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Workshop - “How to Help Kids Learn Chinese with Confidence and Interests” By Eva Lee. Summary Active learning Lesson Plan Pre-activity Main –activity Follow-up Sharing Ideas. Is Chinese Easy To Learn?. How We Learn. 10% of what we READ 20% of what we HEAR 30% of what we SEE
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Workshop - “How to Help Kids Learn Chinese with Confidence and Interests” By Eva Lee • Summary • Active learning • Lesson Plan • Pre-activity • Main –activity • Follow-up • Sharing Ideas
How We Learn 10% of what we READ 20% of what we HEAR 30% of what we SEE 50% of what we SEE and HEAR 70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS 80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY 95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE “Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.” - 不聞不若聞之,聞之不若見之,見之不若知之,知之不若行之;學至於行之而止矣。(pinyin: Bù wén bù ruò wén zhī, wén zhī bù ruò jiàn zhī, jiàn zhī bù ruò zhīzhī, zhīzhī bù ruò xíng zhī; xué zhìyú xíng zhī ér zhǐ yǐ.) 荀子
Active Learning Teaching techniques where students do more than simply listen to a lecture. Students are DOING something including discovering, processing, and applying information.
Sample Lesson Plan • 0-2 New terms in sentences • Do Now –Students find assigned seats using Pinyin of the fruits • Teacher announces schedule for the day:
Kids Need to be Challenged Kids Need to use skills in Real Life Kids Need to Move Around Kids Need High Expectation Kids Need to Win Kids Need to Listen Kids Need to visualize Kids Need to be Creative Kids Need to Read Kids Need to Write Kids Need to Feel Good About Themselves Kids Need to be Inspired Kids Need to Show Off Kids Need to Express Themselves Kids Need to Play Kids Need to Exercise Skills Acquired
My Advices for Planning Tips Five basic terms Two sentence patterns Start small Plan well and be creative! Clear and detailed Instructions/Demo Everybody is On Task High expectations Leave room for brain storm Challenge all senses Controlled language
Lesson Plan for • Create your lesson plan to • introduce the vocabulary • Introduce the sentence pattern • Topic: Colors • Vocabulary: • 藍 黃 紅 綠 黑 白 咖啡 • Sentence Patters: • 你喜歡什麼颜色的____? • ____是什麼颜色? Sample Lesson-Colors 6:12 http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/chinese-language-initiatives/teaching-basics
Thank you! thinking thinking How can you be more creative in your teaching of the Chinese language? Eva Lee: yihhwalee@yahoo.com
Pinyin : ________ _________ __________ 姓名 : ___________________ 日期: ____________________ 喜歡不喜歡最喜歡
不好 bù hǎo 很好 hěn hǎo 馬馬虎虎
Give examples: Cecilia Jones 蔣西莉 Select a family name from the “List of Common Chinese Family names” Select your first name Make sure you can pronounce & write your name correctly About Chinese Names http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_name List of common Chinese family name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames List of Characters for first names http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/chi.php Examples of Students Names http://www.chatham-nj.org/156620719122649943/lib/156620719122649943/Microsoft_Word_-_Chinese_Name.pdf
Students are challenged all the time in class
Visuals impress 旦 dàn 白 bái
Playing Games is a natural way to learn Simon Says 伸出右手 放下右手 Go Fish 你有没有__ 我有/没有__ 去釣魚 Making Fruit Salad 你的沙拉裡有什麼? 我的沙拉裡有 __
People need to hear a pronunciation more than 30 times before they can say it 這是什麼? 這是____? 這是____嗎? 這是不是____? 這是____還是____?
mei guo fa guo Jia na da zhong guo ying guo
Making A Game Does NOT Sound Like Working for Kids Hide 3 sentences in the grid Fill in the rest of the squares with characters. Write the three sentences in English for clues 设计人: _______________ shè jì
This Student Voluntarily Wrote 64 Characters Before She Realized It
Each team • Create a song using number 1 to 10 • Perform team song to the class • The class • Vote for the winning song • Learn the winning song from the team
Making a Book About Family (including pets) Sounds Like Fun More Than Work.
Provide Opportunities for Everybody to Show Off their Talents Music – Rap, Song Dance Art – I Draw Whatever You Say Math – Crafts – Paper Cutting
Build Class Routines & Do It Everyday míngtiānjiàn lǎo shī hǎo!
Raising the Bar Step By Step 厕所 上厕所 我要上厕所 他要做什麼?
Exercise Rational Guessing Is A Way To Build Sense of Achievement 東dōng 災zāi 坐zuò 仙xiān 古gǔ 男nán 家jiā 奔bēn 卡kǎ 尖jiān Homework:囚, 休,炎
Leave Room for the Joy of Figuring out WHY