Sixth International Conference on Immersion and Dual Language Education: Connecting Research and Practice Across Contexts

Discussion Session (1 hour)

Chinese

One-Way Second/Foreign Language Immersion

Chinese radicals are challenging for young students to understand and memorize. This lesson is for kindergarten or 1st grade students. It’s a review lesson. The goal of this lesson is that students will be able to recognize and name the radicals they learned. The lesson includes whole group activity, small group activity, Smartboard activity and table work. Students are encouraged to use their whole body to learn the radicals, such as mimicking radicals with imagination. Movements help young students learn efficiently, and the activities presented are associated with abundant movements in the classroom.  The presenter will also show how to do assessment through the activities. Technology plays an important role in this lesson too. Students have chance to play radicals games on Smartboard. Besides, fun but practical table works will be provided. Students have many opportunities of listening, speaking and writing in this lesson. Learning Chinese radicals can be fun!