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I have also invited in almost every person who has walked past the classroom so that my students could practise introducing themselves! Taking advantage of the wifi, I showed them how to play the scatter mode on Quizlet (guide) and they have already become quite competitive. So far, all of the lessons have been based on flashcards, cut out letters, a set of felt-tip pens, a box of pictures from old magazines, board pens and the whiteboard. This has included a small focus on I/my, you/your, he/his and she/her differences, which don’t exist in Mandarin – one pronoun is used for both functions in each case.
So, what does that have to do with a ‘beautiful symmetry’ then? The bug has definitely bitten! One day, this will all be perfectly clear! (from by me) She is also very patient, which is necessary because what we produce must have sounded horrible to her! I’ve really enjoyed the lessons so far, despite leaving with a headache both times (!) and I’m looking forward to continuing with them for the rest of my time in Newcastle. This is not to say that our teacher is in any way lacking in fact, she provides us with clear tasks and models all of the language needed. Being used to the teaching method and having studied various languages before, I have a slight advantage as I can guess what some of the language is or what we are expected to do in tasks, but even this is not enough at times. It was also a timely reminder about how scary it can be for students to be confronted by a wall of sound, with no distinguishable features or similarities to your own language, and how easy it is to cling to your L1 in such a situation – my classmate and I discuss most things we have to do in English before attempting them in Mandarin.
Hard to articulate sounds for Western students (YouTube video)ĭuring the first lesson, I was reminded how alien a new foreign language can sound, especially when it is as different as Mandarin is from English.Chinese writer by train chinese (iPhone/iPad app).