Chapter 5 - I Schools Objectives: Express the school levels from elementary school through college. Ask about the subjects you’ve learned, for how many years you’ve learned them, and how good you are in them. Indicate if they want to continue doing it or not

Connection Check Sound with Symbol 同 几 年 她 教 了 级 tóng jiāo jĭ nián tā le jí 高 初 去 这 可 学 老 还 念 qù kĕ gāo chū xué zhè lăo 今 hái 得 外 对 太 niàn 起 气 jīn 好 de wài duì 个 tài qì qĭ 日 很 hăo 会 点 师 ge 明 客 岁 rì hĕn huì shī diăn kè míng suì

How do you say it in Chinese 学校 大学生 国中生 大学 高中生 中学 高中 国中 小学生 小学 图书馆

Vocabulary 念 教 学 她 去年 还是 还学 大学 可是 年级 听说 高中 Student 学 生 同 学 老师 classmate 同 学 tóng xué Student 学 生 xué shēng teacher 老师 lăo shī 念 niàn study 去年 qù nián last year 还是 hái shì still is/or (question word) 还学 hái xué still learn 可是 kĕ shì but 听说 tīng shuō people said 她 tā she 教 jiāo to teach 学 xué to learn 大学 dà xué college/university 年级 nián jí grade level 高中 gāo zhōng high school

Read and translate the words to English Teacher 9th grade Doesn’t matter Teach 10th grade Child/children Learn Grade level But Classmate Wonderful Study Student People said Last year College Still is/Or How many years Secondary Still learning Next year Elementary school Still teach This year High school Sorry She 2nd grade May I ask Very good 老师 国三 没关系 教 高一 孩子 学 年级 可是 同学 太好了 念 学生 听说 去年 大学 还是 几年 中学 还学 明年 小学 还教 今年 高中 对不起 她 二年级 请问 很好

Translate the words to Chinese Teacher 9th grade Doesn’t matter Teach 10th grade Child/children Learn Grade level but Classmate Wonderful Study Student People said Last year College Still is/Or How many years Secondary Still learning Next year Elementary school Still teach This year High school Sorry She 2nd grade May I ask Very good 老师 国三 没关系 教 高一 孩子 学 年级 可是 同学 太好了 念 学生 听说 去年 大学 还是 几年 中学 还学 明年 小学 还教 今年 高中 对不起 她 二年级 请问 很好

学 老师 还学 学生 还教 同学 年级 小学 听说 大学 还是 中学 1 去年 2 教 日文 今年 3 念 对不起 明年 4 高中 可是 一 二 三 四 五 1 老师 大学 还是 中学 去年 2 教 学 还学 日文 今年 3 学生 念 还教 对不起 明年 4 同学 高中 可是 高一 国中/初中 5 年级 小学 听说 她 大四 Secondary sch. teacher college Or/still is Last year teach learn Still learn Japanese This year student study Still teach sorry Next year classmate High school but 10th grade Middle school Grade level People said Elementary school she College senior

Did you Know The professional title goes after a person’s surname. Ex. 王老师 The school system in China is very similar to the US. There are 4 years in undergraduate and three years in high school (although many high schools in the US have 4 years.) The first year of college is referred to as大一 (It is “大学一年级” in short.), the second year is大二, the 3rd year is大三, and the 4th year is大四. In the three years high school, 高一refers to the first year of high school, which is short for “高中一年级” (10th grade). 高二 refers to the 2nd year(11th grade), and 高三refers to the 3rd year(12th grade). 了：When it appears after a verb, it usually indicates a completion of an action; ex. 说了，看了，写了，学了…

Did you Know Time words: When a time word is used, it is usually placed in the front of a sentence. It can also precede or follow the subject. Ex. 今年我教中文。 我今年教中文。 還是= still is: This is used to emphasize things/events, or to imply that there are other choices. Ex.明年我还是教中文（不教英文）。 还教/学= continue to teach/learn. EX. 明年我还教/学中文。 （This implies that whether or not you have other choices, you still want to continue anyway.) 还是 = “Or” as a question word Ex. 你是老师还是学生？ Are you a teacher or a student? (One way or the other)

CHINESE SCHOOL SYSTEM: 小学 Elementary school 一年级 二年级… 六年级 1st grade 2nd grade….. 6th grade 中学 Secondary school 初(国)中 初(国)一 初(国)二 初(国)三 Middle school 7th grade 8th grade 9th grade 高中 高一 高二 高三 High school 10th grade 11th grade 12th grade 大学 College 大一 大二 大三 大四 Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Since 1969, middle school from 7th through 9th grade became the compulsory education in Taiwan, and the term for the grade was changed from初中to国中.

