Learn Chinese with Tasks: Implementing a Task Chain to Improve Integrated Language Skills - Part Two
- Teacher pairs students with each other.
- Teacher asks each pair to stand in the front of the classroom by turn.
- Teacher shows a word to one student, and then s/he acts out for the other student to guess the word.
- Each student has to guess as many words as possible within one minute.
- Teacher hands out the worksheet and scaffolds students to use the sentence structure – “你喜欢XX吗”,“我喜欢XX”and “我不喜欢XX”.
- The goal of each student is to fill out the form by asking others “你喜欢XX吗”. If the answer is positive, they can write names within the corresponding grid.
- After students finish, teacher asks them to report their worksheet by saying “XX喜欢画画” etc.
- Set several stations in the classroom. Cut off the pictures cards from the worksheet and place them in each station. Teacher asks students to pick up three cards they can do and three cards they like to do. When students finish, teacher takes away the cards that are left.
- Teacher then put word cards of activities in each station. Ask students to find the word cards that match their pictures.
- Students then use the picture and word cards to make posters. If a student’s level is high enough, s/he can write characters on the poster instead of using the word cards. (In my students’ sample, you may also see they wrote a “打” between “我会” and “乒乓球”.)
- Students report to the whole class by using “我会xx”, “我喜欢xx” with target vocabulary.
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