Chinese task 2 – teacher planning
Language: Chinese
Year: 10
Indicative time: 4 hours
Topic: Food
Task: Design a survey to find out the five most popular Chinese foods for a school canteen and report
the findings using a spreadsheet.
Context: This task is part of a unit of work on Chinese food. Students have learnt Chinese characters
and sentences for some typical Chinese food, compared Chinese and western-style foods and have
discussed the cultural significance of food.
Outcomes:
Learn about:
Learn to:
5.UL.3
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5.UL.4
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5.MLC.2
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the manipulation of structure, format
and choice of vocabulary to achieve
specific purpose
the use of technology to express
ideas and create own text
the effect of linguistic choices on
intended meaning.
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select and incorporate particular
structures to achieve specific
communication goals
manipulate data to produce a specific
text
make linguistic choices to enhance
their intended meaning, drawing on a
range of linguistic structures.
ICT skills to be learnt and developed are:
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using word-processing skills to produce texts
collecting and interpreting electronic information
making associations between text and images to support understanding of Chinese.
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Students form groups of 2-3.
Each group is assigned another Chinese class in the school from Year 7, 8, 9 or 10 as their
target class for the survey.
Using Microsoft Word, each group designs a survey in Chinese for their target class to find out
the 5 most popular Chinese foods. These foods must be suitable for sale in a school canteen.
The language in the survey must be appropriate for the target class.
Each group surveys their target class.
Each group uses Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to present the results of their survey.
Each group prepares a report for a group of Chinese-speaking canteen organisers. This may be
in the form of a role play.
o The report is in Chinese.
o The report should include the results on a spreadsheet and a chart created using
Microsoft Excel.
Each group is to keep a logbook to indicate the progress of the survey and the contribution
made by each member of the group. Students can either obtain a blank logbook form (created
by the teacher) from their teacher or they can record this electronically using Microsoft Word.
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Description:
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Quality Teaching:
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Higher-order thinking – students manipulate their knowledge, both linguistic and cultural, of
Chinese food and transform the knowledge into a set of appropriate survey questions.
Student direction – choice in designing the survey.
Connectedness – students recognise and explore connections between classroom knowledge
and situations outside the classroom e.g. suitable food for school canteen purposes.
Resources:
Cox, J. & Kervran, P: Excel 4 for Windows,
Online Press Bellevue
Microsoft Excel (Spreadsheet), Global IME,
NJStar, Microsoft Word,
www.sina.com.cn
www.yahoo.com.cn
© NSW Department of Education and Training 2005
Application to other Chinese topics:
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Similar surveys can be designed for topics
such as popular places, favourite pets,
desirable character traits in friends etc.
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Chinese student task 2
Task:
Design a survey to find out the five most popular Chinese foods for your school canteen and present a
report incorporating a spreadsheet.
Criteria:
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use vocabulary and grammar that are relevant to your target class when designing the survey
use your own words when presenting the results of your survey to the canteen organisers
use appropriate grammatical and linguistic structures to communicate clearly.
Instructions:
Task:
Imagine that your school canteen organisers want to add some popular Chinese food to the canteen
menu and they are getting help from various classes, including yours, to find out the popular Chinese
food among the school population. The organisers want your class to design and conduct surveys to find
out the 5 most popular Chinese foods among the Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 Chinese classes. On completion,
you are to analyse the survey results and give a report in Chinese to the organisers, who are Chinese
speakers.
Planning:
 Form groups of 2-3.
 Obtain a target Chinese class from your teacher.
 Design your survey in Chinese – make a draft first on paper. Make sure this survey is
appropriate for your target class to find out the 5 most popular Chinese foods. Remember, the
food must be suitable for your school canteen.
 Keep a logbook (using Microsoft Word) to indicate the progress of the survey and the
contribution made by each member of your group. You can either obtain a printed ‘logbook’ copy
from your teacher to record this or you can record the progress on computer using Microsoft
Word. Don’t forget to save this file and give it a name.
Using Microsoft Word:
 Create your survey using Microsoft Word. Don’t forget to save and name your file. If you have
difficulty in creating this and/or using the software, ask your teacher or a knowledgeable
classmate for help.
 Print out your completed survey and make enough copies for each member of the class you will
survey.
 Arrange a time to survey your target class.
Analysing your survey:
 Use Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to enter the information you obtain from your survey. Don’t
forget to save this file. If you have difficulty in creating this and/or using this software, ask your
teacher or a knowledgeable classmate for help.
 Print this spreadsheet together with a chart created with Microsoft Excel.
 Write/prepare a report in Chinese based on your findings.
Presentation:
 Present the results of your survey to the ‘Chinese-speaking canteen organisers’.
o The report should be in Chinese (either in writing or orally).
o The report should include the results on a spreadsheet and a chart.
Completion of task:
 Hand in your group’s logbook, your survey results and report either by email as attachments to
your teacher (ask your teacher for their email address). Alternatively you can burn your files onto
CD and hand in hardcopies of your logbook and any other relevant information.
© NSW Department of Education and Training 2005
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