PowerPoint Presentation - "Out of the Box - Teaching Chinese creatively".

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Workshop - How to Help Kids Learn Chinese with
Confidence and Interests By Eva Lee

• Summary
• Active learning
• Lesson Plan
• Pre-activity
• Main activity
• Follow-up
• Sharing Ideas

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Is Chinese Easy To Learn?
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How We Learn
10 of what we READ 20 of what we HEAR 30 of
what we SEE 50 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. -
??????,??????,??????,???????????????(pinyin Bù
wén bù ruò wén zhi, wén zhi bù ruò jiàn zhi, jiàn
zhi bù ruò zhizhi, zhizhi bù ruò xíng zhi xué
zhìyú xíng zhi ér zhi yi.) ??
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Active Learning Teaching techniques where
students do more than simply listen to a lecture.
Students are DOING something including
discovering, processing, and applying information.
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Sample Lesson Plan 0-2 New terms in sentences Do
Now Students find assigned seats using Pinyin of
the fruits Teacher announces schedule for the
day
Pre-activity Main activity Follow-up
Teacher introduces new Vocs with pictures ?? , ??/???/??? Writing of the vocs ? ? ? ? Students interview each other with Q A ?? ??? Homework- Complete survey of familys fondness for fruits
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Kids Need to Move Around
Kids Need to use skills in Real Life
Kids Need to be Challenged
Kids Need High Expectation
Kids Need to visualize
Kids Need to Win
Kids Need to Listen
Kids Need to be Creative
Kids Need to Write
Kids Need to Read
Kids Need to Feel Good About Themselves
Kids Need to be Inspired
Kids Need to Show Off
Kids Need to Express Themselves
Kids Need to Play
Kids Need to Exercise Skills Acquired
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Do I Need Routines?
0-1 New words
0-2 New terms in sentences
0-3 Question Answer
0-4 online lesson
0-5 Character Writing
0-6 Quiz-new words
0-7 LAB-Listening Comprehension
0-8 Online lesson Challenge Reading
0-9 Review Games
0-10 Review sheet QA
0-11 Lesson Test
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My Advices for Planning Tips
Five basic terms Two sentence patterns

1. Start small
2. Plan well and be creative!
3. Clear and detailed Instructions/Demo
4. Everybody is On Task
5. High expectations

Leave room for brain storm Challenge all senses
Controlled language
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Lesson Plan for

• Create your lesson plan to
• introduce the vocabulary
• Introduce the sentence pattern
• Topic Colors
• Vocabulary
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• Sentence Patters
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Sample Lesson-Colors 612 http//asiasociety.org/e
ducation-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/tea
ching-basics
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Thank you!
thinking
thinking
How can you be more creative in your teaching of
the Chinese language?
Eva Lee yihhwalee_at_yahoo.com
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Pinyin ________ _________ __________
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Use Exaggerating Body Gestures
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?? bù hao
?? hen hao
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• Give examples Cecilia Jones ???
• Select a family name from the List of Common
  Chinese Family names
• Select your first name
• Make sure you can pronounce write your name
  correctly

About Chinese Names http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Chinese_name List of common Chinese family
name http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_
Chinese_surnames List of Characters for first
names http//www.behindthename.com/nmc/chi.php
Examples of Students Names http//www.chatham-nj.o
rg/156620719122649943/lib/156620719122649943/Micro
soft_Word_-_Chinese_Name.pdf
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Students are challenged all the time in class
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Visuals impress
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dàn

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bái
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Animation impresses
mù
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Playing Games is a natural way to learn
Simon Says ???? ????
Go Fish ????__ ??/??__ ???
Making Fruit Salad ????????? ?????? __
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Flashcards are a great source of games
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People need to hear a pronunciation more than 30
times before they can say it
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mei guo
fa guo
Jia na da
zhong guo
ying guo
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Making A Game Does NOT Sound Like Working for Kids

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

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This Student Voluntarily Wrote 64 Characters
Before She Realized It
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• 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

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Kids Constantly Explore
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Making a Book About Family (including pets)
Sounds Like Fun More Than Work.
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Posting Students Project/Work Boosts Morale
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Provide Opportunities for Everybody to Show Off
their Talents Music Rap, Song Dance Art I
Draw Whatever You Say Math Crafts Paper
Cutting
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Build Class Routines Do It Everyday
míng tian jiàn
lao shi hao!
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Raising the Bar Step By Step
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Process makes Perfect Pave the way to success
? Comprehension Identify Tones/Identify correct Pinyin Translate Interpretative
??(?) Recognize the characters when heard Pronounce Pinyin Interpretative
?? Copy with correct stroke order Fill in correct radical in characters Dictate characters Interpretative
?? Replace part of sentence Interchange nouns/pronouns Write sentences with pictures Interpersonal
??(?) Interview each other Answer Questions Interpersonal
?? ?? Compare/describe objects Present student-created skits Presentational
?? Create a Chinese name Write a book Create a song/rap Presentational
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Exercise Rational Guessing Is A Way To Build
Sense of Achievement
?dong ?zai ?zuò ?xian ?gu ?nán ?jia
?ben ?ka ?jian
Homework ?, ?, ?
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Leave Room for the Joy of Figuring out WHY