Download the Writing grids to help students learn to write Chinese characters.
16 characters worksheet to get started
16 characters example
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When teaching the Chinese words for float and sink, make sure there is a lot of hands on experiences. After the whole group has observed how to experiment with ... Read More...
Students will have fun searching through Chinese characters to find easy radicals.
They will also use the basic characters they learn, to write a Chinglish s... Read More...
Bubble characters allow students to color the Chinese characters as a pre-writing activity.
Bubble_ animals
Bubble_ body
Bubble_ colors
Bubble_ eat
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Many classrooms have a large Word Wall in the classroom. This helps students to refer to new vocabulary easily. Why not use a personal Word Wall? Download the t... Read More...
Students learn to write well, by...writing. They need to be given the opportunity to write letters, notes, labels, signs, messages etc.,
Once students have b... Read More...
SPEAKING
TOPIC: Leisure, Youth Interests and Chinese Festivals
Chinese New Year - Students will explore Chinese New Year - traffic problems, special food, h... Read More...
Learning Chinese characters doesn't need to be hard. Use this Chinese Zodiac characters worksheet to help students remember each animal word by using pictures.
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A good activity to help students write 福 is below.
Download the Writing sheet here. Students will use this worksheet to decorate the 红包.
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Use this Vocabulary Mat when you start a new theme.
Vocabulary includes:
Countries
Verbs
Sports
Colors
Days of week
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Writing characters is sometimes difficult for beginner students. View the PDF below to get tips on how to introduce writing in the Chinese classroom. Writing sh... Read More...
Recognizing words in text (PDF) - Students will use an authentic sign from China to identify radicals - building blocks of characters.
Exploring words - Stud... Read More...
Exploring_components - Students will dissect a complex character into it's parts - radicals.
Classifying_component_meanings - 48 basic radicals. Students wil... Read More...
Download the Top Secret Mission
Students will be given lots of character cards and find things that are the same and different about them.... Read More...
Use this simple t shirt template for students to write an introduction about themselves.
1. 你好
2. 我叫
3. 我 ___岁
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Introduce characters and allow students to use Chinglish to write stories. Chinglish is part English and part Chinese.
Students can write stories and use the... Read More...
Use the worksheet below to describe each monster. Students can use Chinese to describe eyes, ears, nose, legs etc., and another student can guess which monster ... Read More...
Before any Chinese characters are introduced I allow students to discover the space that the characters take up. We then look at parts of characters that are bu... Read More...
Use this cartoon worksheet for students to draw and write their own characters and speech bubbles. Students will use: 你姓什么 and 你叫什么名字？
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I start Chinglish writing in the first week. Students can use English and Chinese characters to write in a Journal. This breaks down barriers to writing charact... Read More...
This is a great activity for older students. After viewing the Mid-Autumn Festival Ppt and learning about the customs of this event, students will write a lette... Read More...
Download the Chinese Calligraphy Quiz and instructions for students to create their own Calligraphy masterpiece!
Chinese_Calligraphy ACTIVITY
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The first stage in teaching characters to students, is to focus on the shape and components.
See below for the stages I use to introduce characters. I print ... Read More...
Before students even begin to write characters with a pencil or pen, I encourage them to try some tactile activities so they can get a feel for the strokes and ... Read More...
Starting off the new school year introducing Chinese radicals and simple characters is essential. It is important to break down the barrier that some students f... Read More...
