11 research outputs found
Lesson three Family and friends- Chinese
Get PDFThis lesson contains words and sentences in relate to family and friends. A lesson plan is attached to assist teachers
Lesson five shopping- Chinese
Get PDFLearn some words and sentences in relate to shopping. A lesson plan is attached
Lesson two Introduce yourself in Chinese
Get PDFIn this lesson you will learn to talk about your name, nationality and age. The word document is a lesson plan for teachers
Developing a pedagogical framework for teaching Chinese aspect markers le, guo, zai and zhe - a comparative study of the Grammar-Translation approach and a communicative approach
Get PDFThe L2 acquisition of Chinese aspect markers has been investigated by many researchers (Sun, D. 1993; Zhao, L. 1996; Wen, X. 1997; Teng, S. 1999; Li, D. and Duff 1998, Duff and Li, D. 2002; Jin, L. and Hendriks 2005; Ma, L. 2006). Their studies show two main findings, one is the acquisition order of the aspect markers, and the other is the accuracy in using the aspect markers. Among those, only Duff and Li, D. (2002) mentioned the effect of teaching on the accuracy of using Chinese aspect. However, it is unknown what impacts teaching methods/approaches could have on learners’ use of the aspect markers. This thesis aims to contribute to filling that gap. It explores whether a specific teaching framework assists the learning of Chinese aspect markers by L2 learners. We designed a session of Chinese aspect following the acquisition order of the Chinese aspect markers suggested by previous studies. The session was delivered to two groups of beginner level learners in a UK university using different teaching approaches. One is the Grammar-Translation approach, which focuses on learning of aspectual forms, and the other is a communicative approach, which focuses on comprehension. The learners took a pre-test assessing their general knowledge of Chinese, an immediate test after the teaching session on aspect to compare the immediate impact of teaching approaches, and a post-test after two months to trace the lasting effect the teaching approaches. The results show that the Grammar-Translation approach leads to better accuracy levels than communicative approach in using aspects in grammatical tasks, whereas the communicative approach does not necessarily lead to learners’ better use of aspect than the grammar-translation approach in comprehension tasks
Lesson seven places and directions- Chinese
Get PDFIn this lesson you will learn a few words for places and directions,and you will also learn a few sentences in relation to the topic. A few more characters are introduced as well. A lesson plan is attached for teachers
Lesson four time and date- Chinese
Get PDFThis lesson contains words and sentences for time and date. A lesson plan is attached to assist teachers
Lesson one - Chinese - Pinyin
Get PDFThe lesson introduces pinyin, and it contains some exercises. The word document is a lesson plan for teachers
Lesson eight hobbies - Chinese
Get PDFIn this lesson you will learn a few words for hobbies and a few sentences in relation to the topic. A few characters are introduced as well. A lesson plan is attached for teachers
Lesson ten cities and travelling- Chinese
Get PDFIn this lesson you will learn some words for cities and tourist attractions and some sentence patterns. You will also learn a few characters. There is a powerpoint and a handout with guidance for teachers
Lesson nine transport- Chinese
Get PDFIn this lesson you will learn some words for transport, and some sentence patterns in relation to the topic. You will also learn a few characters. There is a powerpoint file and a teacher's guide
