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1.5 Interactive Speaking

Mandarin Chinese · Grade 9 · 3 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Vocabulary on fun activities (游泳、散步、跑步、骑自行车、徒步旅行、看动物、做饭、吃饭) and places (家、朋友的家、公园、商场、动物园)
  • Building sentences with a word pyramid; word order: who + when + with whom + place + activity
  • Expressing intentions with 请、打算、要; turn-taking with 什么时候?去哪儿?打算做什么?

What you will be able to do

  • recall key vocabulary from a given text
  • apply appropriate turn-taking in a conversation
  • exhibit good communication skills

Key questions

“How do you take turns appropriately in conversations?”

Lessons

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  1. Fun activities and places
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Learn names of fun activities and the places where we do them, and link them in sentences.
  2. Building sentences with a word pyramid
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Grow a sentence step by step in a word pyramid, learning Chinese word order for who, when, with whom, where and what.
  3. Making plans and taking turns
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Ask and answer about plans with 打算, 要 and 请, taking turns with 什么时候?去哪儿?跟谁?