Teachers News 教师资讯 | Issue 1

Welcome to the first issue of Teachers News online.

Teachers News brings you teaching tips and ideas for Chinese language teaching through a range of articles,  podcasts, video clips and additional activities to use in class.

This month, see how the Chinese language is going global then download two activities to use with your students.

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Going Global

How Chinese language teachers are adapting to their new role on the world stage.

Read the Going Global article

flags Going Global

Hello!     

See how pairwork speaking activities can give students a reason to talk to each other in Chinese… even Beginners!

Download ‘Hello’ pairwork activity

Countries and Cities  

Download your character writing worksheet. It shows students how to write the names of countries and cities in Chinese.

Download – Countries and Cities Worksheet

  • “Discover China replaces the rote memorization and drills adopted by standard Mandarin textbooks with a wide variety of enjoyable activities and interesting role-plays in the context of everyday life in modern China, making it possible for students to express themselves effectively as native speakers do.”

    Tang Chiu Kay
    Professor, School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong

  • “Our students have really enjoyed using Discover China …It is informative, interesting and has provided terrific insights into Chinese culture which fits very well with the new Australian Curriculum. Well done, Discover China! ”

    Gregory Hughes
    Chinese Language Coordinator, Melbourne Grammar School, Australia; Secretary, Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria

  • “I highly recommend Discover China over all other textbooks I have used with my language students. The series is rich in culture awareness, language acquisition, and appeals to the 21st century learner.”

    Shaz Lawrence
    Founder, Creative Chinese

  • “Discover China is a well-thought out course that caters for the needs of Western students. It looks very attractive, has practical topics related to real life experience in China, and from a didactic point of view, the contents are well-planned and complete. The variety of exercises and tasks make it very easy to use. I can really recommend this course…”

    Gwendolyn Tates
    Chairperson Levende Talen Chinese section; Lecturer Chinese Language, The Hague University of Applied Science; Department Head Chinese Language and Culture, Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar

  • “As a teacher, my favourite parts of Discover China include the close-to-life conversations, clear learning structures and easy to follow exercises. The carefully chosen topics are highly connected to daily life, and much easier for students to learn and to use. The online support is abundant, and also very helpful for both teachers and students.”

     

    Bei Zhou
    Chinese Instructor and Head Teacher, The Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds

  • “I find Discover China carefully designed, well structured and beautifully printed. Its integrated approach to language instruction, inductive grammar teaching and abundant resources are distinctive. I am particularly delighted to see that most practice activities are constructive and consciousness-raising tasks.”

    Lening Liu
    Professor in Chinese Language and Program Director at Columbia University

  • “Discover China offers a series of meaningful topics, integrated task-based speaking activities and relevant exercises with direct links to the real world. Discover China minimises traditional teaching methodology, stimulates fun learning and empowers students to become effective learners. These unique features make it so different from other textbooks in the market.”

    Huang Dian
    Senior Lecturer in Chinese at the University of Westminster and Chair of the British Chinese Language Teaching Society

  • “The textbook takes a practical approach and develops around the learners: what they might need to use the language for inside and outside the classroom. While the textbook uses close-to- life scenes and situations, which are stimulating and entertaining, it also illustrates the language in a structured way.”

    Dr. Song Lianyi
    Principal Teaching Fellow in Chinese, China & Inner Asia Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London