Teaching Chinese: Fill the bucket or light the fire?Shaz Lawrence
'Fill the bucket' teaching is teacher-centered and all students learn the same content at the same time. Lighting the fire is about inspiring students to choose content, pace, and
How to use games in the Chinese classroomShaz Lawrence
This document provides guidance and suggestions for using games in the Chinese language classroom. It discusses how games can lower students' anxiety and increase participation and motivation. It recommends that games have clear objectives, rules, and ways to score points. Suggestions are given for group sizes, turn-taking, and providing support materials. Seventeen specific game ideas are then described in detail, covering activities like Jeopardy, Pictionary-style drawing games, and games using flashcards to practice vocabulary and sentences.
Teaching Chinese: Fill the bucket or light the fire?Shaz Lawrence
'Fill the bucket' teaching is teacher-centered and all students learn the same content at the same time. Lighting the fire is about inspiring students to choose content, pace, and
How to use games in the Chinese classroomShaz Lawrence
This document provides guidance and suggestions for using games in the Chinese language classroom. It discusses how games can lower students' anxiety and increase participation and motivation. It recommends that games have clear objectives, rules, and ways to score points. Suggestions are given for group sizes, turn-taking, and providing support materials. Seventeen specific game ideas are then described in detail, covering activities like Jeopardy, Pictionary-style drawing games, and games using flashcards to practice vocabulary and sentences.