overview

1. Mandarin: Parent Night
Introduction
Ping Wu
pwu@columbusschoolforgirls.org

2. Teaching Method
Comprehensible Input Based
Teaching

3. Comprehensible Input is a different way of teaching a second
(or third or fourth) language. The focus is on
comprehensible and interesting input, communicable language,
pacing teaching to our students’ learning progress, and using
the way our brains naturally learn to increase language
acquisition. (from https://mittenci.weebly.com/)

10. Class Content
Compelling, Student-centered
Materials, Life Lessons Infused

20. Teaching Activities
Getting the Students to
Comprehend and Move

45. Enrichment
Creating Opportunities for
Students to Use Their Chinese
Language Skills and Culture
Knowledge

53. Homework and Assessment
Pushing the Students to Get
More Chinese Language Input
on Their Own

60. To-dos
Improving Classroom Management (Preventing
Student Side Conversations)
Incorporating More Frequent Assessment and
Providing More Feedback
Giving students more writing practice for typing
accuracy

61. Goal: It is about THEM .
Through learning Mandarin and the
lens of Chinese perspectives, the
students will learn more about
themselves and the world.