Workshop - “How to Help Kids Learn Chinese with Confidence and Interests”

By Eva Lee

Summary

1.Active learning2.Lesson Plan• Pre-activity• Main –activity• Follow-up

3.Sharing Ideas

Is Chinese Easy To Learn?

10% of what we READ20% of what we HEAR30% of what we SEE50% of what we SEE and HEAR

70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS

80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY

95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE

“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.” - 不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣。 (pinyin: Bù wén bù ruò wén zhī, wén zhī bù ruò jiàn zhī, jiàn zhī bù ruò zhīzhī,

zhīzhī bù ruò xíng zhī; xué zhìyú xíng zhī ér zhǐ yǐ.) 荀子

How We Learn

Active Learning

Teaching techniques where students do more than simply listen to a lecture.

Students are DOING something including discovering, processing, and applying

information.

Sample Lesson Plan

0-2 New terms in sentencesDo Now –Students find assigned seats using Pinyin of the fruitsTeacher announces schedule for the day:

Pre-activity Main –activity Follow-up

• Teacher introduces new Voc’s with pictures: 水果 , 喜歡 /不喜歡 /最喜歡

• Writing of the voc’s 不 喜 歡 最

Students interview each other with Q & A 喜歡 最喜歡

Homework- Complete survey of family’s fondness for fruits

Kids Need to visualize

Kids Need to Move Around

Kids Need to Write

Kids Need to Win

Kids Need to use skills in Real Life

Kids Need to Listen

Kids Need to be Challenged

Kids Need to Read

Kids Need to Feel Good About Themselves

Kids Need to be Inspired

Kids Need to be Creative

Kids Need High Expectation

Kids Need to Show Off

Kids Need to Express Themselves

Kids Need to Play

Kids Need to Exercise Skills Acquired

Do I Need Routines?

1. Start small

2. Plan well and be creative!

3. Clear and detailed Instructions/Demo

4. Everybody is On Task

5. High expectations

Five basic termsTwo sentence patterns

Leave room for brain storm Challenge all senses

Controlled language

Create your lesson plan to• introduce the vocabulary • Introduce the sentence pattern

Topic: ColorsVocabulary:

藍 黃 紅 綠 黑 白 咖啡Sentence Patters:

你喜歡什麼颜色的＿＿＿＿？＿＿＿＿是什麼颜色？

Lesson Plan for

Sample Lesson-Colors 6:12http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/teaching-basics

Thank you!

Eva Lee: yihhwalee@yahoo.com

誰 ?

喜歡 不喜歡 最喜歡姓名 : ___________________

日期 : ____________________

Pinyin : ________ _________ __________

Use Exaggerating Body Gestures

不好bù hǎo 很好

hěn hǎo 馬馬虎虎

1. Give examples: Cecilia Jones 蔣西莉2. Select a family name from the “List of

Common Chinese Family names”3. Select your first name4. Make sure you can pronounce & write your

name correctlyAbout Chinese Names

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_nameList of common Chinese family name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames

List of Characters for first nameshttp://www.behindthename.com/nmc/chi.php

Examples of Students Nameshttp://www.chatham-nj.org/156620719122649943/lib/156620719122649943/Microsoft_Word_-_Chinese_Name.pdf

Students are challenged all the time in class

旦 dàn

bái 白

Visuals impress

mù

Animation impresses

Simon Says伸出右手 放下右手

Go Fish 你有没有 __ 我有／没有 __ 去釣魚

Making Fruit Salad你的沙拉裡有什麼？我的沙拉裡有 ＿＿

Playing Games is a natural way to learn

不 喜歡 什麽最 吃 水果

Flashcards are a great source of games

這是什麼？

這是 ____嗎？

這是 ____還是 ____?

這是不是 ____？

這是 ____？

People need to hear a pronunciation more than 30 times before they can say it

mei guo fa guo Jia na da zhong guo ying guo

今天 明

是 你 天幾 是歲 月 星

幾 期日

嗎

设计人 : _______________shè jì

1. Hide 3 sentences in

the grid

2. Fill in the rest of the

squares with

characters.

3. Write the three

sentences in English

for clues

Making A Game Does NOT Sound Like Working for Kids

This Student Voluntarily Wrote 64 Characters Before She Realized It

Each team •Create a song using number 1 to 10•Perform team song to the class

The class•Vote for the winning song•Learn the winning song from the team

Kids Constantly Explore

Making a Book About Family (including pets) Sounds Like Fun More Than Work.

Posting Students’ Project/Work Boosts Morale

Provide Opportunities for Everybody to Show Off their Talents

Music – Rap, SongDance

Art – I Draw Whatever You Say

Math –

Crafts – Paper Cutting

lǎo shī hǎo!

Build Class Routines & Do It Everyday míng tiān

jiàn

Raising the Bar Step By Step

他要做什麼？

厕所

上厕所

我要上厕所

聽 ComprehensionIdentify Tones/Identify correct PinyinTranslate

Interpretative

認字( 讀 )

Recognize the characters when heardPronounce Pinyin

Interpretative

抄寫 Copy with correct stroke orderFill in correct radical in charactersDictate characters

Interpretative

造句 Replace part of sentenceInterchange nouns/pronounsWrite sentences with pictures

Interpersonal

問答( 説 )

Interview each otherAnswer Questions

Interpersonal

比較 創作 Compare/describe objectsPresent student-created skits

Presentational

作文 Create a Chinese nameWrite a bookCreate a song/rap

Presentational

東 dōng 災 zāi坐 zuò 仙 xiān古 gǔ 男 nán家 jiā 奔 bēn卡 kǎ尖 jiān

Homework: 囚 , 休 , 炎

Exercise Rational Guessing Is A Way To Build Sense of Achievement

Leave Room for the Joy of Figuring out WHY