Possible learning experiences

Engage the learners in a range of activities involving listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and presenting or performing. Activities could include:

• making a personal profile in Chinese for electronic exchange of information;
• experiencing situations involving food and related etiquette;
• viewing photos/signs from China;
• making cross-curricular links; <hyperlinks to good ideas>
• viewing/presenting role plays;
• writing and answering surveys;
• peer-teaching characters;
• playing card games;
• celebrating festivals – craft activities, for example, making paper cuts;
• keeping a diary in Chinese;
• listening to and singing Chinese songs;
• listening to simple, authentic Chinese sound files;
• viewing videos, DVDs, and presentations in Chinese and/or about China;
• creating simple comics;
• playing paper, scissors, rock;
• making lanterns – creating a product to use in shopping;
• making fans, scrolls, box TVs;
• making links with the local Chinese community in relation to festivals, culture, and so on.

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