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Virtually Enhanced Languages – Lesson Plan

Lesson topic: Purchasing train tickets

Lesson level: Introductory language learner – 2nd semester

Content: Linguistic and cultural

Time required: 1.5 hours

Teacher Instructions: This lesson is designed for students to utilise a range of vocabulary already covered in the classroom

plus some additional new vocabulary specific to trains and purchasing tickets. A general indicator as

to when students should undertake this lesson is:

Textbook Lesson

Contemporary Chinese for Beginners 15

New Practical Chinese Reader 11

Integrated Chinese Level 1 9

Great Wall Chinese 5

Chinese Made Easy Textbook 3 (Simple Characters Version) 12

Short-term Spoken Chinese (Threshold Vol. 1) 12

This lesson requires students to purchase a railway ticket at the virtual railway station based on a

number of criteria that they are given at the start of the lesson in the form of instruction sheets

outlining one of three roles (business person, tourist, and student). Each student is allocated one

role. All three roles require students to purchase a ticket for a train that departs on the day of the

lesson. However, each of the roles has different requirements in relation to when they must arrive at

the destination (see role instruction sheets below) and the budget they have to work with. All roles

require the purchase of a sleeper ticket.

There are three trains available: 1462, 242, 110. Each train departs at night but arrives at the

destination (Beijing) at different times the next day. The cost of each train ticket is also different.

Each train has four different types of seating/berths: hard seater, soft seater, hard sleeper, soft

sleeper. Each of the roles students are allocated requires them to buy a ticket for a sleeper berth so

they can sleep during the overnight journey.

Do not tell the students anything about the train numbers, costs, arrival times, accommodation. The

purpose of the lesson is for students to use Chinese to interact with the NPC ticket seller1 or read the

train timetable posted in the railway station2 to work out what ticket they need to buy, buy it from

the NPC ticket seller3, and then find the train carriage and berth indicated on their ticket.

The details of the lesson are loosely based on real trains running from Shanghai to Beijing. The steps

and procedures that the students have to go through are also loosely based on the real situation in

China. The virtual train station, train tickets, and train carriages are all based on real world

equivalents. In addition to providing students with the opportunity to practice language learned in

1 Interaction with the NPC ticket seller requires students to type what they want to say in Chinese characters and to read and understand the NPC responses which are also in Chinese characters 2 The timetable can be clicked to hear audio and display pinyin for unfamiliar terms. 3 Students will need to be wearing the HUD that contains the virtual wallet and will need to have money in the virtual wallet (can be obtained from the virtual ATMs) to be able to purchase tickets.


the classroom environment in an immersive simulation of the real environment, the lesson will also

familiarise them with the real world process for purchasing train tickets in China.

Lesson Plan: 1. Go through Lesson Objectives

2. Read through and familiarise yourself with New Words

3. Read and/or listen to Supplementary Listening & Reading Practice – Trains in China

4. Read through Supplementary Information – What does a train ticket look like in China?

5. Read through lesson Task and Assessment

6. Log into Second Life

7. Commence and complete Task

8. Complete quiz in train carriage

9. Complete online quiz

Lesson Objectives: 1. Become familiar with the process of enquiring about and buying train tickets in China

2. Practice reading timetable information in Chinese and/or asking about train times

3. Learn and practice a range of simple vocab related to trains and train tickets in Chinese

4. Practice reading railway station signs in Chinese

5. Practice reading ticket information in Chinese

6. Learn about the type of seating / tickets available on Chinese trains

Lesson Task & Assessment You have to be in Beijing by the next day, so you need to buy a train ticket immediately. The only

place you have any chance of getting a ticket so late is at the railway station.

You will be allocated a role for this exercise. The roles are a business person, a tourist, or a student.

Each role has different criteria in relation to reason for travelling to Beijing, time limits for travel,

budget and level of comfort while on the train. Your goal is to buy a ticket that meets the criteria of

the role you were assigned at the start of the lesson.

There are two short quizzes to be completed:

In the train carriage:

o Click on the green box next to the berth indicated on your ticket

On Moodle:

o Click on the link provided to open quiz

Lesson Location Copy the following address into a new browser tab to open a map of the location of today's lesson

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Monash%20University%202/81/92/26

Additional Vocab: The following vocabulary will help you determine which ticket you need to purchase for your role.

长途 - chángtú - long-distance


硬座 - yìng zuò – hard seater

硬卧 - yìng wò – hard sleeper

软座 - ruǎnzuò - soft seater

软卧 - ruǎn wò – soft sleeper

Supplementary Listening & Reading Practice – Trains in China Read and or listen to the following information about trains and train tickets in China. If you find

reading the characters difficult you can also listen to audio of the information by clicking the link

below.

