Activities - Chinese Program
These activities involve going into the community and are placed in a sequence. The following are only suggestions as to the type of tasks that students can do - teachers can use their creativity to design activities that engage their students.
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Category B tasks |
Category A tasks |
Category A+ tasks |
Before fieldwork
Students in groups prepare to go out into the community |
- Identify the name of shops;
- Label shops on a local map;
- Identify and locate shops in relation to their school;
- Describe the distance of shops in relation to the school;
- Tell how to go from school to a specific shop/shops.
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- Introduce oneself to a person in local shop;
- Ask for at least 5 items of information from a specific shop.
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- Search the web for a profile of the local community such as population, countries of origin, languages spoken etc;
- Use Chinese word processor to write a paragraph or two about the local community
- Help category B and A team members to fine tune their preparation for fieldwork.
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During Fieldwork
Students of categories A and B form a team and go out to the community. |
- Ask and give directions to a designated shop from school;
- Name various types of shops in Chinese on site;
- Observe and listen to Category A students' interaction with shopkeepers.
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- Name the shops on location;
- Introduce oneself to the shopkeeper stating purpose of visit;
- Ask for at least 5 items of information from a specific shop;
- Note-taking: writing down the conversation between student and shopkeeper.
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- Observe on-site local shops, interview shopkeepers, note-taking;
- Support team members giving them the confidence to use the language.
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- Category B, Category A and A+ students form a team of 4 or 5. Students go as a team to a shop, when Category B students are naming shops, asking and giving direction, Category A students can listen and check if the dialogue is correct. When Category A students are interacting with the shopkeepers, Category B students can observe and listen to the interaction, try to learn from their experience.
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After Fieldwork
Students from Categories A and B form a
team and give a presentation to the whole class. |
- Write a script
for a role play showing how to ask and answer questions on direction
to a shop selected by the team, it should also include an interaction
with a shopkeeper. The role play should be presented
orally to the whole class.
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- Create a web page/ create
a pamphlet/ write an article for school paper with information
about, for example, the cheapest place for noodles or to get the
latest hairstyle. Present the web page/ pamphlet/ article to the
whole class.
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