Design Curriculum and Engage Students Study Chinese Through

Design Curriculum and Engage Students Study Chinese Through Project Resesrch Helen Guo Palmer Trinity School

Design Curriculum Use 5 C’s design Chinese curriculum Use cultural elements as themes of course units Teach daily-life cultural elements Compare cultures all the time

Follow the 5 c’s and Standards foreign language learning Each culture element is a lead Student-centered study v Students online research v Edit students’ research info to form a text v Vocabulary, grammar, culture comparison, and connection are formed accordingly

design curriculum My Chinese 5 Theme 主题 7．Chinese Culture Promotes the Spirit of Martial arts 中华文化 弘扬武术精神 Vocabulary 生词 Grammar and Chinese language Expressions 语法和汉语表达 少林寺Shaolin ， 武当山 1．Use past and past mountain Wu-Dang，功夫Kong-fu， perfect to describe origin 练功practice Kong-fu，长时间 and history of kong-fu long time，师傅master，武打 2. is not…but…不是…而 acrobat fighting ，武术 martial art， 是 精神spirit，弘扬promote，传播 3. All in all 总之 spared ，继承inherit，提倡 4. Due to由于 advocate，起源origin，和尚monk ，佛教Buddhism，保护protect， Cultures 文化 Many young people like Kong-fu, this unit helps students to have a deeper understanding of martial arts

2. Movie Talks 谈论电影 非常棒wonderful，动作片 action film， 影星 movie star 爱情片romantic film，全世界 all over the world，喜剧片comedy film，值得 worth 主演 leading actor，恐怖片horror film， 感人 touching 影迷 fan， 男演员 actor，最佳导演best director，制造商film maker，花费spend， 形势form，时髦stylist，60 年代 1960’s， 21世纪 21 century，注重 emphasis，大 型broad- scale，场景scene，现代 modern， 科技手段tech skills，音响效果 sound effect，好莱坞Hollywood，迪士 尼Disney，震撼shock，精彩 great 1. measure word部 2. two verbs next to each other这部电影值得看。 3. use past tense and past perfect tense to describe “ I saw…, I have watched…, I had watched…” 4. use I feel/I think 我觉得/ 我认为to discuss opinions 5. from now on 从此 6．不但 … 而且 not only…but also… Compare Chinese popular movies with American movies Compare Harry Potter with Monkey King 8. Idea of Feng- Shui 风水说 风水Feng-shi，重要important，生活 life，部分part，相信believe，房子 house，结构structure，办公室office， 朝向direction，祖宗ancestors ，保佑 bless，带来bring，好运good luck， 灾难disaster ， 否则otherwise，如 果if，导致cause，避免avoid，生活 life，应用apply，到to ，实际上in fact， Use conjunctions： 如果 … 就 if 只要 … 就 only… 否则 … 就 otherwise 非得 must Feng-Shui is one of the most popular superstitions in Chinese culture. It has been developed to many theories. Nowadays there are still many people study and practice it and theories of Feng-Shi in daily life.

Using cultural elements design a curriculum My Chinese 3 Theme 主题 2. Different life styles 不同的生活方 式 Book 3 lesson 4 Vocabulary 生词 Grammar and Chinese language Expressions 语法和汉语表达 Cultures 文化 城市city，比than，天气 1. comparative adverb比 People in weather，出门get out，冷 than different cold，热hot，得，许多many， to compare seasons countries have 广告advertisement ，马路 longer/shorter, population quite different road，挂hang，停车park， larger/smaller, weather eating habits 人口population，长long，短 hotter/colder, 习惯get and life style short，超市supermarket，小 used to, Southern 吃店snack bar，早餐 Chinese and breakfast ，晚餐dinner，习 northern 惯get used to，向 … 问好say Chinese also hello to sb，山区mountain have different area， eating habits

Using cultural elements design My Chinese 2 Theme 主题 2. Evolution of Chinese characters汉字的 进化 Vocabulary 生词 a curriculum Grammar and Chinese language Expressions 语法和汉语表达 Cultures 文化 Chinese characters汉字，Chinese 1. Past tense了， Project research language汉语/中文, evolution演 2. Passive voice: 被 ， “Evolution of Chinese 变, speak说，write写，China中国，example: characters汉字的 进化” history 历史, a few thousands of 经过上千年的演变，汉 year几千年，pictography象形字， 字被简化成了今天的样式。 develop发展，simplify简化，form 3. due to 由于 样式 3. Four treasures of the 纸paper，笔brush，墨ink，砚台 1. Past tense and past Chinese culture values study ink stone，宝treasure， perfect 成了 calligraphy greatly and treats 写write，毛笔字/书法calligraphy， 2. use a verb, not a it as a kind of fine arts. 文房四宝 练习practice，需要need，style风 infinitive 需要大量练习 Chinese calligraphy has many 格, 不同different , 流派genre, 3. must 必须 different genres. 中国的书 start 开始, popular流行, study学 4．although … but…虽然 法有很多不同的流派。 习, … 但是…

Teach daily-life cultural elements Gifts and congratulations in different cultures 8, 4 Project “Chinese lucky numbers, mascots, and taboos”

A survey about my course theme s Survey questions: What are the five themes in the list do you like the most? What are three themes you like the least? This survey will help me for the future course design

