Special Webinar

Special Webinar:

In collaboration with Cheng & Tsui, FLANC is pleased to offer this webinar for our FLANC members as part of their membership. Non-Member registration cost is $15. To receive your personal Zoom link to the webinar, follow the directions in your confirmation email from FLANC. Not a FLANC member? Visit this FLANC site for more information on how to become a member for only $30. Webinar Registration link is below.

When: Tuesday August 19, 2025

Where: Virtual Zoom Webinar

Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Language Used for Webinar: English

Topic: Beyond Words: Building Fluency through Culture and Input 

Presenter: Bonnie Wang—2019 FLANC Teacher of the Year and Upper School Chinese Teacher at Durham Academy in North Carolina

This webinar will be hosted by Cheng & Tsui via Zoom. Your FLANC special webinar registration confirmation email will include information to register for a Zoom log-in link personal to you. After the webinar all live attendees will receive a Certificate of Participation from Cheng & Tsui which can be turned in for professional development hours as deemed appropriate by your school or district.

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Webinar Details:

Beyond Words: Building Fluency through Culture and Input 

This interactive online session explores how comprehensible input and authentic cultural content can enrich instruction and deepen student learning across languages. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to: Use comprehensible input strategies to support and engage diverse learners; embed culturally authentic content into any unit; and apply ready-to-use activities that bring language and culture together. This professional learning opportunity is offered in collaboration with FLANC (Foreign Language Association of North Carolina) and Cheng & Tsui, a leading publisher of Asian language learning resources. The session is free for FLANC members and $15 for non-members. All proceeds support FLANC’s mission and programming. Whether you're new to teaching or looking to refine your practice, this webinar will leave you with actionable tools and renewed inspiration.

Bonnie Chunmeng Wang is an Upper School Chinese teacher and the Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, and Engagement at Durham Academy. She was named 2019 Teacher of the Year by FLANC and serves on the boards of several professional organizations, including the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT), FLANC, and the Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA-USA). Wang holds a B.A. in Psychology from Portland State University and an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has taught Chinese at UNC-Chapel Hill, Princeton in Beijing, and in STARTALK student programs at the University of Virginia and Winston-Salem State University. Additionally, she has served as a technology specialist and mentor teacher for STARTALK Teacher Training Programs at UNC Greensboro and the Carolina Asia Center. As an ACTFL-certified OPI tester and AAPPL rater, Wang’s pedagogical research focuses on proficiency-based language assessment, integrating social justice into World Language curricula, and community-based learning for heritage Chinese learners. She also explores innovative approaches to incorporating calligraphy, Tai Chi, and classical poetry into Chinese language and culture instruction.