US-China Strong: Ambassador Nominations

Dear Parents and Students,

The US-China Strong organizations is once again recruiting students who want to act as ambassadors.  Many of you had students who participated last year.

Just like last year they are recruiting students who can encourage others to learn Mandarin and learn about China. Students are expected to share their story on social media and complete projects such as start a Chinese Language Club or host a Chinese Culture Night.  Students can design their own projects to get the word out about learning Mandarin. 

There are benefits for students such as participating in professional development webinars, receiving invitations to high-profile US-China relations events, putting on their resume that they were a US-China Strong Student Ambassador, and receiving a letter of recommendation from the foundation CEO.

This should be for mature students who are self-motivated.

I need to submit a list of interested students to the organization by September 16th, so please let me know by the 15th if you have any interested students.  

I've attached an explanatory guide to this email that you can share with students and parents.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and I hope to hear from you by the 15th of September.

Thanks,

 

 

 

 

Ellen

Ellen Knell, PhD

BYU Chinese Flagship

August 31 for Chinese Level 2 8th period

Today we learned the following new words

在…上面zài …shàng miàn

在…下面zài …xià miàn

在…前面zài …qián miàn

在…后面zài …hòu miàn

沙发shā fā

we first used PQA to introduced these new words and students created their own sentences on their dictionary form. Later students were given 10 minutes to work as pairs to practice the phrases.
Such as
Carli在Michael的前面。(Carlizài Michaelde qián miàn 。)
Michael在Carli的后面。(Michaelzài Carlide hòu miàn 。)


After that we read a story.

August 31 for Chinese Level 3 7th period

After we reviewed the old words we introduced the new ones. We showed quizlet's flashcards to clarify their English meanings. We used whiteboards to practice these characters and then we read a story.

For students to review the past three days vocabulary here is another quizlet to play.

August 30 & 31 Chinese LeveI 1 3rd & 5th period period

We learned the following new words

你(nǐ)的(de) 

我(wǒ)的(de) 

名(míng)字(zì) 

叫(jiào) 

什(shén)么(me)？

你(nǐ)的(de)名(míng)字(zì)叫(jiào)什(shén)么(me)?

我(wǒ)的(de)名(míng)字(zì)叫(jiào)….。

DLI 3 HONORS CHINESE 4TH PERIOD AUGUST 30

We learned new words

暑假

过得怎么样？

玩得

开心吗？

直飞

从上海到北京

We had fun time; using PQA to practice these words; such as
暑假过得怎么样？ 暑假做什么？
We tried to set up the quizlet account in class but with time limited we didn't finish all the tasks that the teacher planned.
However, we did the daily journal FINALLY. :)
I need to remember to do the CALENDAR every time students come in. Hopefully I won't forget it next time.
We didn't have an opportunity to read the story yet. We will do the reading next time.

HOMEWORK -
COPY DOWN THE WORDS IN CHINESE CHARACTERS FOR FIVE TIMES
READ POOR ANNA CHAPTER ONE TO YOUR PARENTS FOR 5 MINUTES.
PLAY QUIZLET VOCAB FOR 5 MINUTES
HAVE YOUR PARENTS SIGNED AND PROVED YOU'VE DONE THE WORK.

DLI 3 Honors Chinese 1st period August 30, 2016

We learned new words

暑假过得怎么样？

玩得开心吗？

直飞

从上海到北京

We had fun time; using PQA to practice these words; such as
暑假过得怎么样？ 暑假做什么？
We tried to set up the quizlet account in class but with time limited we didn't finish all the tasks that the teacher planned.
However, we did the daily journal FINALLY. :)
I need to remember to do the CALENDAR every time students come in. Hopefully I won't forget it next time.
We also read the story together.
HOMEWORK -
COPY DOWN THE WORDS IN CHINESE CHARACTERS FOR FIVE TIMES
READ POOR ANNA CHAPTER ONE TO YOUR PARENTS FOR 5 MINUTES.
PLAY QUIZLET VOCAB FOR 5 MINUTES
HAVE YOUR PARENTS SIGNED AND PROVED YOU'VE DONE THE WORK.

How do you get around the city in China?

I've been posting some video clips because we are talking about transportation. Last time we talked about how to get to "Disney" at 1st period; some of the students talked about they were going to take train, buses, drive, airplane, etc. One group of students shared that they were going to ride bicycles while one said she was going to ride a turtle. Here are some suggestions for people to get around cities in China.

