导的教学法, 满足每一个学生的学习需求。

5. 卓越的团队: 教学团队由中英文双语教学资深教师, 中文系语言学博士, 海外中文教学资深教师, 从事海外中文教学多年, 幼儿, 小学教育学博士, 中美教育研究专家构成

国际中文实验学校现有Norcross校区(4岁或以上)Cuming校区(4岁或以上)Suwannee 校区(4岁或以上)。教室内有适合孩子们学习的舒适环境,室外有孩子们活动的场地。

国际中文实验室开设快乐中文初级班、中级班、高级班

国际中文实验室夏、秋季班为您准备了丰富多彩的内容,设计了活泼有趣的课堂游戏以及网上互动练习。更多信息请访问: www.iChineseLab.com

国际中文实验室正在不断发展壮大中。鼓励教师创新,培养优秀中文教师也是学校宗旨之一。如果您热衷中文教学,中英文俱佳 (有北美幼儿园教学经验、熟悉美式孩童教学法者将优先考虑),请将简历寄至:iChineseLab@yahoo.com

在线报名:

http://www.iChineseLab.com

Email: iChineseLab@yahoo.com

开学日期:

Norcross 校区: 08/15/2009

Cumming 校区: 08/10/2009

Suwannee校区: 08/10/2009

上课时间:

Norcross 校区: 每周六上午 10:00AM 12:00PM

Cumming 校区: 每周五下午: 2:30PM 4:30PM

Suwannee校区: 每周五下午: 3:00PM 5:00PM

学校地址:

Norcross校区

Kids R Kids (Norcross)

3180 Medlock Bridge Road,

Norcross, GA 30071

Cumming校区 (After school)

5850 Bethelview Rd
Cumming, GA 30040

(770) 205-5170

Suwannee 校区 (After school)

930 Peachtree Industrial Blvd
Suwanee, GA 30024

(770) 932-6622

联系电话:

苏先生: (678) 232-7108

邓博士: (678) 807-9168

电子邮址:

Dr.Deng@ichineselab.com

iChineseLab@yahoo.com

gem environment

/home/ror/test# gem environment
RubyGems Environment:
– RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.5
– RUBY VERSION: 1.9.1 (2009-07-16 patchlevel 243) [sparc-solaris2.11]
– INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/bin/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
– RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/bin/ruby
– EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin/bin
– RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
– ruby
– sparc-solaris-2.11
– GEM PATHS:
– /usr/bin/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
– /root/.gem/ruby/1.9.1
– GEM CONFIGURATION:
– :update_sources => true
– :verbose => true
– :benchmark => false
– :backtrace => false
– :bulk_threshold => 1000
– REMOTE SOURCES:
– http://gems.rubyforge.org/

Compile Ruby on Solaris 10

I downloaded ruby-1.9.1-p243 and gunzip/tar’ed it. When doing

./configure -prefix=/usr/bin -enable-pthread; make; make install

(BTW, I should have used /usr as bin dir is implied in the build)

[note: Second time when I did it, I ran the following command to compile ruby in Solaris 10:

./configure --enable-pthread --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr
make
make install

--enable-pthread is not needed if your tck/tl did not compile with this option.
]

It spits error like “no output file specified”. Looking into the C codesm under lib, I chnaged several lines in mkmf.rb, which solved the problem. The chnaged line as reflected in diff:

/home/ror/ruby-1.9.1-p243# diff lib/mkmf.rb lib/mkmf.rb.orig
1918,1919c1918,1919
< COMPILE_C = config_string(‘COMPILE_C’) || ‘$(CC) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(COUTFLAG) $@ -c $<‘
< COMPILE_CXX = config_string(‘COMPILE_CXX’) || ‘$(CXX) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(COUTFLAG) $@ -c $<‘

> COMPILE_C = config_string(‘COMPILE_C’) || ‘$(CC) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(COUTFLAG)$@ -c $<‘
> COMPILE_CXX = config_string(‘COMPILE_CXX’) || ‘$(CXX) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(COUTFLAG)$@ -c $<‘
1921c1921
<   “$(CC) #{OUTFLAG} conftest $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) ” \

>   “$(CC) #{OUTFLAG}conftest $(INCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) ” \

/home/ror/ruby-1.9.1-p243# uname -a
SunOS zone100-246 5.11 snv_79a sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200

Did a sym link to make ruby in PATH again:

ln -s bin/ruby ruby

Now I have the newest ruby on Solaris!

