Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:Ruirui Zhang

Day and Date: 4^th/5^th November

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):  Intermediate/Advanced Class

Class theme/topics discussed: Social Media

Goal of the class:

• To learn about common social media in China
• To analyze the pros and cons of the use of social media in Chinese
• To master some common vocabulary related to social media, like post(发)/follow（关注）/click like(点赞)etc.

How did you structure the class?

• Warm up:  The teacher will start the lesson by asking some questions:
• What social media do you usually use?
• What do you do on social media?
• Imagine what it will be like without social media?
• Activity 1:  Fill in the questionnaire and share it with your partner. (8minutes)

Then the teacher will go through the questionnaire with students and guide students to discuss the pros and cons of the use of the social media.

• Activity 2 : Try to use Wechat.

We will experience multiple functions on Wechat.

Students can post the first moment on Wechat in Chinese and share it with others.

• Close lesson: The teacher will close the lesson by asking learnt questions to help students review.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Handout

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Students love to share their opinions about social Media. And we had fun using China’s Wechat.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

关于社交媒体使用的调查问卷

Q1：您平时使用社交媒体吗？

 a)是

 b)否

Q2：您平常使用什么社交媒体？

 a)微信(Wechat)

 b)微博(Weibo)

 c)QQ

 d)INSTAGRAM

 e)FACEBOOK

 f)其他________

Q3：您平常什么时候使用社交媒体？

 a)起床后或睡觉前

 b)吃饭时

 c)上课时

 d)学习间隙

 e)闲暇休息时

 f)其他___________________

Q4：您一天之内会在社交媒体上花多长时间？

 a)0-1个小时

 b)1-3小时

 c)3-5个小时

 d)5个小时以上

Q5：您会在哪些地方使用这些社交媒体？

 a)宿舍

 b)教室

 c)食堂

 d)图书馆

 e)其他________________________

Q6：您一般使用社交媒体做什么？

  a) 消磨时间

 b)获得资讯（information）

 c)与朋友家人交流，联系

  d)记录自己的生活

 e)其他________________________

Q7：您认为使用这些社交媒体对自己有什么不良影响？

 a)影响身体健康

 b)影响学习

  c)浪费时间

 d)现实社交活动减少

 e)被虚假信息欺骗

 f)其他________________________

Q8：总的来说，您对社交媒体的态度是？

 a)利大于弊                   b)弊大于利                   c)中立

Language Resident Name: Ruirui Zhang

Day and Date: 11th November, Monday/12^th November,Tuesday

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):  Intermediate/Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: China Double 11(Single’s day)

Goal of the class:

• To know about China Double 11 or Singles Day.
• To learn some vocabulary related to singles day and online shopping.
• To improve the oral level by interview and debate.

How did you structure the class?

• Warm up:  The teacher will start the lesson by asking questions showing in the presentation:

1.China Double 11 is also called __________.

2.In Chinese, single could be called single_______.(Dog, cat or duck?)

Singles day or Guanggun Jie (Chinese: 光棍节) is a shopping holiday popular among young Chinese people^[1] that celebrate their pride in being single. The date, November 11 (11/11), was chosen because the number “1” resembles an individual who is alone. The holiday has also become the largest offline and online shopping day in the world, 

• Provide input:

Show students the vocabulary related to online shopping and singles day by presentation, like discount , online shopping and very new online new words such as “single dog” “sprinkle dog food”;

• Activity 1:    Interview in pairs and know about your partner’s opinion about being single and shopping habits. (Please see the following attached handout. )

Then the teacher will briefly go through the questions with students and let everyone share their opinion. Meanwhile, compare Double 11 with Black Friday and Cyber Monday to help students understand Double 11 better.

              Activity 2 : Debate : which one is better, being single or making boyfriend/girlfriend?

              The class is divided into two groups. One goes for being single. The other support that to have a

              boyfriend or girlfriend is better than being single.