This German guy's Chinese is amazing!!

Couldn't believe this German guy speaks Chinese so fluently and amazingly. When you are able to use the language to comment and express your thought in such a flow, your language proficiency is advance.

Video Clip for Transportation vocab

You may watch the video clip several times to be familiar with the transportation words.
One thing to say.. 坐火车 is a casual expression while you may use 搭乘火车 which is a more official and higher level expression.

Chinese Level 3 7th period August 29

1. Reviewed the old words 2. Introduced the new words with quizlet.com 3. PQA with the new words 4. Students practices new words with quizlet.com 5. We play kahoot twice with the new words. 6. We read the story. 7. Homework - read the story for 5 minutes to parents 8.

For Chinese Level 2 8th period August 29, 2016

Students were quite good today, quiet until we played Kahoot game. We had a little bit short of time; we had way too many problems about logging to the quizlet.com.
Last year students set up a quizlet account and unfortunately some students either forgot their username or password. I would suggest students to key in their username and password on their note app on their smart phone.

For Chinese Level I 3rd period & 5th period August 29, 2016

For Chinese Level 1 students,

1. We reviewed the old words.
2. Introduced the dictionary form
3. Copied down the new words on the board.
4. We used small whiteboards to practice the words
5. We played "Simon says.."
6. We played stand up and shout aloud.

You may go to the quizlet.com, sign up an account with your first name and last name's initial, and once you sign up successfully, please log into your account. On your left navigation, you will see "JOIN OR CREATE A CLASS", click it and then search the class named "SJH Chinese Level I 5th period," and then to join to the class. You will be able to practice the new words.

A story for DLI 3 Honors students - how much could you get out from the story!

http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3MTA3ODIyMw==&mid=2653743317&idx=1&sn=33e4e2b842da4eedb8eee5d184b532ae&scene=2&srcid=0827yRkWXFmYXvKPkPqShc4L&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0#wechat_redirect

Is it a fact or just a myth - Chinese is hard to learn?

http://blog.tutorming.com/mandarin-chinese-learning-tips/is-chinese-really-the-hardest-language?utm_campaign=Blog%20Readers%20-%20Mandarin%20Learning%20Tips&utm_content=36169028&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Welcome Back to School

Welcome Back!
This year is my first year teaching DLI 3 Honor students. I've met my students once or two. I felt honored to be their teacher; they are really awesome and great.


Today 1st period we worked on the dictionary form. Amazingly students created their own sentences and their own definition in Chinese characters. It did take a long while before I expected but I was so glad that they took the challenges. Of course there were several students who needed some help, which helped me be aware of their learning pace and of the adjustment that I needed to have to help them grown and learn.


For Chinese Level I students, we worked on the dictionary form as well but we played some games; such as Simon says, whiteboard and the stand-up-and-shout-aloud. We reviewed the greetings and learn 3 words on 停、走、跑。students were paying attention on the tones. We had fun time.


For 4th period students they seemed more active and outgoing than 1st period but generally most of them worked hard and did their best. We worked on the dictionary form; to clarify how to write the dictionary form we started over to teach and show. I heard a couple of students chatted in English. Too bad, huh?! We will work on that later. :) They are awesome!


Homework:


Each of the 1st period DLI 3Honors students received a copy of the novel - 可怜的安娜 (Poor Anna) this morning, so your homework would be ...
1. Read Chaper 1 to your parents for 5 minutes
2. Please pick up 5 words from DICTIONARY FOR 0826  and copy down the new words for five times on a sheet of lined paper. (Please click DICTIONARY FOR 0826 to acess the copy.)
3. Since we haven't set up the quizlet account, we are not going to have the quizlet assignment this week.


Each of the 4th period DLI 3Honors students didn't receive a copy of the novel - 可怜的安娜 (Poor Anna) today but here is the link (please see below) for the copy; your homework would be ...
Please click POOR ANNA CHAPTER ONE to access the copy
1. Read Chaper 1 to your parents for 5 minutes
2. Pick up 5 words on the dictionary form (please see below) and then copy down the new words for five times on a sheet of lined paper.
3. Since we haven't set up the quizlet account, we are not going to have the quizlet assignment this week.