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1.9 Interactive Speaking
Mandarin Chinese · Grade 8 · 3 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Asking the way: 怎么走? 市场怎么走? 往前面走。
- How do you go: 你怎么去学校? 我坐公交车。我坐小巴。我走路。
- Kenyan vehicles in Chinese clothes: matatu = 小巴; boda-boda = 摩托车
- Verbs: 坐公交车, 坐小巴, 坐火车, 骑自行车, 走路
- Non-verbal getting around: hail, point, wave to stop, shake the head at a full vehicle; road safety
What you will be able to do
- recall words, phrases and expressions for getting around town
- talk about a familiar route using appropriate volume, tone and pronunciation
- exhibit interest in speaking clearly and confidently on a safe journey
Key questions
“What strategies can keep one's audience engaged in an interaction?”
Lessons
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市场怎么走?: asking the way
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAsk 怎么走?, answer with 往前面走 and 左边 or 右边, and keep 您好 on a stranger.
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我坐小巴去学校: bus, matatu, walk
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAsk 你怎么去学校?, answer with 坐公交车, 坐小巴, 骑自行车 or 走路, and map matatu to 小巴.
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停: hail, refuse, and travel safe
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizUse hail, point, wave-stop and a head-shake with 坐小巴, and say one safety line in a getting-around skit.