Workshop - “How to Help Kids Learn
Chinese with Confidence and Interests”
By Eva Lee
Summary
1. Active learning
2. Lesson Plan
• Pre-activity
• Main –activity
• Follow-up
3. Sharing Ideas
Is Chinese Easy To Learn?
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.” - 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
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 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 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
HomeworkComplete survey of
family’s fondness
for fruits
Kids Need Kids Need Kids Need
to be
to use skills to Move
Challenged in Real Life Around
Kids Need
High
Expectation
Kids Need
to Win
Kids Need
to Listen
Kids Need
to visualize
Kids Need
to be
Creative
Kids Need
to Read
Kids Need
to Write
Kids Need
to be
Inspired
Kids Need
to Show
Off
Kids Need
to Express
Themselves
Kids Need
to Feel
Good About
Themselves
Kids Need
to Play
Kids Need
to Exercise
Skills
Acquired
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 Q&A
0-11 Lesson Test
1. Start small
Five basic terms
Two sentence patterns
2. Plan well and be creative!
Leave room for brain storm
Challenge all senses
3. Clear and detailed Instructions/Demo
Controlled language
4. Everybody is On Task
5. High expectations
Lesson Plan for
Create your lesson plan to
• introduce the vocabulary
• Introduce the sentence pattern
Topic: Colors
Vocabulary:
藍 黃 紅 綠 黑 白 咖啡
Sentence Patters:
你喜歡什麼颜色的＿＿＿＿？
＿＿＿＿是什麼颜色？
Sample Lesson-Colors 6:12
http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/teaching-basics
Thank you!
Eva Lee: yihhwalee@yahoo.com
Pinyin : ________ _________
喜歡
不喜歡
誰?
__________
最喜歡
姓名 : ___________________
日期: ____________________
Use
Exaggerating Body Gestures
不好
bù hǎo
馬馬虎虎
很好
hěn hǎo
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 name
4. 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.org/156620719122649943/lib/156620719122649943/Microsoft_Word_-_Chinese_Name.pdf
Students are challenged
all the time in class
Visuals impress
旦
dàn
白
bái
Animation impresses
mù
Playing Games is a
natural way to learn
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 ＿＿
Flashcards are a great source of games
不
最
喜歡 什麽
吃
水果
People need to hear a pronunciation more than 30 times
before they can say it
這是什麼？
這是____？
這是____嗎？
這是不是____？
這是____還是____?
mei guo
fa guo
Jia na da
zhong guo
ying guo
Making A Game Does NOT Sound Like
Working for Kids
1. Hide 3 sentences in the
grid
今
2. Fill in the rest of the
天
明
squares with
是 你
天
characters.
幾
是
3. Write the three
歲 月
星
幾 期
日
嗎
sentences in English
for clues
设计人:
_______________
shè jì
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, Song
Dance
Art – I Draw Whatever You Say
Math –
Crafts – Paper Cutting
Build Class Routines & Do It
Everyday
lǎo shī hǎo!
Raising the Bar
Step By Step
厕所
上厕所
我要上厕所
他要做什麼？
聽
Comprehension
Identify Tones/Identify correct Pinyin
Translate
Interpretative
認字(讀)
Recognize the characters when heard
Pronounce Pinyin
Interpretative
抄寫
Copy with correct stroke order
Fill in correct radical in characters
Dictate characters
Interpretative
造句
Replace part of sentence
Interchange nouns/pronouns
Write sentences with pictures
Interpersonal
問答(説)
Interview each other
Answer Questions
Interpersonal
比較 創作
Compare/describe objects
Present student-created skits
Presentational
作文
Create a Chinese name
Write a book
Create a song/rap
Presentational
Exercise Rational Guessing Is A Way
To Build Sense of Achievement
東dōng
坐zuò
古gǔ
家jiā
卡kǎ
尖jiān
災zāi
仙xiān
男nán
奔bēn
Homework: 囚, 休, 炎
Leave Room for the Joy of
Figuring out WHY