在中国坐长途(1)(chángtú)火车非常有意思。坐火车的时候，你可以和火车上的中国人谈谈

话，练习你的口语和听力，也可以认识新朋友。

长途(chángtú)火车有四种火车票：硬座(2)(yìng zuò)票、硬卧(3)(yìng wò)票、软座

(4)(ruǎnzuò)票和软卧(5)(ruǎn wò )票。

硬座(yìng zuò)票最便宜，但是坐硬座最不舒服。软座(ruǎnzuò)票比硬座(yìng zuò)票贵，但

是软座(ruǎnzuò)更舒服一点。硬卧(yìng wò)票比软座(ruǎnzuò)票还要贵一些，但是硬卧(yìng

wò)可以睡觉。如果坐火车的时间很长的话，最舒服的是软卧(ruǎn wò )，坐软卧(ruǎn wò )一定

能睡得很舒服，只是软卧(ruǎn wò )票最贵。

你如果有很多钱，那最好买软卧票。如果你的钱不多的话，那你就可以买硬座票。

To hear the above passage, click on the link below:

Listen to Passage

Link to audio file

Supplementary Information - What does a train ticket look like in

China? Chinese Train Ticket


For today's lesson, the most important information on the train ticket you will receive is the 车厢号

and 座位号.

Be sure to look carefully on your ticket what type of berth you have purchased a ticket for.

To make sure you find the right berth on the train please also look at the pictures below to

familiarize yourself with what the different kinds of berths look like (colour may vary):

软卧(ruǎn wò ) 硬卧(yìng wò)

For more information on Chinese train tickets see:

China Train Tickets: http://www.chinatraintickets.net/faq/

Detailed Task Instructions for students: MAKE SURE YOU ARE WEARING YOUR HUD

You will use the virtual wallet to pay for your ticket.

Make sure your virtual wallet has money in it. If not, go to the nearest ATM and withdraw

sufficient funds.

Step 1: You will be given a sheet with specific details about your role (business person, tourist or

student), your budget and your time limit for arriving in Beijing at the start of class.

Step 2: Go to the 火车站 and enquire about a train ticket. You need to identify a suitable train to

meet your specific needs.

You can find out about trains, times & ticket costs by:

Talking to the ticket seller behind the counter

Looking at the train timetables on the wall (you can click on many of the headings to hear

sound and see English meanings).

Step 3: Purchase appropriate train ticket (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN YOUR

WALLET). You will receive a picture of the ticket as well as a wearable object. Open the picture /

texture and then drag it to enlarge it. Compare what is written on your ticket with the picture of the

ticket above and the pictures of the inside of a real train carriage above to work out what kind of

ticket you have bought and where to find your berth (the place you will sleep on the train). You will

also need to wear the wearable ticket to get onto the train platforms and into your train.

Step 4: Find and get on your train.

http://www.chinatraintickets.net/faq/


Find the train platform (站台 - zhàntái) that your train to Beijing leaves from. Go into the carriage

and find your berth (YOU WILL NEED TO READ YOUR TICKET CAREFULLY, particularly the type of

berth your ticket is for. You will receive a picture of the ticket as well as a wearable object. Open the

picture / texture and then drag it to enlarge it. You will need to wear the wearable ticket to get onto

the train platforms and into your train.).

To SHOW (出示 chūshì) or USE your ticket you will need to CLICK on the ticket in your hand. If this is

too hard, open your Inventory, detach the ticket and then WEAR it. When you click on the ticket in

your hand or detach and then Wear it again doors will open!

Get on your train, find your berth and then click on the green box next to your berth and follow

instructions. ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN CLASS. The teacher will come

over to check your ticket.

Step 5: Complete Quiz

Complete the quiz on Moodle.


Quiz Questions

In train carriage The quiz questions in the train carriage are designed to automatically determine if the student has

purchased the appropriate ticket for the role they were assigned. Once they have answered each of

the 3 questions they will be given automatic feedback about the ticket they purchased and a mark.

Information about which ticket they purchased and the mark they received will also be stored in and

displayed by a post outside the carriage. This information can be printed into chat and then copied

in to, say, a Word document, by using the following commands:

/channel print list

the channel number is the train number (e.g. /242 print list)

this will print details about which student purchased which ticket, whether they found the

correct train and berth, and what mark they received.

The list can be cleared by typing

/channel reset

e.g. /242 reset

The following is an example of the questions to be answered in the train carriage quiz:

What is your role?

o Student

o Tourist

o Business person

What ticket did you buy?

o 1462 次

o 110 次

o 242 次

Based on the answer to these two questions the quiz box will determine if the student has

purchased the correct ticket or not and if they have come to the right berth or not. It will also give

students feedback about their purchase and an assessment mark4.

On Moodle Quiz outcomes:

You will have a better understanding of the sorts of facilities provided on trains in China.

You will add to your general and travel related vocabulary.

You will use your knowledge of Chinese language to read the clues supplied and work out

which items the clues relate to.

Quiz instructions:

Please read the following descriptions in Chinese of items and facilities provided in most train

carriages in China carefully then look around the carriage and try to find the items and facilities.

Once you have found them, click on them to find out what they are called in Chinese. Enter the

Chinese terms in the spaces provided below.

