Target Language for Optimum Progress: Encouraging Spontaneity In

Your ClassroomTOOLKIT

Contents

1. Materials for SoW Planning

2. A variety of activities for different year groups with teacher instructions

3. Classroom Displays

4. Staff CPD Materials

*Please note that very little pinyin has been added, feel free to add pinyin and adapt for your own use*

Majority of Content Adapted from www.rachelhawkes.com

What are the ‘spontaneous’ requirements of the new GCSE?

Ask questions (Role Play / Conversation)

Use the correct style and register (Role Play)

Describe a photo (Picture description)

Respond to ‘unexpected’ questions (RP/PD and conversation)

Give extended answers (PD and conversation)

Respond with developed answers to questions on a variety of familiar topics – one chosen, one unexpected (conversation)

Speaking: ideas for teaching Maximise use of target language in the classroom

Teach students how to ask questions and do this often

Consider length of utterance and length of turn

Repeat speaking activities immediately with less / no

support

Plan in favour of language use rather than language practice

activities

Increase the opportunities for unscripted interaction in

every lesson (and out of lessons too!)

Focus on working from memory as often as possible – have

explicit memory / retention strategies

1 Ask questions2 Describe a photo3 Respond to unexpected questions4 Develop longer/better answers

Changing how we teach

• Preparing students to respond to questions effectively

• Embedding questioning

• Adapting key phrases

• Move from memorising -> manipulating language readily

• Developing spontaneous talk in the classroom

• Building on learning at KS3

• Actually teach students pinyin, so that they can practice it and understand how it works

• Give pupils a “cheat sheet” to stick in their books so they can refer to it if they are unsure of how to pronounce something

STEP “ZERO”

With thanks to: Highgate Primary School

Pinyin Pronunciation Cheat Sheet (For Speakers of British English)

Here is how each Mandarin sound is written in pinyin, with its approximate

English equivalent. Remember they are only APPROXIMATE equivalent

sounds.

Please refer to

https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/pronunciation/Pinyin_chart for a

100% accurate model.

Consonants

Pinyin English Equivalent

b bearp pan

m manf fan

d dare

t tan

n nice

l land

g get

k kingh help

s sing

w want

y evening

Vowels

Pinyin English Equivalenta fatherai myan manang mangoao sproute serveei dayen takeneng munger arr! (like a pirate!)i seeia yahiang yinyangie yesin bining singiong yongiu yoo oarou boatong longu shootua quackuai why?uan Ewanuang wongui wayun wonuo war

The Slippery Seven

zhi George

chi churn

shi Sure (American accent)

ri great

si sir

zi dogs

ci cats

The Cheeky Three

ji jeep

qi cheese

xi sheep

The Special Two

ü/yu menu

Use of Linkwords for Pinyin -Introducing Zizzle

www.zizzle.io

Download the Zizzle app or go to the above website

for more!

Pinyin “Linkwords” Wall Display

• Please see the very end of this presentation for this resource

Speaking Milestones

• The next few slides contain speaking milestones for Year 7 to Year 10 to indicate how students’ speaking in Chinese should ideally develop as they progress through the school towards GCSE

Year 7Speaking

ask and answer simple pre-learned questions from memory.

rehearse and

perform short role

plays drawing on

one topic, with

several exchanges

and secure

pronunciation, and

use simple pre-

learned words and

phrases for routine

situations.

ask and answer simple questions on the current topic and for classroom talk, producing short phrases, including opinions, from memory, with good pronunciation.

ask and answer

simple questions on

a few familiar topics

and in classroom

talk, giving opinions,

using simple

phrases and

sentences

independently, with

good pronunciation,

expressing opinions

and responding to

those of others.

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

STEP 4

I can:

Year 8Speaking

ask and answer simple questions on the current topic and for classroom talk, producing short phrases, including opinions, from memory, with good pronunciation.

ask and answer

simple questions on a

few familiar topics

and in classroom talk,

giving opinions, using

simple phrases and

sentences

independently, with

good pronunciation,

expressing opinions

and responding to

those of others.

ask and answer an increasing range of questions in topic-based and classroom interaction, adapting familiar questions, and can give information confidently from two-three recent topics.

interact across three-four topics and in classroom talk, adapting and re-combining pre-learnt language to produce spontaneous exchanges, including forming some questions, with some pauses for thinking.

STEP 3

STEP 4

STEP 5

STEP 6

I can:

Year 9Speaking

ask and answer an increasing range of questions in topic-based and classroom interaction, adapting familiar questions, and can give information confidently from two-three recent topics.

interact across three-four topics and in classroom talk, adapting and re-combining pre-learnt language to produce spontaneous exchanges, including forming some questions, with some pauses for thinking.

