Easy, Enjoyable, Effective, combining computer technology and revolutionary teaching methodology to teach/learn Chinese
Mission Statement:
Research and develop Chinese teaching/learning material;
Train and certify teaching forces;
Promote eCompuChinese Teaching Methodology;
Organize Chinese Progression Typing Examination
Member Qualification:
1. Experts/professionals invited by ECCEA;
2. All graduates from ECCEA Teacher Training Programs
<ECCEA Founder - Emily Yih's Highlights of 20+ years of Chinese Teaching History>
1984, Taught first foreigner Chinese at Taipei Language Institute in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1986, Taught overseas Chinese children in South California Chinese schools
1998, Trained many teachers in major US, Canada and Asia cities
2003, Started "New Chinese Teaching Methodology Experiment" in Toronto, Canada
2006, Acquired support in Great China Area, collaborated with US/Canada teacher communities, promoted eCompuChinese Teaching Methodology
20 years + and still going strong ...
<ECCEA, Origin of Establishment, President Emily Yih's Achievements>
Founder and President of ECCEA, Emily Yih, was invited for presentation/lecturing around the world since 1995, during the period of her serving Ontario Education Association as a director.
Her "Chinese Teaching Toolbox" won first Overseas Teaching Material Development Excellence Award from Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, R.O.C.(Taiwan)
1998, established a Chinese Teachng information portal www.chinesewaytogo.org and published all contents from "Chinese Teaching Toolbox" for free sharing
Since 1998, Emily acted as Web Educator for Global Chinese Language and Culture Center of OCAC, trained over thousand teachers around the world and widely spreaded the idea of computer assisted teaching via field experiment and web resource utilization.
Since 2003, Emily actively developed "eCompuChinese Teaching Methodology" and piloted it in Toronto OCAC's "Computer Assisted Chinese Learning Programs". Packaged with computer/web technology, eCompuChinese Teaching Methodology eliminated the historical Chinese learning barrier caused by writing of traditional Chinese, and converted it into a positive factor to assist Chinese learning, which greatly propelled the overseas Chinese language and culture heritage preservation.
Since 2004, Emily served as consultant for "Better Chinese", worked with education experts in Beijin, co-developed "My First Chinese Reader" and conducted highly successful teaching experiment with "Magical Tour of China".
Since 2005, Emily worked with IQChinese in Taiwan to develop "IQChinese Go Series Digital Teaching Material", incorporated with AI technology originally developed by Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
IQChinese Go Series teaching material and exercises were officially released in July 2007 in North America. Targetting a variety of learner groups, Go Series is an instant success and quickly gained wide recognition and respect from many overseas teachers.
Go Series won 2006 Taiwan Best Digital Content Product.
<eCompuChinese Pilot Programs> Providing field teaching experience and result, focusing on solving learning bottleneck caused by Chinese language's complexity, pioneering with students who quit / failed regular Chinese school programs, gradually fine tuning teaching methodolgy and advancing teaching material development
2002-2004, Summer Computer Camp at OCAC Toronto:
Student Achievement Exhibit at the end of summer program: PowerPoint, Standing Comedy, Short Play, Children's poems and chant, all in Mandarin Chinese
2003, New Life Church Chinese Program: One laptop, one projecotr, staring from keyboarding, 1.5 hours a week, within short 3 months, all students were able to type out their very first reader workbook in Chinese, use Excel to create class shedule, calendar, contact book in Chinese and PowerPoint slides about their family/school/community/hobby in Chinese
2003 Summer "Youth Career Exploration" at Metro Square:
40 teenagers, 8 weekends, exploring a variety of careers, group discussion, interview, report all in Chinese
2003, Metro Square Experiment Chinese Learning Program:
2003, Experiment Chinese Learning Program at Metro Square:
Thanks to the availability of computer, projector and high speed internet, OCAC's Global Chinese Language and Culture Center website became the core component of chosen teaching materials. This website's children' poems, stories, idioms, cartoons etc. all played major roles in computer assisted Chinese teaching. Multimedia teaching materials and interactivity from website made the class hours fly by so fast. The program at 2 hours a week and 40 weeks a year easily had the students master at least 300 characters. The students could also use typing softwre to type the exercise, create dictionary, make PowerPoint and even help their parents type home letter / community announcement and chat with relatives and friends in Taiwan in Chinese. More interestingly, some teenagers type Chinese note to communicate with their parents on some teen sensitive topics, which was another value-added by-product.
