In this lab, students will converse with their partners to make a plan to meet. The students will ask their partners when they are able to meet and where they would like to meet. Students will learn about days of the week, time, and making plans with other people.
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In this lab, students will discuss birthday parties and presents. They will also discuss where they would go to buy the presents and how they would decide which presents they would give to the friends. They will explain why they choose to buy the presents they do, explaining preferences to others.
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In this lab, students will become travel agents. They will read the descriptions of the travelers and plan the trip according to the travelers' interests.
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Students will discuss about popular artists and celebrities in Korea. They will pick one celebrity and introduce him or her to their classmates. Students will also learn descriptive words and how to describe the outfit the celebrity is wearing.
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In this lab, students will discuss symbols or beliefs that either stand for good luck or bad luck. After the discussion, students will talk with a partner, pretending as if they are talking on the phone. Through this activity, students will learn how to make plans through a phone call.
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In this lab, students will describe their personality and their family members' personality. They will also learn how to compare and contrast their personality to other people's personality.
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In this lab, students will discuss their own concerns and ask for advice from their classmates. They will also read a social media post that discuss someone's worries and think about strategies that could help the person.
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In this lab, students will practice using grammar expressions they learned in class through a matching game. With this activity, students will be able to explain the reason and interpret suggestions.
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In this lab, students will try to explain a vocabulary or concepts without using a specific word. Students will utilize other vocabulary or description to communicate their message.
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In this lab, students will discuss and make a travel itinerary with their partner. They will choose the destination, length of stay, mode of transportation, and budgets. After creating the plan, students will present and explain their decisions to other classmates.
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In this activity, students will play a bingo game in order to help practice recognizing radicals used in Chinese characters. Students will be shown a radical, and will then search for a vocabulary word that contains that radical. Students will also practice tones and pronunciation by reading out their winning vocabulary at the end of each round of bingo.
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In this activity students will be practice telling time in Chinese, as well as create schedules to describe their daily lives. Students will also practice listening comprehension by accurately responding to prompts given by the instructor.
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In this activity students will practice discussing and describing events in their daily lives. Students will build a daily schedule from an assortment of random events, and then describe their schedule to a group or partner. Students will practice using correct and accurate time phrases in Chinese.
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In this activity students will play a Kahoot! review game to review the content, grammatical concepts, high frequency vocabulary and common phrases in Mandarin Chinese that were learned during the semester.
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Students will each get a card describing a made up weekly schedule. They will try to work together to find a day and time that they can meet up and practice speaking and writing Chinese.
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In this activity students will play the flyswatter game to review vocabulary and phrases covered in their Chinese classes. Students will be given a short clue, and they will have to use flyswatters to identify the vocabulary word or phrase.
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In this activity, students will be given a bundle of Chinese money and will use common Chinese phrases to try to purchase items from the instructor, who will be acting as a shop owner. Students will attempt to convince the shop owner to give them the most items for the best price.
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In this activity students will look through a series of brochures for tour trips to different cities in China. As a group, they will chose which cities they would like to go to which tours, and decide what modes of transportation they will take. They will then create a travel itinerary for their entire group.
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In this activity, students will review concepts covered throughout the semester by answering questions in a Jeopardy game. The questions will involve translation, vocabulary, and some questions about Chinese Culture.
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In this activity, students will play the game heads up with vocabulary covered throughout the semester to review for the final exam.
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