              Students from two groups take turns to debate until one group couldn’t have reasons to

              contradict.(This activity is for advanced class)

Close lesson: The teacher will close the lesson by  showing students a song called <<Dan shen qing ge>>(The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEvJqxJs8pw)

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

• Handout & Presentation

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Students love this topic. They were happy to know about some online new words. And they were engaged well in the debate. The debate made students be more active to talk.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Interview handout:

 1.你的大多数朋友都是单身吗？

2.你觉得怎么可以脱单？

3.你喜欢网购吗？你网购时，一般会买什么？

4.你觉得购物会让你变开心吗？

   你不开心时，会购物吗？

   如果你不开心，你会做什么让自己开心？

 5. 你在“黑色星期五（Black Friday）”会剁手吗？

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Ruirui Zhang

Day and Date: 4^th December (Wednesday) /5^th December (Thursday)

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):  Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Interview

Goal of the class:

 To learn some expressions related to interview.

To improve conversational skills pretending that you were employers or employees.

 How did you structure the class?

1.Warm up:  Ask students whether they have had an experience of interview before and share it with others.

Activity 1: Work in group of four for the interview of language resident. Two students will be interviewers and two will be interviewee. Imagine what questions you will be asked if you want to apply for the position of Language Resident? And How will you respond to those questions?

3.Provide Input: Go through some important expressions provided by the presentation with students. So students will learn some vocabulary and phrase related to interview.

Activity 2: Work in pairs. Imagine one of you are applying for ideal job, which could be     whatever you like. The other will be interviewer. The interview will go according to the interview sheet.

4.Close the lesson:  Pick one or two groups to model the “interview”. And emphasize on the unfamiliar words for students.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

• Handout &Presentation

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

The activities worked very well and students were very engaged. I recommend this topic for other LRs.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Handout :

 面试官：________  

你好，欢迎来参加面试。

1. 请问, 你叫什么名字？
2. 你是哪里人？ 你现在住哪里？
3. 你认为自己是什么性格的人？

你性格比较内向（introverted）还是比较外向（extroverted）？

• 你有什么特别的优点和缺点吗？
• 你和别人相处（get along with others）得怎么样？
• 你的爱好是什么？
• 你空闲时间一般做什么？

• 你毕业于哪所大学？你在大学主修的专业是什么？
• 你获得了什么学位？
• 你大学的成绩如何？

1. 你有相关的工作经验吗？你做过哪些工作？
2. 你为什么想应聘（yìng pìn）这个工作？你为什么认为你能胜任这个工作？
3. 你期待的薪资是多少？

好了，面试到此结束，谢谢你来参加我们的面试！

  求职者:_____ 应聘工作:_________

你好，我叫______，我毕业于_________大学，我在大学主修的专业是_______，我 现在获得了我的（学士/硕士/博士）学位。 因为______________________(对这个工作感兴趣/专业/工作经验等等)，所以我想申请这个工作。

请问，我什么时候能知道你们的决定？期待听到你们的消息。

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

03/12&13/2019

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, intermediate and Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed:

Learn the song <the same song>(tongyishouge)

Goal of the class:

To Practice their oral Chinese skills. Practice Chinese listening skills. Learn about new vocabulary and learn to sing this Chinese song.

How did you structure the class?

1. Play song, let them practice listening, write the lyrics they hear and fill it in the blanks in pinyin or Chinese characters.
2. Help students correct mistakes, tell them the meaning of the new vocabulary.
3. Teach them to sing the song. And put culture inputs such as how to pronounce 的 and 了 in a song.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

 PowerPoint, YouTube

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Students really enjoyed the class, practiced their listening skills. Learned new words and how to sing a Chinese song, everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

《同一首歌》

1. 鮮花曾(   ) (   ) (   ), 你（   ）（   ）走過。

大地（   ）（   ）你心中的（    ）（     ）（     ）（     ）（     ），

（     ）（     ）的夢啊，誰（     ）（     ）（      ）（    ）（     ）。

 （     ）（     ）迎來（     ）（     ）這歡聚時刻。

• 水千條山萬座（    ）（    ）（     ）（     ）（     ）。

每一次（     ）（    ）和（     ）（      ）都彼此銘刻，

在（     ）（     ）燦爛歡樂的日子裡。

（     ）（      ）（     ）（     ）（    ）啊，想（    ）的（     ）（     ）。

3． 星光灑滿了所有的（     ）（      ），（      ）（      ）走遍了（     ）（     ）的（     ）（     ）。

   同樣的（    ）（     ）給了（     ）（     ）同樣的（      ）（     ），

   同樣的（     ）（     ）給了（     ）（     ）同一首歌。

4. （    ）（    ）想滲透所有的（     ）（    ），

   （     ）（     ）把友好的（     ）（     ）傳說。

  同樣的（    ）（     ）給了（     ）（     ）同樣的（      ）（     ），

   同樣的（     ）（     ）給了（     ）（     ）同一首歌

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

02/06/2019

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed:

 Debate Competition (Life issues)

Goal of the class:

To practice their oral Chinese skills.