STEP 5

STEP 6I can:interact confidently within familiar topics and in classroom talk, asking questions independently, and can express information in more than one time frame, without reference to notes, with some hesitation and/or inaccuracy.

take part in multi-

exchange

conversations on

familiar topics,

including those

covered in previous

years, constructing

questions

independently and

using a variety of

structures, with

more frequent

pauses with less

predictable

interactions.

STEP 7

STEP 8

Year 10

interact across three-four topics and in classroom talk, adapting and re-combining pre-learnt language to produce spontaneous exchanges, including forming some questions, with some pauses for thinking.

STEP 6

I can:

interact confidently within familiar topics and in classroom talk, asking questions independently, and can express information in more than one time frame, without reference to notes, with some hesitation and/or inaccuracy.

take part in multi-

exchange

conversations on

familiar topics,

including those

covered in

previous years,

constructing

questions

independently and

using a variety of

structures, with

more frequent

pauses with less

predictable

interactions.

STEP 7

STEP 8initiate and ask a

range of

questions

confidently and

appropriately to

extend

conversations (2-

3 minutes) and

can give more

developed

responses on a

range of topics,

which go beyond

personal,

everyday issues.

engage in longer

stretches of

unplanned

conversation on

the full range of

KS3 topics,

showing the

ability to cope

with unexpected

questions or

responses, whilst

still pausing

and/or making

errors when

trying out more

ambitious

language.

STEP 9

STEP 10Speaking

1 Ask questions

Conversations in German at KS2

Video extract from Pearson KS3 Toolkit http://www.rachelhawkes.com/

Conversations in German at Y7

Questions and Answers: in Dialogue

怎么？

…呢？

什么时候？

为什么？

什么？

…吗？

怎么样？

在哪儿？

谁？

A+不+A?

几？

多+adj.？

Chris

(Chinese name)

(Nickname)我叫

我书包里有…

书

笔

饭盒

我今天

和

很好！

还好

不好！

我家在

我 岁

我喜欢学

中文

英文

法文 我觉得

有意思

好玩儿

没意思

牛津

伦敦

英国

笔盒

文件夹

一瓶水

十三

三十

三十一我的生日是

是这样写的：C-H-R-I-S.

(Chinese name)

(Nickname)

1月1日

6月3日

(actual birthday)

我午饭吃比萨饼

巧克力

三明治

Chris

(Chinese name)

(Nickname)我叫

我书包里有…

书

笔

饭盒

我今天

和

很好！

还好

不好！

我家在

我 岁

我喜欢学

中文

英文

法文 我觉得

有意思

好玩儿

没意思

牛津

伦敦

英国

笔盒

文件夹

一瓶水

十三

三十

三十一我的生日是

是这样写的：C-H-R-I-S.

(Chinese name)

(Nickname)

1月1日

6月3日

(actual birthday)

我午饭吃比萨饼

巧克力

三明治

Chris

(Chinese name)

(Nickname)我叫

我书包里有…书

笔

饭盒

我今天

和

很好！

还好

不好！

我家在

我 岁

我喜欢学

中文

英文

法文 我觉得

有意思

好玩儿

没意思

牛津

伦敦

英国

笔盒

文件夹

一瓶水

十三

三十

三十一我的生日是

是这样写的：C-H-R-I-S.

(Chinese name)

(Nickname)

1月1日

6月3日

(actual birthday)

我午饭吃比萨饼

巧克力

三明治

我叫…

我书包里有…和…

我今天…我家在…

我..岁

我喜欢学…我觉得

我的生日是…

是这样写的..

我午饭吃

1 你叫____?

2 你好___?

3 (John)____写?

4 你家_______?

5 你书包里有______?

6 你喜欢_____课？

7 你觉得中文_______?

8 你___大？

9 你的生日是________?

10 你午饭吃______?

你叫什么？

你好吗？

(John)怎么写?

你家在哪儿？

你书包里有什么？

你喜什么课？

你觉得（中文）怎么样？

你多大？

你的生日是几月几日？

你午饭吃什么？

1 你叫_____?

2 你好___?

3 (John)____写?

4 你家________?

5 你书包里有______?

6 你喜欢____课？

7 你觉得(中文）_______?

8 你___大？

9 你的生日是__________?

10 你午饭喜欢吃 ________?

