MS Chinese Guide

● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate the Chinese characters, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & characters. (eg. For numbers: 一 yī one, 二 èr, two, 三 sān, three, 四 sì four, 五 w ǔ fve, 六 liù six, etc.) ● Use Total Physical Response to review Chinese characters and classroom objects. (eg. put the number 3 ( 三 sān character) on the chair). ● Group students to allow opportunity for them to practice Chinese. ● Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters (eg. Hello. My name is … What is your name? … Nice to meet you.). ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Exchange names using culturally appropriate greetings and body language. ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in Chinese aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog. ● Students provide the TPR commands. ● Students ask questions about the topics covered in a lesson (eg. looking at a picture, the student can ask “Who is …? How old is …? Where …?” 谁 ， 岁 ，哪里 ). ● Have students provide extended responses/more details. ● Have students recognize and read the characters without Pinyin.

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