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1.2 Oral Expression

Mandarin Chinese · Grade 7 · 3 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Nuclear family titles: 爸爸, 妈妈, 哥哥, 弟弟, 姐姐, 妹妹, 爷爷, 奶奶, 外公, 外婆
  • Professions: 老师, 医生, 司机, 警察, 护士, 农民
  • Questions: 你们家有几口人? 爷爷做什么工作? Name, age and job of family members

What you will be able to do

  • identify familiar family and job words in simple conversations
  • use family and profession vocabulary to introduce nuclear family members

Key questions

“How does varied vocabulary help in effective communication?”

Lessons

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  1. Who is at home?
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Name nuclear family members and answer 你们家有几口人? with 口 as the measure word.
  2. Jobs in the family
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Hear and say 老师, 医生, 司机, 警察, 护士, 农民 and match a short description to the title.
  3. Introducing my family
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Introduce nuclear family members by name, age and profession; ask 爷爷做什么工作?