Lesson 2 Family Dialogue 1: Looking at a Family Photo Dialogue 2: Asking about Someone’s Family Prof. Ling-Ling Shih Bard High School Early College
Warm-up: Greetings Ask each other names, professions, nationalities. B: 我姓… A: X先生/小姐, 你叫什么名字? B: 我叫... A: 您/你是老师/学生吗? B: 你是哪国人吗?
Learning Objectives Employ basic kinship terms; Describe a family photo; Ask about someone’s profession; Say some common professions.
In Lesson 2 you will learn Measure words 1 Questions with question words 2 The verb “to have” 3 Use of 的 4 Size of a family 5 Occupation 6 Pick a topic you want to practice in class. It will link to a set of PPT for the practice of this topic. 二 and 两 7 Use of 都 8 Tone change for 一 9
It is recommended to start this lesson by introducing the photo mentioned in text I. This picture corresponds to that. You can click the speaker on the upper-left corner to play the text. At the same time, you can point at the specific person that’s being mentioned. After that, you could ask a series of questions based on the text. e.g. 这是什么?(point at the whole picture) 这是谁的照片? 她是谁?他是谁?这个男孩子是我弟弟吗?他是谁?我大哥有女儿吗?Etc.
一張照片 一张 照片 一張 yī zhāng zhào piàn sheet; photograph; picture For these 4 slides, students can read after the teacher, or read on their own. These examples expose them to the general pattern of the two measure words in this lesson, before we summarize the rule. 一张 一張 yī zhāng sheet; 照片 zhào piàn photograph; picture
What is the measure word for a person? 个 個 gè 男 女 Nán nǚ Male female; classifier for people or objects in general; 一個男人,一個女人 一个男人 , 一个女人
Measure words: 個(个) 一個男孩子 一个男孩子 个 個 gè classifier for people or objects in general; 一個男孩子 一个男孩子
這張照片 这张照片 这 這 zhè this
那張照片 那张照片 That picture 那 nà that
Where to use a Measure word (M)? Number } 這(这) M Noun 那 e.g., 三個(个)人 這張(张)照片 那個(个)女孩
Measure words 張(张 )is for things with a flat surface (照片, paper, table, bed, ...)
Measure words 個(个) is for people (人,妹妹,老师, ...) and things that don’t have specific measure words (movies, week, ball, ...)
五張(张)照片 (5 photos)
Measure words 十個學生 十个学生 10 students
Measure words This teacher 這個老師 这个老师
Measure words That boy 那個男孩子 那个男孩子
Measure words This photo 這張照片 这张照片
How do you put the question word in a sentence in Chinese? In an English, where do you place the WH question word? … What about Chinese?
Where is the question word in this sentence? 谁 誰 shéi who; also pr. [shui2] 他是谁? 他是王医生。
Where is the question word in this sentence? 這是誰的照片? 这是谁的照片? The question word goes where the answer would be! Give students some time to think and discuss… 這(这)是 老师的照片。
這是王朋的老師。 这 师 這是誰的老師? 这是谁的老师? (Pair work) Can you make a question which will lead to this answer? 這是王朋的老師。 这 师 Now we provide a couple examples to see if they got it. 這是誰的老師? 这是谁的老师?
她姓李。 誰姓李?/ 她姓什麼? 谁姓李? / 她姓什么? (Pair work) Can you make some questions which will lead to this answer? 她姓李。 誰姓李?/ 她姓什麼? 谁姓李? / 她姓什么?
Negation for The verb 有 (“to have”) Yŏu--》méi yŏu 有--》 没 有 有 - 有 没 不有
(Pair work) 你有... 嗎(吗)? (Do you have…) 我没有...。(I do not have…) 我有...,我有Num.个…
Kinship terms 爸爸 妈妈 媽媽 哥哥 弟弟 姐姐 妹妹 bà ba (informal) father mā ma Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Mandarin Pinyin English Definition 爸爸 bà ba (informal) father 妈妈 媽媽 mā ma mama; mommy; mother 哥哥 gē ge older brother; 弟弟 dì di younger brother 姐姐 jiě jie older sister 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister
這是我女兒。 这是我女儿。 我沒有兒子。 我没有儿子。 我有一個孩子。 个
nǚ ér ér zi hái zi nán hái nǚ hái 女儿 女兒 儿子 兒子 孩子 男孩 女孩 daughter; son; Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Mandarin Pinyin English Definition 女儿 女兒 nǚ ér daughter; 儿子 兒子 ér zi son; 孩子 hái zi child; 男孩 nán hái boy; 女孩 nǚ hái girl; lass;
的 = ’s Use of 的 (de) 李先生的哥哥 “Mr Lee’s older brother” 我 --》我的 I my 你 --》 你的 you your 他 --》他的 He his 我的姐姐 -- my older sister
這(这)是我大姐的先生。 這(这)是我大姐。 這是我女兒。 这是我女儿。 這是我媽媽。 这是我妈妈。 這(这)是我爸爸。 这是我!
More on Use of “的” 你是我 的老師。 “的” can be omitted after a personal pronoun and before a kinship term (e.g., 我爸爸, 我哥哥) 你是我 的老師。 (师) 的 我是王老師的學生。 我是王老师的学生。 Show the students two examples
àobāmǎ是shāshā和Mǎlìyà 的爸爸。 (Pair work) Can you complete the sentences? ...是...的爸爸。 / ...是...的女兒(儿)。 ào bā mă 奧巴馬 mă lì yà Malia shā Sasha àobāmǎ是shāshā和Mǎlìyà 的爸爸。
(Pair work) 這是…的 Noun。 这是... 的Noun。 我弟弟和他女兒(儿) 照片 這(这)是我弟弟的照片。
Pair Work: A: Is this photo yours? B: introduce his or her family A: Ask if this photo is B’s B: Say that it is, and introduce your family in the photo (by saying “这是我 的。。。) A: Ask who are in the photo. B: Answer B:
Group Work: Cocktail Party (mixer) Instructions for students: You are at a party. You talk to 3 people. Find out their last names, how many members in their families, and what they do.