:/home/ror/ruby-1.9.1-p243# /usr/bin/bin/ruby -v
ruby 1.9.1p243 (2009-07-16 revision 24175) [sparc-solaris2.11]

我们应该怎么教中文?

我们应该怎么教中文?

国际中文实验室 绪蜚

很多人抱怨孩子学中文难。自己是个中文老师,又有个七岁的女儿,说起孩子的中文学习来也算是五味遍尝了。难吗?不容易。容易吗?又不太难。

说孩子学中文没兴趣,可是平心而论没兴趣的东西大人愿意学吗?为什么不能把孩子的中文课弄得兴趣盎然呢?多了解孩子的兴趣爱好,把中文的教学内容尽量做到和他们生活和学习相关联(英语说是“make connection”) ,让他们有机会用中文去表达自己的想法,展示自己的成功和个性,发挥自我的创造力,孩子们一定会喜欢的。在教学实践中,我们编制出与孩子相关的“本土化内容,辅之以生动活泼的课堂游戏,效果显著。


再说我们做家长的,孩子学东西一向都有陪练的习惯,陪练钢琴,陪练冰球,陪练跳舞。。。孩子中文的学习其实也少不了这 陪练。不仅是不愿意投资学中文,在很多家庭里现在偏偏连这个陪练中文也没了。家长大呼:孩子的业余活动太多,自己的工作又太忙,连每周的中文作业有时都没时间完成。于是 变成了孩子每星期来上中文课,可是并没有真正掌握学习的内容,时间久了,慢慢地也就越来越跟不上了。本来一个在英文学校是尖子学生,到了中文学校 变成了落后生,孩子的自信心和自尊心大大受到伤害,再接下去就是一个我不喜欢学中文。家长也只好无奈地说:孩子在海外学中文太难了。其实,每天花 一点儿时间陪孩子练中文是完全做得到的,对华人家长来说也是最有可能做得到的,因为中文是我们的母语。谈话之间,饭前饭后,每天只是十几分钟,检查孩子中 文学校的功课,配合老师讲解一些和课堂教学相关的小故事,哪怕只是读读课文,默默生字,督促一下作业,日积月累,功夫不负有心人。孩子的中文基础如果从一 开始打得牢靠,学习理应是越来越轻松,也会越来越有信心,越来越有兴趣。

陪练的目的不仅仅在于陪,它是一种鼓励,一种确认,在海外中文的荒岛上,惟有家长能给孩子一种确认,它是很多孩子学习的动力。

如果家长没有对中文和中国文化的热爱与欣赏,孩子会从哪儿获得中文学习的动力?

孩子在海外学中文当然不如在中国的条件好,但是做老师和做家长的如果能尽我们最大的努力想办法弥补这些不足,比起那些想学中文的老外岂不是容易多多。如果家长自己还有疑虑,以下信息可以帮助他们扩展思维:

  • 世界著名的Hedge Fund投资人罗杰斯·吉姆家中的家具和家电上一概贴上汉语名字。这是为了教他3岁的女儿学习完美的汉语。为了找一位有修养的中国保姆,他到处刊登广告。每到周末,吉姆便邀请说汉语的孩子们来家做客,和他女儿一起学汉语、一起玩。
  • JONES APPAREL集团的总裁彼得·博内帕斯从今年开始,每天早上8点把女儿送到汉语班去听课。而他女儿每天的日程已经因各种课程排得满满的。
  • 著名品牌Gucci集团执行总裁罗伯特·波莱、投资银行New Harbor的总裁、财务管理软件公司Intuit的总裁库克·斯高特、高盛的前任总裁约翰·桑顿等也都正在让子女学汉语。

为什么这些国际大亨要自己的儿女学习汉语?

Illeana Diamond执行总裁表示,他让自己10岁的女儿接受汉语课外辅导,不仅是为了女儿,也是为了投资者。意思是我们想传达多么重视中国市场的信息 Boneparth总裁说:全球经济正在慢慢受到中国更大的影响,汉语能力将是未来确保商业竞争力的重要因素。因此,汉语将会成为一定要学习的语

《华尔街日报》报道说:最近汉语学习热和上世纪80年代日本经济高潮时期学习日语热差不多。该报还展望,美国对华出口增长32%,在华居住的美国人也将持续增长。“

更多内容,请访问国际中文实验室(ICL)网页:http://www.iChineseLab.com

附:ICL课堂游戏:按线索画图

准备:图片(可以是在规定的主题下),纸,笔
目的:看图说话,训练口头表达能力

操作

  1. 每个同学找一个伙伴
  2. 发给A同学一张图片,让这位同学先观察片刻,然后告诉B同学图中都有什么
  3. B同学根据A同学的描述,在纸上尽量画出A同学手中的图片
  4. 最后看看是否画得像,有的再创作还真的会让你大吃一惊!

