Planning Events, Mandarin Chinese, Novice-Mid
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Before you begin:
- Most activities are 30 minutes in duration, unless otherwise specified.
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Planning Events
Description:
In this lab students will practice interviewing a partner, as well as work to plan an event. Students will begin by doing a warm up where they interview one another and introduce one another to the class. Then, students will pair up to create an invitation to an event and share their event with other students.
Proficiency Level:
Novice Mid
Keywords:
China, real-world practice, invitations, events, party, introductions, Chinese
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can plan a simple event or party
- I can ask someone for personal information using basic questions
- I can understand the structure of how dates and time are recorded in Chinese
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards
- Standard 1.1 - Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions in Chinese
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken Chinese on a variety of topics.
- Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of Chinese culture.
- Standard 4.1 - Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the Chinese language with their own
Idaho State World Language Standards:
- COMM 1.1 - Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
- COMM 2.1- Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- COMM 3.1 - Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
- CLTR 1.1- Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- CLTR 1.2- Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
Materials Needed:
Warm-up
1. Begin by introducing the Can-Dos for today’s activity and spend some time to review appearances.
2. Lab facilitator will pass out a famous person ID card randomly out to each student
3. Students will pair off into groups of two or three (depending on the size of the lab) and each group will get an interview question sheet
4. Students will take turns interviewing their partner (in Chinese), making notes, if they need to, of their partners answers
Limit this to about 6-10 minutes, depending on how quickly people are finishing up
5. Have students introduce their partners to the group
Main Activity
- To provide a model for the activity, fill out an example invitation using the template for students to refer to if needed.
- Students will pair off and each pair will be given a blank invitation.
- Taking about 6-10 minutes, each group will need to work together, speaking in Chinese, to plan a short event. On each invitation they will write what the event is, the date, time, place, and what they will eat.
- After every group is finished, each pair will present their invitation to the group and describe their event.
- After all groups have presented, activity leader will ask:
“你想去哪个活动？” “你为什么想去？”
"Which activity would you like to go to? Why do you want to go?"
End of lab:
• Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
• Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
• Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can plan a simple event or party
- I can ask someone for personal information using basic questions
- I can understand the structure of how dates and time are recorded in Chinese
Where are we? Rate yourself on the weekly Can-Do Statements using this scale: I get it!, I got it!, I kind of get it..., I don't get it...