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Unit 4 A World of Words
Big Question: How do we use languages?
In this unit, you will learn to:
introduce different languages.
understand cultural differences.
use a thinking map to identify the main idea and details.
use the reading strategy of making inferences.
make a poster to introduce a language.
Lesson 6 Oral Communication
Talking about how to learn Chinese
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
extract the key information about how people learn Chinese from the monologues;
give advice on learning strategies by using the target sentence patterns;
share their own learning experiences and put the suggestions together in group work.
Review
What can you see in the video?
It ________________ (report) on TV last night that Chinese _______________ (teach) as a second language in more Russian schools.
In the future, Chinese _______________ (learn) by more people around the world. When we travel to other countries and speak Chinese, we ____________________
(understand).
was reported
will be taught
will be learned
will be understood
Lead-in
Q1: What does Jim want to do?
Q2: What problems is he facing?
Let's give him some suggestions!
How do they learn Chinese?
Bill
Sophia
They are both learning Chinese now.
Activity 1
A. Listen to the monologs and match how they learn Chinese.
Bill
Sophia
taking lessons from
a Chinese student
singing Chinese songs and
watching Chinese movies
not easy
but fun
difficult to
teach herself
How they learn Chinese
What do they think of learning Chinese
B. Listen again and fill in the blanks.
I'm Bill. I'm now studying Chinese in a Chinese university. I find it's a lot of fun to speak Chinese with the locals. I like singing Chinese songs and watching Chinese movies. Some of the __________ are often well-written, and you can also learn Chinese __________ in the songs and movies.
I'm Sophia. I have been to China many times. I'm very interested in Chinese culture and have taken lots of __________ of different cultural sites. I believe, with the rapid development of China, Chinese __________ and culture will be widely __________ across the world.
n. (pl)
n.
n. (pl)
n.
v. (done)
lines
culture
pictures
language
spread
Lines are the words people say in a film, a play or a song.
Language points:
I'm Bill. I'm now studying Chinese in a Chinese university. Learning Chinese is not easy, but it's fun to speak Chinese with the locals. I like singing Chinese songs and watching Chinese movies. You can find some of the lines are written
really well and it's quite enjoyable to learn to say them. Also, Chinese culture is best seen in the songs and movies.
和当地人说中文
中国文化在...中体现得最好
It's + adj. + to do
Language points:
I'm Sophia. I have been to China many times. I am very interested in Chinese culture and have taken lots of pictures of different cultural sites. To know more
about China, I started learning Chinese a few years ago. It is really difficult, so I'm taking lessons from a Chinese student now. I believe, with the rapid development of China, Chinese language and culture will be widely spread across the world.
已经去过中国很多次
be interested in 对...感兴趣
拍了很多文化遗址的照片
跟...学习
随着中国的快速发展
遍及全世界
You'd better watch Chinese cartoons.
One effective way is to join a Chinese cultural club.
It's a good way to learn new words from Chinese songs.
Remember to learn from the Chinese students around you.
It’s very helpful to act out short Chinese plays.
Bill
Sophia
Whose suggestions are they? Match them with Bill or Sophia.
If you want to give others some advice, you can use these sentence patterns.
Activity 2
A. Find out the problems according to Jim's letter.
B. Discuss your suggestions.
C. Report them to class. The following information may help you.
You may begin like this:
If you want to learn Chinese well, I think the most important thing / one effective way is to ...
Besides, you'd better ...
It's also a good way / idea to ...
What's more / In addition, remember to ...
A possible version
If you want to learn Chinese well, I think the most important thing is to set a clear goal and make a study plan. Besides, you’d better communicate with your friends in Chinese as often as possible. You can also use language learning apps to practise your Chinese. In addition, it is a good idea to read more Chinese books in your free time.
Summary
We learn:
different ways to learn Chinese as well as the reasons.
how to give proper and useful advice for Chinese learning.
We can:
understand the reasons why we learn Chinese.
use the structural sentences to give better learning advice.
make a language plan based on what we learned today.
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