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2.9 Reading for Understanding

Mandarin Chinese · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Local facilities: 医院, 教堂, 清真寺, 面包店, 超市, 邮局, 饭店, 肉店
  • Location words: 对面, 后面, 附近, 前面, 旁边
  • Comprehension of a simple neighbourhood text; reading-buddy support

What you will be able to do

  • identify facility and location keywords from reading texts
  • read simple neighbourhood texts for comprehension

Key questions

“What strategies can you use to effectively comprehend a text?”

Lessons

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  1. Circle the place, box the position
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Find 医院, 邮局, 超市 and 对面, 旁边, 前面 in a short neighbourhood text.
  2. Read, draw, buddy
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Read location lines while a peer draws; match texts to pictures; start a reading-buddy pair.