Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Zai Jian

Hi, I am leaving tomorrow moring and I am sure I will miss you all. Here are somethings I want you to do while I am gone:

1. Make sure that you practice vocabularies of Lesson 3. You did well during class, I want to see you putting some efforts after the class.

2. Student podcasting teaching will be Anna for tomorrow. Next, I have Jon to start a new round.

3. Please make sure that you listen to the CD of the Textbook as well as the Workbook as we are making progress.

Take care,

Gao laoshi

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Oct. 16, 2008. Thursday

Class summary:

1. During class, we spent time creating a dialogue between "you" and a famous Chinese celebrity of your choice. The main purpose of this project to get you familiarized with Chinese greetings, asking questions and giving answers. It is an great alternative to a less engaging drilling practice.

2. Our student teacher Phoebe did a lesson from Chinesepod on "pretty ugly" . Great job!

Homework:
Today: I have corrected your in-class project and returned via email to each one of you. Please go over it and put correct name( may be in Pin Yin if you are not sure about the person's Chinese name in character)for your celebrity friend.

Tomorrow: If you haven't done so, please read Textbook 20-23. Then do the listening practice on CD for workbook 3,4,5.

Oct.16, 2008, Thursday

Agenda:
1. Chinesepod casting and student teaching.
2. Review Lesson 2 with excercise on page 18-19 of the textbook.

Homework:
1. Workbook Lesson 2, Question 3, 4, 5 on page 7. This is a listening and pronounciation practice.
2. Read textbook page 20-23 for grammar and basic Chinese character writing.