国际中文实验室简讯

国际中文实验学校2009 秋季班开学 周末中文竞赛优胜者将获奖品

国际中文实验室自20061210日起,已成功举办141届网上周末中文竞赛(免费),来自世界各地的中文学习爱好者参加了我们的每周中文竞赛。

141周周末中文竞赛 (2009 810日到817) 结果已经揭晓。优胜者是:

Richard Zhang

Bill Pan

Duan Wong

国际中文实验室网上周末中文竞赛最近获得Emory University孔子学院赞助,每月累计总分前名将获得奖品。每月获奖者名单于下揭晓,奖品随后颁发, 请大家踊跃参加。有关详情请关注:www.iChineseLab.com

A prize will be awarded to the monthly Winner, sponsored by Confucius Institute in Atlanta at Emory University.

关于国际中文实验室

国际中文实验室旨在推广中文教学 创办一流的教育, 培养一流的学生; 快乐学中文, 互动练技能。

1. 小班制教学教师与学生比例不超19

2. 真实生活专题: 以学生熟悉的环境, 活动为主题编写专题使中文更接近孩子们的日常生活

3. E 时代功能建立24小时教学内容 趣味练习和多媒体的网上互动平台。

4. 学生为中心:采用目标教学, 协作学习, 个体指导的教学法, 满足每一个学生的学习需求。

5. 卓越的团队: 教学团队由中英文双语教学资深教师, 中文系语言学博士, 海外中文教学资深教师, 从事海外中文教学多年, 幼儿, 小学教育学博士, 中美教育研究专家构成

国际中文实验学校现有Norcross校区(4岁或以上)Cuming校区(4岁或以上)Suwannee 校区(4岁或以上)。教室内有适合孩子们学习的舒适环境,室外有孩子们活动的场地。

国际中文实验室开设快乐中文初级班、中级班、高级班

国际中文实验室夏、秋季班为您准备了丰富多彩的内容,设计了活泼有趣的课堂游戏以及网上互动练习。更多信息请访问: www.iChineseLab.com

国际中文实验室正在不断发展壮大中。鼓励教师创新,培养优秀中文教师也是学校宗旨之一。如果您热衷中文教学,中英文俱佳 (有北美幼儿园教学经验、熟悉美式孩童教学法者将优先考虑),请将简历寄至:iChineseLab@yahoo.com

在线报名:

http://www.iChineseLab.com

Email: iChineseLab@yahoo.com

开学日期:

Norcross 校区: 08/15/2009

Cumming 校区: 08/10/2009

Suwannee校区: 08/10/2009

上课时间:

Norcross 校区: 每周六上午 10:00AM 12:00PM

Cumming 校区: 每周五下午: 2:30PM 4:30PM

Suwannee校区: 每周五下午: 3:00PM 5:00PM

学校地址:

Norcross校区

Kids R Kids (Norcross)

3180 Medlock Bridge Road,

Norcross, GA 30071

Cumming校区 (After school)

5850 Bethelview Rd
Cumming, GA 30040

(770) 205-5170

Suwannee 校区 (After school)

930 Peachtree Industrial Blvd
Suwanee, GA 30024

(770) 932-6622

联系电话:

苏先生: (678) 232-7108

邓博士: (678) 807-9168

电子邮址:

Dr.Deng@ichineselab.com

iChineseLab@yahoo.com

国际中文实验室 绪蜚 供稿

Shopping Deals in Greater Atlanta Area This Coming Week

  • walmart: Compaq presario CQ60-419WM laptop,15.6”,3g/160g: $298(Note: you can also order it or other Walmart laptops/pcs online here if your local walmart is out of stock, S&H is very affordable) ; many school supplies 25 cents. eMachines pc 1G/160g,CD/DVD burners: $398. They have “match any local competitor’s advertised price” guarantee.
  • Staples: compaq desktop pc, amd athlon X2 dual-core 7550, 3g/320g $299.98,- free HP DJ4360 inkjet  printer ($69.98) with the purchase after “easy rebate”. Lots of 25 cents deals for school suppiles. vanga fabric task chair – $9.99. On top of the above: $5 off any in-store purchase of $30 or more.
  • AMC movies: before noon at AMC Theatres – $6.00 http://AMCEntertainment.com/AMCinema for more details.
  • Big lots: Coby 4gb mp3/video player: 16 hrs video,2000 songs,4000 photos,FM tuner,2.4” screen-$45
  • OfficeMax: Portable USB HD, 320g $89.99, 500g $119.99; Acer Aspire One Netbook, 1g/160g, 802.11b/g wifi. Also available online;Epson MM Projector Ex30 SVGA, $499.99, get an 80″ pull-down screen for 1 cent with the purchase of the projector (Ex70: $699.99)
  • BestBuy: Portable WD USB HD: 500g-$109.99; Virgin Mobile USB Broadband Adapter $149.99, $20 refill 2go card (pay as you go Internet broadband connection)
  • Frys: SimpleTech 500GB portable Hard Drive – $89.99 – Prices good 7/26 – 7/30
  • Newegg: Recertified: EVEREX gPC2-R VIA C7-D 1.5GHz 512MB(max 2X1gb) DDR2 80GB VIA UniChrome Pro Linux Ubuntu – $99.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883118010

Online Chartered School in Georgia

Per AJC Friday July 10, 2009 B5 ” Odyssey School’s Charter Renewed”:

  • School: K-8 charter school Odyssey School of Coweta County; its cyber partner: Georgia Virtual Academy(GVA)
  • It offers online public education for kids from 163 GA districts
  • 44% of GVA’s inaugural classes were composed of home schoolers
  • Odyssey receives about $3,100 per pupil as a state-chartered school
  • As a Georgia Charter Schools Commission-chartered school, it also would qualify for matching local funds carved from state allocations paid to the 163 districts the school draws from
  • It opened on a Coweta campus in 2004, will move to become a commision school next so it can expand its offerings.
  • Meanwhile, the school will receive federal funds for the first time this fall. The state board agreed to grant it more than 572,000 for the education of the the poor. about half of the school’s enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
  • GVA will have a total of 100 instructots working from their homes in August.

AJC July 11 2009 Reading Notes

  • Historic documents on display (A8) The free exbit is part of a national celebration of the 75th anniversary of the National Archives. Southeast region office (the largest regional archive in the nation) in Morrow; It will run until Feb. 23, at the national Archives, 5780 Johnsboro Road in Morrow. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30am until 5 pm.  To view exibit online, log on to http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights
  • Dekalb Book Festival – Event Preview: Festival adds book bashes (Living, D); Decatur Book Festival: Sept 4-6. Decatur Square and points nearby. Most events free.

AJC Reading Notes – bizzar and others

  • Doggy was included in a wedding; bride and broom kiss their dog in between instead of each other. (July 4, 2009, Living, D: “”I do”, with pooch there, too, by Linda Lombardi, Associated Press) I recalled from recent TV news that there will be an airline which is exclusively used to transport pets. What a pet friendly world we are while we are in a recession.
  • Wendy’s fries No. 1, and no trans fats (the same page) – Consumer reports say.
  • Tucker stays steady with changing times (July 11, 2009, Opinion, A13) This is my favorite article in recent months at AJC. “If at some time you get tired of today’s fast pace and the glitz of a commercialized world in megamalls, drive to Tucker, part at an angle, then go back in time. You’ll use fewer nerve pills. even the store windows aren’y washed everyday. That’s nice, too.” The similar article “To move would cost little things” about sandy Spring appears in the same page.
  • Governor calls out city’s schools chief (July 11, Living.) Sonny Perdue is outrageous that three of Atlanta public school still denies altering CRCT answers despite evidences. The same page also reveals that the secret votes are common in Cobb school board.

AJC Reading Notes – parenting tips

  • John Rosemond wrote about parenting: “Ticket” shows  benefit of feedback(July 11, 2009, Living D5)

A mother developed a method to help potty train her kid: She used a marker to divide a notecard into 4 sections. Use a timer set to 30 minutes. If the kid’s pant is dry when the timer bell rings, she gives a ticket (a sticker) in a section. If all 4 sections are filled up in the card hung in the door, the kid can go out of the bathroom. As a result, his son’s underwear is staying dry and the potty is filling up. A small change in the method can turn a headache in training to becoming a great success.

Good idea indeed. You can apply the same technique to other things.

The advice in her anser is, “trust in your instincts, believing in yourself that you have the ability to raise your child”, quoting from the forward in the second book.

I wish I had read the books she recommended when our kids were little.