How did you structure the class?

1. There are two questions 1) For the growth of children, the family or the community impact more? 2) University education should be guided by the market (market-oriented) or should not be guide market?
2. Students work in two groups. each group has four students. Each team has their first debater and second debater. Follow the rule you told to your students.

What technology, media or props did you use? (Internet, resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

 PowerPoint

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

This class is very challenging for the students, but they really enjoyed the class, practiced their spoken and explanatory abilities. Learned new words. Everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

01/28&29/2018

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, Intermediate/Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed:

Self introduction and game.

Goal of the class:

This lesson plan is good for the first class. By the end of this class, students will be able to know all the students (including you ) in this class and remember their name. etc.

How did you structure the class?

1. Students work in one group. One student introduces her/him selves with name (Chinese and English name), how long have they studied Chinese? What is their hobby, Chinese food and movie?
2. After first student introduce her/him self, the second student should repeat the first student’s information and then introduce her/him self, the third student should introduce the fist student and the second one. And so on, all the students will get to remember others name and some personal information.
3. Game: Cat catch mouse, students works in one group, play this game. A fox tail toy is cat. A cup with questions inside is mouse. Cat take around the body one time, mouse take two times. When the cat and mouse hold by the same person, that person should pick up one question in the cup and answer it in Chinese.
4. By the end of the class, teacher asks students to write done the things they want to talk about in this class, and what kind of activities they would like to see during the Study Breaks and Cultural Activities.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

 PowerPoint, Chinese background music

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Students really enjoyed the class, after one class they knew all the classmates in their class. Everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, Intermediate and advance

Class theme/topics discussed:

Game: Who is the spy

Goal of the class:

Practice students’ oral Chinese skills

How did you structure the class?

The game: Who is the spy

This game will help students practice the skill of using Chinese to describe a thing.

8 students, 8 cards with pictures (7 of them is A, 1 of them is B, B is the spy) for example, A is ORANGE, B is LEMON.
Everyone has a card and doesn’t let other players know what you get.
Everyone needs to say a word or a sentence to describe what you get in turns. You cannot directly say the word you get. The purpose of your describing is to make players who have the same card with you know you are not the spy. At the same time, you can’t make the spy know what you get. What’s more, yourself don’t know if you are the spy or not. If you are the spy, your purpose is to make others think you are on their side. It means that you need to make others think you have the same card with them and the spy is someone else.
After everyone describes for a round, I will say three, two, one, and everyone point to someone who you think is the spy. Who get the most votes die.

If there are only 3 players alive, the spy wins. Or, the spy loses.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

Cards with pictures

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

The students truly love this game, they had fun and learned a lot of new words.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: 

Debate Competition

Goal of the class:

To Practice student’s oral Chinese skills.

How did you structure the class?

1. There are two questions: 1) The family or community, which influence more during the growth of a child? 2) University education should be market-oriented or should not be mark-oriented?
2. There are two teams, each consisting of two or three speakers.
   1) Each team has two or three constructive speeches and two to three rebuttal speeches. The affirmative gives the first constructive speech, and therebuttals alternate: negative, affirmative, negative, affirmative. Theaffirmative has both the first and last speeches of the debate.
   2) When worded as a proposition of policy, the topic requires the affirmativeto support some specified action by some particular individual or group. The affirmative has the right to make any reasonable definition of each of the terms of the proposition. If the negative challenges the reasonableness of a definition by the affirmative, the judge must accept the definition of the team that shows better grounds for its interpretation of the term.
3. The affirmative must advocate everything required by the topic itself. No revision of position of a team is permitted during the debate.
4. Who asserts must prove. In order to establish an assertion, the team must support it with enough evidence and logic to convince an intelligent but previously uninformed person that it is more reasonable to believe the assertion than to disbelieve it. Facts must be accurate. Visual materials are permissible, and once introduced, they become available for the opponents’ use if desired.
5. In the questioning period, the questioner may ask any fair, clear question that has a direct bearing on the debate. The questioner may use the period to build up any part of his own case, to tear down any part of his opposition’s case, or to ascertain facts, such as the opposition’s position on a certain issue, that can be used later in the debate. The questioner must confine himself to questions and not make statements, comments, or ask rhetorical questions.
    Each speaker is questioned as soon as he concludes his constructive speech. The witness must answer the questions without consulting his colleagues.
6.  No new constructive arguments may be introduced in the rebuttal period. The affirmative must, if possible, reply to the major negative arguments before the last rebuttal.
7. The judge(You) must base his decision entirely on the material presented, without regard for other material which he may happen to possess.
8. Any gains made outside of the established procedure are disallowed.

