In summer 2021, Dr. Jinai Sun, North Central College, will lead an intensive teacher training program at North Central College for new high school teachers of Mandarin: “Experiential learning through classic literature: Chinese novels as a bridge to linguistic and intercultural competence,” through the federal STARTALK program. Dr. Stuart Patterson will be one of the key presenters. This training will be based on their experience as a faculty mentors to the 2019 North Central College SFF program “Understanding China through the Classic Novel Hongloumeng.”
