Go Fish: Chinese Lesson 4

Objectives

• Students will be able to express and respond to gratitude in Chinese.
• Students will be able to apologize and reply.
  • Students will be able to say 谢谢 and 不客气 when they give and accept something.
  • Students will be able to say 对不起 and 没关系 when needed, such as a request is declined.

Instructional Design

• 谢谢， 不客气

1. Show a video clip [1]. (or a collage of clips) Ask students what they see and hear.(relationship, contexts, expression)
2. With PowerPoint or poster, show the characters of 谢谢；不客气。 With glove puppets, perform an exchange with conversation "谢谢", "不客气". Model the conversations and stress on pronunciation "xie". Promp students to mimic. Ask students how they record or memorize the pronunciations.
3. Pair up and make them role play.

• 对不起，没关系

1. Show a video clip [2]. (or a collage of clips) Ask students what they see and hear.(relationship, contexts, expression)
2. With PowerPoint or poster, show the characters of 对不起，没关系。 With glove puppets, perform an exchange with conversation "对不起，没关系". Model the conversations and stress on pronunciation "qi". Promp students to mimic. Ask students how they record or memorize the pronunciations. Make them compare the pronunciations of “xi” and “qi”.
3. Pair up and make them role play.

• Play "Go Fish" in Chinese: Summative assessmemt

1. Review numbers/characters with flashcards on PPT, first in sequence, then out of sequence.
2. With PPT, review “我有..."，"我没有..."，"你有...吗？"
3. Ask class if they all know the game "Go Fish". If someone doesn't know, ask a volunteer to explain. Supply with PPT.
4. Ask 2 volunteers to model the game in Chinese for the class. Supply converstaion script (in characters and pictures) with PPT.
5. 4 to 5 students a group. Collece all their falshcards. Let them play the game in Chinese.
6. Wrap up: make students replect on what they do and learn in this lesson.

To Main page of the Unit: Mini_Course:_Play_"Go_Fish"_in_Chinese.

• Lesson 1: Saying and writing Chinese Numbers 1-5 Go_Fish:_Chinese_Lesson_1
• Lesson 2: Saying and writing Chinese numbers 6-10 Go_Fish:_Chinese_Lesson_2
• Lesson 3: I have, you don't have, does he have? 我有, 你沒有， 他有吗？ Go_Fish:_Chinese_Lesson_3
• Lesson 4: "Thank you" and "you are welcome"："謝謝" "不客氣"；"I am sorry" and "it's Fine"："對不起" "沒關係" Go_Fish:_Chinese_Lesson_4