Area of interaction focusWhich area of interaction will be

our focus?Why have we chosen this?

Human Ingenuity• The creation and use of

language as a means of communicating.

• Exploring grammatical patterns as a way of building and creating language.

Significant conceptsWhat are the big ideas?

What do we want our students to retain for years into the

future?

Language is a foundation for everyday life, human interaction and general learning.

Communication with others always depends on some form of language.

MYP unit question

How can we benefit from learning a foreign language?

How is learning a symbol/character-based language different to learning an alphabet

based language?

Unit title: 嗨！ Hi! Introducing yourself in Chinese

LO:

• Review learning from Unit 1

Unit 1 Revision

Shuffle sentences一。 Hello! Good morning!

三。 I am called Xiao Yue, I am 14 years old.

六。 Hello teacher, are you busy or not? I’m very busy.

二。 Goodbye teacher ！ Good bye!

五。 He is called Zhang Yi Tian, he is 28 years old.

四。 What are you called? How old are you?

一。你好！早上好！

二。老师再见！ 再见！

三。我叫小月， 我十四岁。

四。你叫什么？ 你多大？

五。他叫张一天， 他二十八岁。

六。老师好， 忙不忙？ 我很忙。

LO:

• Learn more information about cities in China

China – 中国

Beijing – 北京

Shanghai – 上海

Xi’an – 西安

Hong Kong – 香港Xiāng gǎng

Beijing – 北京

Shanghai – 上海

Xi’an – 西安

Hong Kong – 香港Xiāng gǎng

Presentation

1. Beijing2. Shanghai3. Chengdu4. Hong Kong5. Xian6. Haerbin7. Kunming8. Urumqi

Presentation

Presentation

In groups of 4 prepare a 4 minute presentation on your given city. You could include information about:• Population• Languages spoken there• Ethnic minorities and costumes• Places to visit • Food• History• Climate