A journey to the East

Liz Fotheringham

St George’s School Harpenden(A new Confucius classroom)

lizfotheringham1@yahoo.co.ukhttp://lizfotheringham.wordpress.com

www.wordle.net

What are we trying to achieve?

Math

1st link with partner School (BHMS) in

China established – April 2007

Maths teachers’ visit

to BHMS 2008

2nd school PartnershipEstablished

(SBS)2008

Music teacher

Chinese gov. study award

2009

Year 12Visit to ChinaSummer 2007

Mandarin ClubKS3 and KS5September

2007

KS5 History

George HoggCurriculum

project2008

A whole school approach

Year 7 English Year 7 History

Languages teacher

Chinese gov. study award

2010

New Confucius Classroom

2010

World challenge

SBSVisit from

BHMS2011

1st Year 7 China Day

2009

Year 7 Geography

School partnerships

• 2007 Beijing Huiwen Middle School• 2008 Shandan Bailie School•

History

The George Hogg story

English

• Martial arts (PE)• Hogg history • Mahjong (Maths)• Chinese Music (Music)• Calligraphy• Mandarin• Drama (English)

Year 7 China Day

• Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ x2• 两只老虎• Pǎode kuài x 2• 跑得快

• Yīzhī méi yǒu ěr duo• 一只没有耳朵• Yīzhī méi yǒu wěi ba• 一只没有尾巴

• Zhēn qí guài x2• 真奇怪

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Across the curriculum

• Maths – Mahjong• Food technology –

Chinese food club• Business Studies• Art• Geography

Summer camps

Key stage 5• 3 classes a week for

year 12• 1 class for year 13• Asset languages

qualification

Key stage 3/4• Lunch time club

Learning Chinese – what we offer

Challenges• Linguistic challenges • No native teacher• Attendance• Time• Continuity

Solutions• Content - focus on cultural

interest• Emphasis on oral work• Promotion of independent

learning • Use of ICT and online tools

to support learning

Language lessons – organising learning

• Festivals• Food• Traditions• Places• People• Superstitions• Characters

Content – cultural focus

• Use of online video/audio to support skills development

• Transactional language• Kinaesthetic activities – card sorting games• Songs• Role plays

Emphasis on oral work

PronounsI - wŏ 我you - nĭ 你you (polite) nín - 您he - tā 他she - tā 她it - tā 它we - wŏmen 我们you - nĭmen 你们they - tāmen 他们 / 她们

Numbersyī 一 oneèr 二 twosān 三 threesì 四 fourwǔ 五 fiveliù 六 sixqī 七 sevenbā 八 eightjiŭ 九 nineshí 十 tenshíyī 十一 elevenshí’èr 十二 twelveèrshí 二十 twentyèrshíyī 二十一 twenty oneèrshíèr 二十二 twenty twosānshíyī 三十一 thirty onewǔshí 五十 fiftyyìbǎi 一百 one hundred

Nǐ hǎo 你好 helloNǐ hǎo ma? 你好吗？ How are youHĕn hǎo 很好 Very wellMǎmǎ hūhū 马马虎虎 so soBù hǎo 不好 Not goodZài jiàn 再见 good bye, see you againBù cuò 不错 not bad/pretty goodHái kĕyǐ 还可以 OK pretty goodXièxie 谢谢 Thank youNín gùi xìng 您贵姓 What is your (honourable) surname?nǐ jiào shénme (Míngzi)? 你叫什么 What’s your name?nǐ jiào ………ma? 你叫。。。。。吗？ Are you called….?Wǒ jiào……. 我叫 I’m called ….Wǒ xìng….. 我姓 My name (surname) is..Nǐ ne? 你呢？ And you……duōshǎo qián 多少钱 how much is that?qián 钱 moneykuài/yuán 块 / 元 dollar/renmibi/yuan (Chinese currency)yìbǎi kuài qián 一百块钱 100 dollarsqǐngwèn 请问 May I ask.. (polite way of asking question)guì 贵 Expensivetài guì le 太贵了 Too expensive!

Nǐ kǒukě ma? 你口渴吗？ Are you thirsty?

Nǐ è ma? 你饿吗？ Are you hungry?

Nǐ lèi ma? 你累吗？ Are you tired?

Nǐ máng ma? 你忙吗？ Are you busy?shéi 谁 who?

Ne 呢 for questions where subject has already been mentionedYĕ 也 alsoShénme 什么 whatMíngzi 名字 name/first nameLǎoshī 老师 teacherRén 人 personZhè 这 thisNǎ 哪 what? Which?