Clues

4 Complete quiz boxes for each of the train carriages & berth types are provided.


1. 在我里面有热水。水的温度很高，可以很长时间不冷。我是什么？(fill in blank) (保温瓶)

2. 喝的热水没有了。你可以用我加(jia1)喝的热水。我是什么？(fill in blank) (热水器)

3. 要是睡觉的时候很冷的话，你可以用我。我是什么？(fill in blank) (被子)

4. 你睡觉的时候，我在你头下面的话，你一定睡觉睡得很舒服。我是什么？(fill in blank) (枕头)

5. 在中国的火车上可以吸烟 (xi1yan1 smoke)吗?

可以

不可以

Model Dialogue

The following is a model dialogue for purchasing a railway ticket in the virtual train station. This will

be automatically given to students once they have completed the quiz in the virtual train carriage.

你：你好！

售票员：你好！

你：我要买一张去北京的票。

售票员: 你要什么时候到北京？

你：我要明天到。

售票员：你要明天几点到北京？

你: 我要

- 8 点以前到

- 11 点左右到

- 什么时候都可以

售票员：你得买 242次的火车票。242 次火车 6 点 54 到北京。你买吗？

你：多少钱？

售票员： 242 次火车只有软卧 (ruǎn wò) 票。软卧 (ruǎn wò) 499 元。你买吗？

你：买 (at this point you should pay)

OR

火车上可以睡觉吗？

售票员：可以睡觉。242 次火车只有软卧 (ruǎn wò) 。软卧 (ruǎn wò) 499 元。你买吗？

你：买(at this point you should pay)


售票员：给你 242 的火车票。请你看清楚开车的时间。

你：谢谢！

售票员：不谢！

你：请问，火车在哪儿？

售票员：你从火车站大门口进来以后，再往里面走，站台门口就在大门口对面。

你：谢谢!

售票员：不用谢！


Roles

The following sheets containing information about the three roles for this lesson should be handed

out to students at the beginning of the lesson. Each student is only allocated one role to begin with.

However, once the task for one role has been completed students could be asked to take on a new

role to provide additional practice.

The roles are:

Business person - 商人 (shāngrén)

Student - 学生 (xuésheng)

Tourist - 游客 (yóukè)

There is also a sheet for the teacher containing information about the appropriate ticket for each of

the roles.


Mark: / 3

Chinese Island Train Ticket Lesson

Student Name: _______________________ Train Ticket No: ____________

Avatar Name: ________________________

Assessment:

Bought correct ticket

Found correct train

Found correct berth

Your role:

************

Business person - 商人 (shāngrén)

Scenario:

********

- Going to meeting in Beijing.

- You must be in Beijing by the next day.

- Tight deadline.

- You must be in Beijing well before 8am as you have an 8am meeting next day

- You need 1 hour to get from the train station to place where meeting being held.

- Want to travel comfortably and to sleep on train.

- What kind of ticket would you buy if you want to sleep on the train?

- What is the most comfortable berth to sleep in?

- Budget not a problem (can spend up to 500 元 for train ticket).

YOU MUST BUY A TICKET THAT MEETS THESE CRITERIA


Mark: / 3



Avatar Name: ________________________

Assessment:


Found correct train

Found correct berth

Your role:

************

Student - 学生 (xuésheng)

Scenario:

********

- Going to Beijing to commence a new Chinese language course.


- Deadline not tight. You can be in Beijing anytime next day.

- How would you say anytime is ok? Think about using a combination of

words we already know:

- When

- All

- Can, ok

- Want to sleep on train on the way to Beijing.


- Very tight budget (maximum 200 元 to spend on train ticket).



Mark: / 3



Avatar Name: ________________________

Assessment:


Found correct train

Found correct berth

Your role:

************

Tourist - 游客 (yóukè)

Situation:

********

- Going to Beijing for tourism purposes.


- Your tour guide is meeting you at your hotel in Beijing at 11:30am.

- It takes an hour to get from the railway station to your hotel.

- Your room will not be available until 11 am.

- You want to arrive as close to 11am as possible. You don't want to arrive too early

as your room won't be ready for check in.

- Want to be able to sleep on train.


- Moderate budget (maximum 400 元 for train ticket).



TEACHER ONLY

Task - 买火车票 Roles: - Students - Group of backpacking tourists - Group of business people Student: Budget: RMB 200 Train No.: 1462 Hard sleeper: RMB183 Depart time: 13:00 Arrival time: 12:00 day 2 Total travel time: 23 hours Notes: Will choose the No.1462 train because he/she has limited budget, but wants to sleep on journey. Departure and arrival time is not a problem for him/her. Long journey not a problem because he/she can practice Chinese. Tourist: Budget: RMB 400 Train No.: 110 Hard sleeper: RMB317 Depart time: 20:42 Arrival time: 09:42 day 2 Total travel time: 13 hours Notes: Will take the 110 because does not want to arrive in Beijing too early as hotel room not available until 12 noon. Also wants to save one night’s accommodation, so departure time just right. Wants to be reasonably comfortable and can afford hard sleeper on this train. Business people: Budget: RMB 500 Train No.: 242 Soft sleeper: RMB499 Depart time: 19:21 Arrival time: 06:54 day 2 Total travel time: 11 hours 33 minutes Notes: Will take the 242 because want to arrive in Beijing early to make 8am meeting. Also wants to be reasonably comfortable and can afford soft sleeper on this train.

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