Building Confidence: Strategies for Developing Spoken Cantonese Skills_Time Option 2

About this event

Join Professor Areana Y. Chen , M.D., MSc., Cantonese instructor at UC San Diego, for an interactive 60-minute workshop on reducing student speaking anxiety and maximizing active talk time. With over 30 years of teaching experience across K–16, government, and corporate settings, Professor Chen is a College Board–certified AP Chinese educator and Stanford CWLP Fellow. She specializes in oral proficiency, age-appropriate scaffolding, and interactive language instruction for learners of all ages.

Designed for Cantonese educators in all settings—from 1-on-1 online tutoring to large classrooms—this workshop delivers high-impact, practical routines to help your learners speak with clarity and confidence. Professor Chen will share field-tested strategies tailored across age groups, demonstrating how to adapt the core activities for school-age children, teens, and adult learne r s .

What You Will Learn:

• Anxiety-Reduction Warm-Ups: Low-stakes routines to help students overcome hesitation and start speaking immediately.

• Maximizing Student Talk-Time: Interactive pair and group structures that keep every student actively practicing simultaneously.

• Age-Appropriate Scaffolding: Practical tweaks to seamlessly adapt speaking tasks for early childhood, secondary, and adult Cantonese learners.

• Non-Disruptive Feedback: Gentle recasting strategies for pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and social context mistakes without losing conversational momentum.

Price:

• General Public: $10.00

• CantoLTA Member: 100% Discount (Free)