Chinese Learning + Chinese New Year: language and culture exploration
<eCompuChinese Education Association Major Events>
November 13, 2005, ECCEA Teaching Achievement Showcase:
ECCEA Teaching Achievement Showcase was held in Markham City Centre. Over 200 invited guests, students and parents attended this event. Students demostrated their fruitful learning result through 2-year study via typing contest, word game, "My Year 2005" composition contest, short plays, PowerPoint slides, etc.
February 4, 2006, Celerating Year of Dog with Family:
Let students plan, organize and host this Chinese New Year celebration with fun games and contests to exercise their Chinese language capability:
‧Explore and learn Chinese culture
‧Develop planning, team-work and organization skills
‧Practise Chinese speaking/writing skills
‧Improve relationships between parents/children and classmates
March 19, 2006, SAT Chinese Exam Simulation Test:
Having simulation test for SAT Chinese Exam not only could help students gain some experience for actual SAT exam but also allowed students to have a clear view of where their Chinese levels are at after years of study. SAT Chinese Exam is based on daily life conversation and its test method is to use English to measure students' understanding of Chinese. This simulation test was developed by National Council of Associations of Chinese Language Schools, and has the same SAT standards in all aspects. 34 students took the simulation test.
June, 4, 2006, 500 Chinese Words Typing Exam: Partnered with OCAC Toronto, ECCEA hosted the first 500 Chinese Words Typing Exam. Over 70 students and their parents attended the event. Listen/Speak/Read/Type, typing replacing writing, became the clear trend of Chinese learning. This event was set to encourage local Chinese language learners taking advantage of "Chinese 500 Words" and "IQChinese Quiz" software to understand the beauty of traditional Chinese characters and improve learning efficiency.
September 23, 2006, Youth Sweet Summer Memory Event:
During long summer holiday, ECCEA encouraged teenager students participating OCAC summer camp and various back-to-Taiwan activities. The Youth Sweet Summer Memory Event had all students gather in September to write down, present, share their summer activity memory in Chinese, further exercising their Chinese language skills.
November 17, 2006, ECCEA Lecture at ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages): Supported by Chinese Learning Industry Consortium Taiwan, ECCEA attended the 40th ACTFL in Nashville, Tennessee and introduced eCompuChinese Teaching Methodology and teaching materials to over 5000 education professionals, experts and teachers. During ACTFL, ECCEA also hosted Chinese Typing Contest, which attracted many event attendees. Also, over 100 mainstream schools expressed interest in trying out teaching methodology, teaching materials and software tools.
February 4, 2007, Chinese Youth Program, first event:
"Air Cadets and I", hosted by Joe Song, first Chinese Canadian appointed as graduation host in Air Cadets history
March 25, 2007, Chinese Youth Program, second event: "PATH Tour Guide" exploring the 27km, world's longest underground structure - Union Station
February 17, 2007, Children Fun Celebrating Chinese New Year:
Celebrating Year of Pig, packaged with Chinese Learning, Chinese folk culture and children's games, attracted hundreds of visitors, became a traditional annual event at Metro Square.
February 2007, CNE Chinese New Year exhibit: presenting Taiwan folk culture and eCompuChinese, photographed with Mr. Gordon Houlden (Executive Director of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei), Sgt. Erwin Mahillum (Canadian Army Recruit Director)
February 2007, Nashville public school, introducing eCompuChinese MethodologyAugust 24-26, 2007, Taiwan Cultrual Festival, at Harbour Front, Toronto:
ECCEA and Metro eLearning Centre joined force to introduce computer assisted Chinese learning (eCompuChinese) to many Canadian visitors September 26, 2007, Metro Square Appreciation Day:
Metro Square's annual Appreciation Day combined with its 10-year anniversary, besides offering food and gifts, ECCEA was invited to demonstrate eCompuChinese learning system and introduce "Professional Chinese" course to neighbouring IBM Canada staff
