Chinese Family and Birthday Vocabulary Practice

1. 学习目标： • Practise listening skills relating to birthday and age. • To extend vocabulary about family and talk about grandparents and cousins. • Prepare for End of Unit MYP Speaking Assessment 我的家

2. nǎi nai 奶奶 Father’s mother

3. yé ye 爷爷 Father’s father

4. lǎo lao 姥姥 Mother’s mother

5. lǎo ye 姥爷 Mother’s father

6. táng gē 堂哥 Older male cousin (father’s side)

7. táng dì 堂弟 Younger male cousin (father’s side)

8. táng jiě 堂姐 Older female cousin (father’s side)

9. táng mèi 堂妹 Younger female cousin (father’s side)

10. biǎo gē 表哥 Older male cousin (mother’s side)

11. biǎo dì 表弟 Younger male cousin (mother’s side)

12. biǎo jiě 表姐 Older female cousin (mother’s side)

13. biǎo mèi 表妹 Younger female cousin (mother’s side)

14. 奶奶 姥爷 堂哥 表姐 表哥 表弟 爷爷 表妹 堂弟 堂妹 堂姐 姥姥

15. 写 Write out the new words in your vocabulary books and practise on your character sheet.

16. 写 Can you work out what you would call these people in Chinese? • Your mum’s mum? • Your dad’s mum? • Your male cousin (on your father’s side and younger than you) • Your female cousin (on your mother’s side and older than you) 姥姥 奶奶 堂弟 表姐

17. Video • http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/videos/family/

18. Speaking assessment Aim To be able to talk about your family in detail. Requirements Answer each question with as much information as possible to gain the highest marks. Deadline You have the rest of the lesson to prepare and the speaking assessments will be conducted on Monday.

19. nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? 一。你家有几口人？ Your family has how many people? Howtogetthehighestmarks? • Statehowmanypeopleareinyourfamily. • Statewhoisinyourfamily(Mum,Dad,Olderbrother). • Statewhoisn’tinyourfamily. • Givethenamesofpeopleinyourfamily. • Usethecorrectmeasurewords– 口， 个 • Use the correct word for 2of something – 两 • You can use an imaginary family to use the best language!

20. nǐ yǒu chǒng wù ma? 二。你有宠物吗？ Do you have any pets? Howtogetthehighestmarks? • Statewhether you do or don’t have a pet. • Give the names of any pets you have. • Give the ages of any pets you have. • Describe whether the pets are big or small. • Use an intensifier to describe whether the pet is ‘very’ or ‘extremely’. • Usethecorrectmeasurewords– 只， 条 • Use the correct word for 2of something – 两 • Describe what pets members of your family have.

21. nǐ de shēng rì shì jǐ yuè jǐ rì? 三。你的生日是几月几日？ When is your birthday? Howtogetthehighestmarks? • Say the date of your birthday in a full sentence. • Say how old you are. • Give the dates of other family members’ birthdays. • Give the age of your family members. • Use 的 correctly when saying when other people’s birthday are.

22. MYP Assessment criteria