Creative Chinese – 创意中文

Powerpoint

Mr. Bean goes on holiday – 豆先生的假期

This is a great Powerpoint presentation that shows images of Mr. Bean on holiday. Maggie Sproule of George Watson’s College in Edinburgh has kindly shared this presentation with the Creative Chinese website. Students are given question prompts that allow them to talk [Read more]

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Reading Chinese Characters

Building Blocks of characters – 部首

I previously posted a list of simple radicals that are essential for students to be able to explore characters. As teachers of Chinese we need to give our students the strategies for discovering the meaning of unknown characters. We cannot simply introduce characters and [Read more]

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Grammar

Grammar – 先….然后 Powerpoint

Introduce the sentence structure: 先……然后。 This powerpoint presentation explores how to use this sentence structure when talking [Read more]

Grammar – past tense Ppt 过

Download the presentation to teach your students about 过。 Students will learn how to say: I have eaten, I have been etc., At the end of the [Read more]

The Simpsons – Descriptions

This is a Powerpoint presentation that introduces students to descriptions like: thin, fat, good looking, ugly, smart, not so smart, old, etc., The [Read more]

A Family presentation

Most beginner students will present a short talk about their family. I usually include the short talk in the context of traveling to China on a [Read more]

Shuo – 说

Sometimes there are words in Chinese that just don’t stick! Words like: 马马虎虎 are always a big hit with students, but I have found that [Read more]

Measure words

Measure words are tricky and sometimes confusing! A lot of students get frustrated by the number of measure words, but I tend to keep the amount of [Read more]

Teaching Ideas

Connected Classrooms Project

What is the Connected Classrooms Project? REGISTER your Classroom for free here! Connected Classrooms is a school project that allows Chinese language classrooms to connect with other classrooms from all around the world. Teachers may register their class below to begin the project. Where are the Classrooms from? Teachers from all over the world will [Read more]

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Vocabulary

Mr. Bean goes on holiday – 豆先生的假期

This is a great Powerpoint presentation that shows images of Mr. Bean on holiday. Maggie Sproule of George Watson’s College in Edinburgh has [Read more]

How do you start your Chinese lessons?

A great way to start a Chinese language lesson! Jess McCulloch uses a chant to use Chinese and settle down for the language lesson. [Read more]

Easter resources

小白兔 Song 小白兔，白又白， 两只耳朵竖起来。 爱吃萝卜爱吃菜， 蹦蹦跳跳真可爱。 Download the Lyrics for ‘The [Read more]

Building Blocks of characters – 部首

I previously posted a list of simple radicals that are essential for students to be able to explore characters. As teachers of Chinese we need to [Read more]

Pinyin – The Father of 拼音

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Writing Characters

Diary Writing – 日记 – FREE

Teachers of Chinese sometimes restrict the writing of Chinese to just copying characters and writing sentences written by the teacher. This is of [Read more]

Building Blocks of characters – 部首

I previously posted a list of simple radicals that are essential for students to be able to explore characters. As teachers of Chinese we need to [Read more]

Your parents have just bought a luxurious hotel… (FREE)

How can you grab the attention of your students AND engage them in meaningful learning? A few years ago, I had a particularly difficult class of High [Read more]

Creative Chinese Store now open

Over the years, I have developed many resources for the teaching and learning of Chinese. Below are just a few of the materials I have created for [Read more]

A Chinese Place-mat for students

My 18 students have just finished 8 weeks of learning Chinese and I must say I am so impressed with their progress. Next week we are celebrating our [Read more]

Email – start off early!

More and more teachers of Chinese are integrating technology into their teaching of Chinese. Students are engaged and challenged when given a [Read more]

App for your Chinese Classroom – FREE

There are many Apps that enhance the learning of Chinese, however the Apps I like the best encourage students to think creatively and apply what they [Read more]

A Visit to Nanjing

This brand new Powerpoint presentation introduces students to a conversation on a train between two people going to Nanjing. New Vocabulary includes [Read more]