One more week until the winter break. The 1/2 and 3/4 classes used Mandarin classes to rehearse on the story of the little tadpoles.
Even though it is a simple play, everyone wants to be a special role in a scene. It is very encouraging to see one student to repeat a line/phrase many times to get the pronunciation right; it is great to see when the students reach agreement on who will be playing what special role without teacher involvement. I had a discussion with my classes to see whether they want to cut the story short to simplify the play before the winter break, or to present a more completed story after the winter break. Both classes decided to do a more completed story. So that is what we will do.
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We play quite a few games in the Mandarin class. The most common ones are circle language games and paper ball tossing games to increase the students' willingness to speak Mandarin.
Based on the language content that we are learning at the time, there are simple games played by kids in China that can be used in the classroom to engage and practice new vocabulary and sentences. Here is one that we played today with 5/6 grade students to practice telling time. It is called "What time is it?" |
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