What technology, media or props did you use? (Internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

 PowerPoint and rules of debate in Chinese

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Students really enjoyed the class, practiced their spoken and explanatory abilities. Learned new words. Everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

04/2/2018 & 04/3/2018

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, Intermediate & Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed:

Make a kite

Goal of the class:

Make a kite and know how to say different tools in Chinese.

How did you structure the class?

1. Preparation of raw materials for making a kite.
2. Tell students all raw materials and tools words in Chinese. Tell them the steps for making a kite.
3. Let them make their own kite in 30 mins and go outside to fly the kite they made.

 What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

  PowerPoint,youtube video.

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

      Students really enjoyed this class, know how to speak different tools in Chinese.  During the outdoor time,  everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

04/19/2018

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, advanecd

Class theme/topics discussed:

Tongue twister

Goal of the class:

To Practice their oral Chinese skills.

How did you structure the class?

1. Prepare some Chinese tongue twister, not too long or too short.
2. Guide everyone to read these tongue twister several times，let everyone guess what it means first and later tell them. Make some small piece of paper with numbers and let each student draw one. The number on the note is the tongue twister they are going to say.
3. Tell them the rules of the game, follow the rhythm of the teacher’s clap, from slow to fast.  Everyone should say their tongue twister in this rule: “I do not say + their tongue twister, I say+    randomly picking one’s tongue twister in the classroom”. The selected student repeats this sentence and “give” it to the next student. As the rhythm gets faster, saying the tongue twisters are getting faster and faster. Students often laugh by their mistakes.
4. Teacher asks student the tongue twister they know in other languages, let them introduce it to their classmates.

 What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

  PowerPoint

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

      Students really enjoyed saying tongue twister, practiced their spoken Chinese and explanatory abilities. They laughed all the time and learned new words. Everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

02/22/2018

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, advanecd

Class theme/topics discussed:

 Role play

Goal of the class:

To Practice their oral Chinese skills.

How did you structure the class?

1. Prepare some actors, famous person, cartoon characters, animals, sights photos.
2. Divide students into two groups, each person pick up one picture and draws a role. Each group took another picture of one animal and Everyone uses the selected photos to arrange a play，show for everyone..

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

 PowerPoint

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

      Students really enjoyed making the play, practiced their spoken and explanatory abilities. Their stories  were very funny, they all laughed and learned new words. Everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

03/21/2018

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, Intermediate & Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed:

Telephone

Goal of the class:

Improve student’s spoken Chinese ability

How did you structure the class?

1. Prepare some interesting English blogs, connect with “weirdest roommates that are impossible not to laugh at…or live with”. Because living with roommates has become the norm for many people, as house prices rise and living alone just doesn’t make financial sense anymore. Depending on your personality it can either be a joy of shared fun, food and life experiences; or a nightmare of unwashed dishes, bad smells and empty toilet paper rolls. 
2. Give some student several fun printed blogs. Ask them work in pairs, let the student who got the printed blog tell their partner the stories they saw. This partner tells the same story to the third person and the third tells the fourth person. The fourth student tell the story to the class and then the first student tell everyone the story he/she told is changed or not.

 What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

 PowerPoint, background music.

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

      Students really enjoyed this class, improved their spoken Chinese ability and everyone was involved and had fun.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name:

JING XU

Day and Date:

02/14/2018

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Chinese, Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed:

  My favorite…

Goal of the class:

Let students use the sentence “my favorite…” and discuss some of their favorite things.

How did you structure the class?

Let the students worked in pairs and discussed their favorite animal, book, actor, actress, a person, movie, class, city, country, story with their partner…

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

PowerPoint, useful Chinese website:

 Google documents and Youtube.

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

How could this class be improved/ modified?

No

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.