Verbs

Shì 是 to be/am/is/are

Qù 去 to go Xǐhuān 喜欢 to likeYào 要 to want/needHē 喝 to drinkChī 吃 to eatXiǎng 想 to want to/would like toJiào 叫 be named/called Xìng 姓 surname/family name

Time expressionsshàngwǔ 上午 morningzǎoshang 早上 morningxiàwǔ 下午 afternoonwǎnshàng 晚上 eveningxìanzaì 现在 nowdǐan (zhōng) 点（钟） o’clockbàn 半 halfkè 刻 quarterfēn 分 minutechà 差 to be short of; lackmíngtiān 明天 tomorrowzuótiān 昨天 yesterdayjīnnían 今年 this year míngnían 明年 next year Yuè 月 month; moonyī yuè 一月 Januaryèr yuè 二月 FebruaryXīngqīyī 星期一 MondayXīngqīèr 星期二 TuesdayXīngqīrì 星期日 SundayXīngqītiān 星期天 Sundayjīntiān shì xīngqīyī 今天是星期一 today is MondayShēngri 生日 birthdayWǒde 我的 my/mine

CountriesZhōngguó 中国 ChinaYīngguó 英国 BritainMĕiguó 美国 AmericaFǎguó 法国 FranceÉguó 俄国 RussiaDéguó 德国 GermanyRìbĕn 日本 Japan

Drinks咖啡 kāfēi coffee茶 chá tea红茶 hóngchá black tea

绿茶 lǜchá green tea水 shuǐ water葡萄酒 pútaojiǔ wine啤酒 píjiǔ beer橙汁 chéngzhī orange juice橘汁 júzhī orange juice可乐 kĕlè cola

你 好 Nǐ hǎo

早上 好 Zǎo shang hǎo

晚上 好 Wǎnshang hǎo

我喜欢喝wŏ xǐhuān hē

咖啡kāfēi

茶 chá

水 shuǐ

我妈妈Wŏ māmā

还是háishì

红茶 hóngchá

绿茶 lǜchá

花茶 huāchá

橘汁júzhī.

水 shuǐ.

咖啡kāfēi.

八点 bā diăn.

七点 qī diăn

六点 liù diăn

我不喜欢喝wŏ bù xǐhuān hē

牛奶 niúnǎi.

可乐 kělè.

橙汁 chéngzhī.

喜欢喝xǐhuān hē

早饭 zǎofàn

午饭 wǔfàn

晚饭 wǎnfàn

我们Wŏmen

吃晚饭chī wǎnfàn.

Songs

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7laBfy89qK8

• http://v.ku6.com/show/x_osCitAxPxYWsuc.html

• http://chinesepod.com/lessons/colors-song• http://kid.chinese.cn/rhymes/article/2011-02/

23/content_229528.htm

• Dictionary use• Character recognition• Use of ICT and school’s VLE

Promoting independent language learning

谁 哪儿 要 什么 shéi năr yào shénme

哪个字不词于 ? Nă ge cí bù shŭyú?

晚上 喜欢 明天 今年 wănshang xĭhuan míngtiān jīnnián

这个字的笔画多少？ Zhè ge zì de bĭhuà duō shăo

做会喜

这个字 有什么部首？ Zhè ge zì yŏu shénme bùshǒu?

做会喜

亻人口

Working out the meaning and pronunciation of a character

• Identify the radical• Find the number of the radical at the front of

your dictionary• Count the number of other strokes• Look up in the character index of your

dictionary• Look character up in the Pinyin section of your

dictionary.

轮到你了。。 Lúndào nĭ le….

• 去• 说• 吃• 星• 花• 红• 要 • 喝 

• qù• shuō• chī• xī• huā• hóng• yào • hē

一 二 三 四

红 hóng 我 也 他 你绿 lǜ 好 九 五 七白 bái 妈妈 妹妹 哥哥 姐姐蓝 lán 是 吗 有 要黄 huáng 日本 香港 中国 英国 黑 hēi 医生 老师 学校 学生

哪个词不属于 ? Nă ge cí bù shŭyú?

Use of ICT to support learning

http://www.nciku.com/

http://chinesepod.com/

http://www.chinese-tools.com/http://mylo.dcsf.gov.uk/

http://english.cntv.cn/learnchinese/

http://www.youtube.com/

http://www.newconceptmandarin.comhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinesehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/

http://popupchinese.com

http://eurotalk.com/en/

Useful websites

I really like learning about a completely different

language, which is unlike any language I have learnt before.

I wanted to learn Mandarin because it was a language that was

completely unrelated to the kind of languages I was familiar with, and I

was interested to see how the language, particularly the characters

worked. Also the China trip sounded amazing!

I enjoy learning Mandarin as I find different cultures

interesting.

I really like learning about a completely different

language, which is unlike any language I have learnt before.

I enjoy learning about a culture and language which are so different to ours. It is interesting and challenging

but I feel it’s worth it to learn a unique skill I’d never get

otherwise.

I really like learning about a completely different language, which is unlike any language I

have learnt before.

I enjoy learning Mandarin because of

all the cool characters.

I enjoy learning languages and since I didn’t want to take a language for A level I thought taking up

Mandarin would be fun and is. It would also look good on my UCAS application.

I think learning Mandarin is

interesting and it is useful to know. It is also a unique skill to

have.

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Lao Tzu

Liz Fotheringhamhttp://lizfotheringham.wordpress.com

lizfotheringham1@yahoo.co.uk

谢谢