The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) is a cluster assessment featuring three tasks, each of which reflects one of the three modes of communication:
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The Bloom's Taxonomy Tasks are selected to show the lower thinking skills to higher order thinking skills:
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
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Gone are the days when teachers stood at the front of the class and students learned individually. Research over the years shows that learning is a social activ... Read More...
Have you always wanted to learn Chinese and thought it was too hard or you didn't have the time to learn a new language?
Duh!Chinese courses are for adults... Read More...
A few years back, the language teacher would plan lessons, teach the students, and then assess the students. The teacher rarely shared learning outcomes or crit... Read More...
Communication Strategies
Personal contact, including conferences, home visits, telephone calls, and curriculum nights or open houses, seems to be the most ef... Read More...
I Can...Statements can be used to introduce the theme: My Family. Print and cut out each Statement for students. They can be attached to a ring or stored in an ... Read More...
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Very often teachers don't have time to attend conferences to keep up to date with the latest methods of tea... Read More...
The usual way of teaching Chinese is linear. Students learn topics like: family, me, ages, nationalities etc., The Thematic approach to teaching Chinese is diff... Read More...
Hang in there!
You are half way through the school year and it's been a battle. Some students continue to disrupt the class, others call out, and even some s... Read More...
Use the video Peppa Pig And Lunch to introduce students to the theme: I Like/Don't Like.
Peppa and her brother go to their grandparents house to have lunch. ... Read More...
Creative Chinese organizes conferences, workshops, training sessions, and e-learning for teachers, school heads, and organizations. A complete list of these, al... Read More...
Character Sentence Cards are great for Work Stations where students rotate to complete different activities.
The Sentence Cards can be printed and each chara... Read More...
Whatever topic or theme you are teaching, one of the most engaging ways for students to demonstrate their learning is to write a Rap. Students will choose their... Read More...
Character Sentence Cards are great for Work Stations where students rotate to complete different activities.
The Sentence Cards can be printed and each chara... Read More...
Essential Questions are the focus of Personalized Learning. Students are encouraged to develop questions that they want to explore.
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As we move toward Personalized Learning in the Chinese classroom, our role as teachers need to change.
We move from:
Teachers plan topics or themes to t... Read More...
Successful learning in the Chinese classroom won't happen with passive students. All students need to be encouraged to think about their learning, and be engage... Read More...
Theme:Â Sounds and Vibrations
LESSON PLANS
Download the Good Vibrations / Sounds Unit of Work
Students will observe what makes sounds and vibrations.
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Theme: Change
LESSON PLANS
Download Unit of Work: Change Chinese (27 pages)
Students will observe and tell how frogs, butterflies, and human beings grow an... Read More...