How do you say… 1.英文 2.高中生 3.大学生 4.小学生 5.中文学校/生 6.学校 7.学生 8.美国 9.中国 High school students: College students: Elementary school students: School: Chinese school/student: American school/student: Japanese school/student: 1.英文 2.高中生 3.大学生 4.小学生 5.中文学校/生 6.学校 7.学生 8.美国 9.中国 10.日本

九年级 中 年级 十年级 中 年级 学 年级 How do you say the following in short form: College freshman, junior Second grade Eight grade Twelve grade 国 三 高 一 小 三

EXPANDING DRILL Replace教 with 学 教了 教中文 教了两年 你 教中文 中文教了两年 你今年 教中文 她中文教了两年 你今年还 教中文 她中文教了两年了 你今年还是教中文 听说她中文教了两年了 听说你今年还是教中文

ORAL DRILL Replace the underlined words with given words. Q﹕中文你学了几年？ （日文、英文，教） A﹕中文我学了一年。 Q﹕你中文 学了几年？ （日文、英文，教） A﹕我中文 学了一年。 Q﹕你学了几年中文？ （教，日文、英文） A﹕我学了一年中文。 你明年还学中文吗？（教） 你明年还是学中文吗？（教） 你是老师还是学生？（中国人、日本人， 哥哥、弟弟）

TRANSLATION 1. Excuse me, may I ask are you teacher Lin? 2. No, I am teacher Lin’s student. 3. Wonderful! We are classmates. 4. I study 12th grade. 5. People said that teacher Lin is our this year’s Chinese teacher. 6. Yes, I’ve heard she has taught Chinese for seven years. 7. How many years have you learned Chinese? 8. She taught 11th grade Japanese last year. 9. This year she is still teaching Japanese, not Chinese. 10. I have learned Chinese for 2 years but still can’t speak well.

会 + 不会 = 会不会? PW.+N.W.=Question Word(QW) 我会说中文. 我不会说中文. 我会说一点儿中文. 你会不会说中文? P.W. N.W. Q.W.

EXPANDING DRILL Replace学 with 说 学得很好 中文学 得很好 学得不好 中文 学得不好 学得好不好? 中文学 得好不好? 你中文学 得好不好? 说 说 说 说 说 说 说 我中文学 得 . 说

SPEAKING PRACTICE I. Answer the following questions in Chinese, then ask your partner the same questions in Chinese: 1. 你是高中生(high school student)还是大学生(college student)？ 2. 你明年还是高中生吗？ 3. 你今年念几年级？ 4. 你学中文吗？ 5. 你学了几年中文？ 6. 你的中文说得好不好？ 7. 你明年还学中文吗？

Interview your classmate II. Write a draft for an interview with your partner. Based on the draft, introduce him/her to others. The information should include nationality, family members, grade level, how well he/she knows a foreign language, how many months/years he/she has learned the language, and if she/he will still learn it.

Chapter 5-1: School (Chapter context) M：对不起，请问您是王老师吗？ W：不是，我不是王老师，我是王老师的学生。 M：太好了！我们是同学。我叫李生。我念高二。 W:你好，李生。我叫王大年。我念高三。 M：听说王老师是我们今年的中文老师。 W：是的，王老师中文教了五年。她今年教大学和

高中中文。去年她教高二日文，不教中文。 M：听说王老师教高中日文教得很好。 W：是的，可是她明年还是教中文，不教日文。 M：中文你学了几年？你的中文说得很好。 W：谢谢，我中文学了两年，可是还是说得不好。 M：你太客气了！

LISTENING COMPREHENSION I Listen to the conversation, write your answers in English, and say it back in Chinese. I. 我的名字叫李大明，我是美国人也是中国人。 我的英文名字叫 David. 我是大学中文老师，我学中文学了八年，我教中文也教了四 年。今年我教中文和英文，明年我还是教中文，可是不教英文。我 会说中文和英文。我还会说 一点兒儿日文。我的中文和英文说得 很好，可是我的日文说得不好。

Write you answer in English 1. What is David’s Chinese surname? 2. What is David’s nationality? 3. What is David’s occupation? 4. How long has David learned Chinese? 5. How long has David been teaching Chinese? 6. What does David teach this year? 7. What will David teach next year? 8. What language can David speak well and what can he not?

LISTENING COMPREHENSION II II. 我姓林，我的名字叫林大。我的英文名字叫Linda。我今年十七岁。 我是高中三年级的学生。我去年学了一年日文。今年我学中文，不 学日文。我的中文老师是王老师，她也是我的同学的妈妈。她教中 文教得很好。明年我还学中文。

Write you answer in English 1. How old is Linda? 2. What grade is Linda in? 3. What did she learn last year? 4. How long has she learned Japanese? 5. What is she learning this year? 6. Is she learning Japanese this year? 7. Besides being a teacher, who is Mrs. Wang? 8. Will Linda still learn Chinese next year?