Survey results themes that middle school students like better 1) The great inventions in Ancient china 中国古代的四大发明 2) Chinese food 中国食物 3) Chinese mascots and taboos 中国人的吉祥物和禁忌 4) My summer vacation 我的暑假 5) Chinese zodiac 中国的十二生肖 6) China’s traditional holidays and celebrations 中国的传统节日和庆祝活动

Survey results themes that middle school students like better 1) Life of Chinese and American high school students 中国和美国的中学生活 2) Protect our environment and wild animal 爱护环境和野生动物 3) My school and my classes 我的学校和我的课程 4) Gifts and congratulations in different cultures 不同文化的节日祝贺 5) Different diet habits in different region 不同地域的饮食和习惯

Survey results The themes high school students like better Communicating and Understanding People with Different cultures 不 同文化交流和理解 Life style in different cultures 不同文化的生活方式 Life of Chinese and American high school students 中国和美国的中学生活 Legends and celebrations of traditional Chinese holidays 中国传统节日的传说和庆祝 Movie Talk 谈论电影 Chinese food 中国食物

Survey results The themes high school students like Chinese calligraphy 中国书法 Travel and study abroad 出国学习和旅游 Chinese mascots and taboos 中国人的吉祥物和禁忌 The great inventions in Ancient china Idea of Feng Shui 中国古代的四大发明 风水说 Difference between Chinese and Western Medical Treatment 中医和西医的区别 Communicating and understanding people with different cultures 不同文化间的交流

Survey results The themes high school students dislike Beijing opera 中国京剧 Ancient clothing and modern fashion 古代服装和现代时尚 The themes middle school students dislike Chinese vs Western Medical Treatment 中医和西医治疗 Idea of Feng Shui 风水说 Religions and Life Styles of China’s 56 Ethnic Groups 中国 56个民族和信仰 Different diet habits in different region 不同地域的饮食和习惯

Chinese food Eating habits in different regions - A Bite of China Northern vs. southern Chinese foods Western vs eastern foods

examples of Study history through great ancient contributions Project “ The four great inventions in ancient China Paper 造纸术 Movable printing 印刷术 Gunpowder 火药 Compass 指南针

Study history through great ancient contributions Readings: Zheng He’s seven voyages (Ming, 1405 -1433) to Indian Ocean Zhang Heng ( Han, 78 -139) designed the first seismograph to record earthquakes 张衡测震仪 Videos about technology in ancient China

Project “Song Dynasty” Song’s advanced technology Students learned a great deal of Song dynasty after project “ The four great inventions” and they are more interested in learning people’s life, policies, and how Song finally fall and Mongols took the power from Song The famous Chinese painting “清明上河图” reflected people life at that period Song’s decline and Mongols’ conquest of Song Mongol-Song war ended in 1279

My hometown inner Mongolia is located in northern border one of 56 ethnic groups People’s live in inner Mongolia Language and schools Naadam festival twice a year – sports festival- horse racing and wrestling

Project “China’s Han and Tang dynasty” Divide students into groups, some group chose Han while others chose Tang So they can present the same time. Teacher support and direct a comparison Han and Tang from different aspects of politics, openness of the emperors, wars,

compare ancient philosophies Who were the ancient Chinese philosophers? Zhuangzi 庄子(Chuang Tzu ? 369 -286 BC ), Laozi 老子(? 604 -484 BC) and Confucius 孔子( 551 -479 BC) What were their famous philosophies? Students work on their research and have many interesting findings Ask students “What can we still benefit from these ancient philosophies? ”

Ancient Chinese philosophies Zhuang Zhou Dreams of Being a Butterfly 庄周梦蝶 Once upon a time, Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily enjoying himself. Suddenly he awoke. He did not know whether he was Zhou, who had dreamed of being a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming that he was Zhou. The Death of Wonton 混沌之死 The emperor of the Southern Seas was Shu 倏, the emperor of the Northern Sea was Hu 忽, and the emperor of the Center was Hun-dun 混沌. Shu 倏 and Hu 忽 often met each other in the land of Hun-dun, and Hun-dun treated them very well. Wanting to repay Hun-dun 's kindness, Shu and Hu said, 'All people have seven holes for seeing, hearing, eating, and breathing, but Hun-dun does not have. Let's chisel some holes for him. ” So every day they chiseled one hole in him, and on the seventh day Hun-dun died when seven holes completed.

study Ancient Chinese philosophies Zhuangzi and the skull 庄子与骷髅的对话 When Zhuangzi was going to Chu, he saw by the roadside a skull, he asked it saying, "Sir, was it some insatiable ambition that drove you to transgress the law and brought you to this? Was it the fall of a kingdom, the blow of an executioner's axe that brought you to this? Or had you done some shameful deed and could not face the reproaches of father and mother, of wife and child, and so were brought to this? Was it hunger and cold that brought you to this, or was it that the springs and autumns of your span had in due course carried you to this? " He then put it under his head as a pillow and went to sleep. At midnight the skull appeared to him in a dream and said to him, "All that you said to me is just what I should expect from a live man. Among the dead, none is king, none is subject, there is no division of the seasons; for us the whole world is spring, the whole world is autumn. No monarch on his throne has joy greater than ours. How can you imagine that I would cast away joy greater than that of a king on his throne, only to go back again to the toils of the living world? "

Compare a traditional Chinese treatment and a modern western equipment

Culture comparison Chinese and American High schools Videos “Chinese Schools 中国学校 ” Texts and discussions on life of Chinese and American high school students

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