04Jul
2015
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UCL IOE CI Chinese Conference – Meryl James

Meryl James shared some fabulous ideas of initial approaches to beginning Mandarin. She began with explaining that once you knew the numbers, you could say the months of the year and days of the week. I liked the idea of writing the Chinese characters with your body, 人 Rén meaning person. Stand up straight with […]

14Jun
2015
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12th Annual Chinese Conference UCL IOE CI

I met so many wonderful teachers at this years conference. I promised I would share all my links and my online presentation. https://app.emaze.com/@ALCOTTTF/chinese-conference-2015 Jess McCulloch ‏@jessmcculloch was the Australian teacher who introduces the lesson by jumping into the lesson. Follow her on twitter to see the great work and fun activities she uses in her […]

18Feb
2015
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Ideas for activities for Chinese New Year 中国新年 Zhōngguó xīnnián – Couplets 对联 duìlián

Chinese couplets对联 duì lián, are a pair of poem lines that decorate the door on either side as decorations for Chinese New Year. We have been making them in our lessons to decorate all the classroom doors around the school. Here are the two couples we have been using Sìjì píng’ān 四季平安 Four seasons peace […]

16Feb
2015
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Ideas for activities for Chinese New Year 中国新年 Zhōngguó xīnnián – Chinese Lanterns

I will be sharing some great ideas for activities for your students to be decorating your classroom for Chinese New Year 中国新年 Zhōngguó xīnnián. Make a simple lanterns 灯笼 Dēnglóng by folding your paper or card in half and cutting  every 1.5cm from the fold but not the edge of the paper leaving about 1.5cm from the […]

15Feb
2015
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Getting them writing #2 中国书法 Zhōngguó shūfǎ – Writing on mini white boards and desks!

Using mini white boards means that the children are more confident to give it a go. They are free to make mistakes. You can photograph as well as photocopy them for paper evidence to go in their folder. You can instantly see how the students are progressing if you get them to hold their boards […]

10Feb
2015
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Getting them writing series 中国书法 Zhōngguó shūfǎ – APPs

There are a lot of apps available for iOS devices that will immediately engage students to practice writing Mandarin Chinese characters. One app is called Kids Doodle that changes colour each time you write a ske, helping you asses stroke order. It has fun rainbow colours and students can practice their characters and share the, […]

18Jul
2013
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Birthday Lesson

Happy Birthday  Shēng  rì   kuài  lè 生         日 快      乐   This lesson was for Year 1, aged 5 and 6. The objective from the Framework for Languages was to take turns. ( http://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resources/PrimaryFrench/KS2-framework-pt3.pdf ) 0.3 Understand the convention of taking turns. O.4 Copy language modelled by the teacher. The […]