Mandarin

Year of the Rabbit - Chinese New Year Celebration

The students in Haven elementary school who join the after-school activity(21 century) will be the

participant in the Mandarin cooking club. I would like to have some tasting activity, read the recipe

and make the cuisines, compare foods in different countries and discuss about the diversity about

different cultures and eating habit. The project will take place in my classroom on every Tuesday

from 4 to 6. Food is the fastest way to connect people together. If the students enjoy the activities

Before Lunar New Year, students will learn different aspects of the Lunar New Year, such as stories and legends, traditions, food, clothing, phrases, and entertainment. The teacher will encourage students to share these ideas with family members. Families will go on a field trip to Chinatown during the Lunar New Year to experience dining with chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant and enjoy a Lunar New Year parade afterward.

The capstone project will be incorporated with the annual Chinese New Year events next year in 2023. It will be a fair open to the community that welcome all the community members to enjoy various fun activities involving Mandarin and Taiwanese culture. There will be popular Taiwanese food such as Boba Tea, Taiwanese fried chicken, potstickers and scallion pancakes…etc. People may need to pass a Trivia about Taiwan to get tickets for food, or they can try to order food in Mandarin!

 My mentor and I would like to design a capstone project for Chinese chess called Xiangqi, which is played on the 64 two-toned squares, Chinese chess is played on the intersection of the lines, known as points, that form the squares.

My capstone is called "build up connection for the students from the home school and host school". 

The purpose of this project is to:

1. Develop appreciation for and fluency in both languages.

The title of my capstone is Chinese Culture Showcase. My Mandarin class students demonstrated what they had learned in Mandarin class.

According to my Mandarin project-based learning, I organize my students in America (Batesville Intermediate School)  and China (Chengdu Paotongshu Primary School Tianfu Campus) to share their life and culture to each other by recording videos both in

The EMMS Chinese Class Yearbook 2021-2022 is an artistic presentation of all the activities, what the students have learnt throughout the year, as well as students’ own understanding of things related to the language and culture learning. This is not only a collection of memory, but also an achievement exhibition.