http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/tamagawa-university-taiko-drum-and-dance-group-april-3 http://www.hamilton.edu/news/tamagawa-university-taiko-drum-and-dance-group-april-3 The Tamagawa University Taiko (Drum) and Dance Group will give a workshop and performance on Wednesday, April 3, in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. The workshop will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and the performance will follow at 7 p.m.  The workshop and performance are free and open to the public. Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:30:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-an-invited-speaker-at-cfl-workshop http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-an-invited-speaker-at-cfl-workshop William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature Hong Gang Jin was an invited key speaker on March 16 at the 2nd Annual Chinese Pedagogical Workshop. The event was sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies of Penn State University. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:24:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-at-actfl-clta-meetings http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-at-actfl-clta-meetings William R. Kenan Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin was a presenter at the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Chinese Language Teachers Association (ACTFL/CLTA). Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:41:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-paper-at-international-symposium http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-paper-at-international-symposium William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature Hong Gang Jin was invited to present a paper, “Cognition and Chinese Language Acquisition,” at the International Symposium on Chinese Linguistics and Language Teaching at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The May symposium was co-sponsored by University of Hawaii at Manoa and Peking University. Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:01:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/year-of-the-dragon-celebrated http://www.hamilton.edu/news/year-of-the-dragon-celebrated The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures hosted a Chinese New Year Celebration on  Tuesday, Jan. 31, in the Annex. The Year of the Dragon was celebrated with student performances of the lion dance, music and skits.   Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:17:15 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-at-ncolctl-conference http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-presents-at-ncolctl-conference Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature, chaired and co-presented on a panel at the annual conference of National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) held April 8-10 in Madison, Wisc. Jin presented “Teacher Development Programs to Empower LCTL Teachers: Issues and Challenges” with colleagues from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Boston schools. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-awarded-120k-starttalk-grant-for-chinese-language-instruction http://www.hamilton.edu/news/hamilton-awarded-120k-starttalk-grant-for-chinese-language-instruction Hamilton College was recently named the recipient of a grant for more than $120,000 from STARTALK to undertake two Chinese language programs this summer—a Chinese teacher development program and a week-long intensive learning Chinese course for students in grades 8 and 9. The  programs will take place on campus from June 4 to June 15. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:36:37 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-publishes-in-journal-of-chinese-teaching-in-the-world http://www.hamilton.edu/news/jin-publishes-in-journal-of-chinese-teaching-in-the-world An article by Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature, has been published in Journal of Chinese Teaching in the World (SJHYJX), 2011, Vol. 25:1, pp.78-98. The article is titled "Ten Methodological Principles of Modern Language Teaching." Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/lin-12-documentary-focuses-on-china-s-left-behind-parents http://www.hamilton.edu/news/lin-12-documentary-focuses-on-china-s-left-behind-parents Still highly controversial, China’s One-Child Policy has had many effects on the population. One of the least-known is what Olivia Lin ’12 calls “left-behind parents,” or parents who are left in China because their only child is studying in another country. Guided by Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Zhuoyi Wang, Lin is filming a documentary about left-behind parents through an Emerson grant. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/de-bao-xu-gave-keynote-speech-at-tclt6 http://www.hamilton.edu/news/de-bao-xu-gave-keynote-speech-at-tclt6 Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu gave the keynote speech at TCLT6, the 6th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century, held at the Ohio State University on June 12-14. His talk was titled “Assessment of Participatory Learning Tools and Selection of Virtual Classroom Software (VCS).” Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST