A S A M P L E U N I T O N W E A T H E R K A I N I G U 顾凯妮

INTEGRATING LANGUAGE, CONTENT & CULTURE: MAKING AUTHENTIC TEXTS COMPREHENSIBLE

VIA TARGET LANGUAGE

6TH ANNUAL MANDARIN IN SCHOOLS CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

BACKGROUND INFO

•  10th grade •  Non-heritage students •  Mandarin 2 (at the beginning of 2nd year) •  Novice mid – novice high •  Unit: Integrated Chinese Level 1 Part 2 L11 Weather •  Finished learning L11 Dialogue 1

PRE VOCABULARY INPUT THROUGH

QUESTIONS •  Review L11 D1: 天⽓气预报，下雪，下⾬雨

•  Provoke students’ interest and make it relevant to their life

• 你看天⽓气预报吗？ • 你喜欢下⾬雨吗？⼩小⾬雨，中⾬雨，还是⼤大⾬雨？ • 你喜欢下雪吗？⼩小雪，中雪，还是⼤大雪？ •  LA天⽓气怎么样？LA常常下⾬雨吗？LA常常晴天吗？ • 今天天⽓气怎么样？上午和下午⼀一样吗？

PRE VOCABULARY INPUT THROUGH

QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION • ⼤大，中，⼩小, 阵⾬雨，雷阵⾬雨 • 晴 • 多云 • 阴 • 转 • 度

DURING LISTENING

•  Guide students to interact with the text

•  Listen to an audio and answer questions •  What is this audio about?

DURING LISTENING

•  Listen to part of the audio again and answer questions

•  How is the weather in Beijing? •  What is the temperature?

DURING LISTENING

Modifications: •  Only city weather forecast 城市天⽓气预报 •  Repeated short clips

•  age and stage

DURING LISTENING

•  Listen to the weather forecast and answer questions •  What are the two cities mentioned? •  How’s the weather in these two places.

•  Guide students to interact with the text

DURING SPEAKING

•  Look at the picture and talk about the weather forecast

DURING READING

•  Look up the weather forecast on baidu.com

GUIDE STUDENTS TO INTERACT WITH THE TEXT

DURING READING WITH QUESTIONS

•  Read the weather forecast and answer questions •  What information did you get from the picture? •  Do you see a date? Please circle the date you see.

Why two dates? •  What do you think the green bar means? •  Which day is the coldest? •  Does this weather forest look like American weather

forecast? What are the differences and similarities?

CULTURE

•  Culture •  C/F, lunar calendar, wind direction, air quality

EXTENDED VOCABULARY

• ⻛风，东，南，⻄西，北 • 空⽓气

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

•  Which country is this weather forecast about? •  Which part of the country? •  How’s the weather?

POST SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Weather forecast presentation •  Pick a city in China •  Research weather on baidu.com •  Give a written and oral presentation on 5-day

weather forecast •  Also include lunar calendar, wind, and air quality

POST SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Padlet

INTEGRATE WITH THE TEXTBOOK

•  L11 D1: 冷，暖和，⽐比，更，不但。。。⽽而且 •  Ask students to include vocabulary and structures

from the textbook in their presentations

SUMMARY

How to make authentic material comprehensible? •  Consider age and stage •  Be selective about vocabulary and structure •  Pre activity – provoke interest and make it relevant •  During activity – guide students to interact with the

text, formative assessment •  Post activity – summative assessment What about textbooks? •  Integrate language, content, and culture

MORE EXAMPLES

AUTHENTIC MATERIALS RESOURCES

•  Youtube, Baidu.com •  Maggie Chen Facebook Group “我⽤用⽣生活语料教中⽂文”

AUTHENTIC MATERIALS RESOURCES

• 刘艳君⽼老师团队的 “真实语料学中⽂文” •  http://www.teach-chinese.com/download/

THANK YOU!!!

•  Maggie Chen •  Mandarin Teacher Leadership Institute •  UCLA Confucius Institute

Kaini Gu 顾凯妮 kellygukaini@gmail.com