We sincerely thank all participants for their enthusiastic participation in this year’s lesson plan competition. The competition received a great number of high-quality submissions, reflecting an overall excellent standard. After careful review, the evaluation committee assessed all entries based on instructional design concepts, teaching innovation, feasibility of implementation, and overall teaching effectiveness, and selected the award-winning submissions accordingly.
The following are the Honorable Mention Award recipients of this year’s lesson plan competition, listed in alphabetical order by project title. No submissions were selected for the Distinction Award or Excellence Award categories.
Business Chinese for the Semiconductor Industry (Chinese Language School of Phoenix)
Chinese Philosophy Texts and Calligraphy (The College of New Jersey)
Completing an Authentic Language Task: Introducing a Home (American School of Bangkok – Green Valley Campus)
Forces and Motion: The Secret of Kites (Alhambra Unified School District)
Stories of Chinese Characters: Exploring the Origins of Character Forms (Washington DC Taiwanese School)
We extend our warmest congratulations to all award recipients and express our sincere appreciation to every participant for their dedication to teaching professionalism and curricular innovation. We also cordially invite you to attend the 2026 Annual Conference on Mandarin Education, to be held on January 17–18, 2026, at the GIS NTU Convention Center. Please follow our official Facebook page for registration details.
Submissions that were not included in this year’s list of award recipients nonetheless demonstrated teachers’ thoughtful instructional design and professional commitment to classroom practice, and were highly recognized by the evaluation committee. We sincerely thank all participants for their continued support of teaching excellence and curriculum development.
We warmly invite you to stay engaged with our future educational initiatives and welcome your participation in our upcoming Mandarin Education Annual Conference next January, where we look forward to meaningful exchange with fellow educators.