60 seconds

Start

60

15

0

45

30

什么问题？

4我家在北京。

1我叫Yao Ming。

9我的生日是九月十二日。 2 我还好。

7我觉得英文很有意思！

10我喜欢吃面条和饺子。

6 我喜欢学英文。 5我书包里有篮球和钱包。

3 是这样写的：Y-A-O-M-I-N-G。

8我三十六岁。

1 Who has two pets?

5 Is Xiaotian tired?

3 Does Xiaoyue have a pet?

4 Where do they live?

2 How old is Dad?

1 _______________________________?

2 _______________________________?

3 _______________________________?

4 _______________________________?

5 _______________________________?

1 谁有两个宠物？

1 爸爸多大?

3 小月有宠物吗?

4 他们家在哪儿？

5 小天累吗？

Hot Seat Survival!

Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4

Person 1, 2, 3 and 4:

对/ 不对?

Pronunciation发音？

There are 4 rounds.

Swap roles each round.

Everyone must do each role once.

(If you have 3 in your group – you have

to make it work!)

Organise yourselves into roles (quickly!)

Everyone writes answers.

No-one speaks English!

Conversations at Y8/9

你好！我在中国上海和妈妈一起玩儿。这个城市非常大，天气也很热！中国文化非常有意思。我猜你应该会很喜欢中国！

1

12

在哪儿？: __________________

和谁一起？: _______________

天气: __________________

怎么样？: _________________

中国上海

1 在哪儿？: __________________

和谁一起？: _______________

天气: __________________

怎么样？: _________________

中国上海

1 在哪儿？: __________________

和谁一起？: _______________

天气: __________________

怎么样？: _________________

中国上海

1 在哪儿？: __________________

和谁一起？: _______________

天气: __________________

怎么样？: _________________

中国上海

玩儿游戏的语言wánr yóuxì de yǔyánLanguage for Playing Games

• 对！／不对！(duì/bú duì) – correct!/incorrect!

• 好了！(hǎo le) – finished!

• 该你了！(gāi nǐ le) – it’s your turn!

• 快点儿！(kuài diǎnr) – hurry up!

• 加油！(jiā yóu) – c’mon!

• 骗人！(piànrén) – cheater!

• 是！／不是！(shì/bú shì) – it is!/it isn’t!

• 好的 (hǎo de) – ok

• 好吧 (hǎo ba) – alright then/fair enough

2 Describe a photo

描述这张照片！

Tip 1: Use the question to start your answer.这张照片有…

Picture / Photo description at Y7

Picture / Photo description at Y7

Tip 2: Describe the picture in a few words.

一只小猫

一只小狗和

描述这张照片！

描述这张照片！

Tip 3: Add an opinion“我觉得..”

一只小猫

一只小狗和

非常可爱！

这张照片有…

我觉得

描述这张照片

Tip 1: Use the question to start your answer.Tip 2: Describe the picture in a few simple words.Tip 3: Add an opinion.

照片里有

有我爱

四口人

喜欢

这是我家

我家

你喜欢打篮球吗？

在哪儿？

什么时候？为什么（不）呢？

还有呢？

3. 他在哪儿？

1描述这张照片。

2. 还有呢？

4. 你觉得他怎么样？

5. 他在吃什么？

8. 他在做什么？

9. 他吃早饭以后要去哪儿？

在你看来…

7. 天气怎么样？

1. There is a young boy. I think he is

13.

2. He is very tall, blonde and

handsome.

3. He is in his garden at home.

4. I think he is very sporty and a bit

skinny.

5. He has toast and tea for

breakfast. Also an orange juice.

6. He is quite happy. He has a big

smile.

7. The weather is very good;

besides it is hot.

8. He has just prepared breakfast

for his family.

9. Later he is going to school.Physical descriptionActionLocation(Weather)Mood

6. 他开心吗？

3. 他在哪儿？

1描述这张照片。

2. 还有呢？

4. 你觉得他怎么样？

5. 他在吃什么？

8. 他在做什么？

9. 他吃早饭以后要去哪儿？

在你看来…

7. 天气怎么样？

1. 找理里有一个男孩，我觉得他

十一岁。

2. 我觉得他不但很高，而且也很

帅。

3. 他在他家的花园里

4. I我觉得他爱做运动，也有点儿

瘦。

5. 他早饭吃烤面包，喝牛奶。

6. 我觉得他很开心，因为他在笑。

7. 天气很好，而且很热。

8. 他给家人准备了早饭。

9. 他要去上学。.

Physical descriptionActionLocation(Weather)Mood

6. 他开心吗？

3 Respond to unexpected questions

1 2 3

4 5 6

咖啡 巧克力 比萨饼

三明治 炒面 汉堡包

Football teams in Chineseuklo.org

布拉克浦

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布拉克浦

Exploiting self-made cards

• speed listening

• say something else

• taboo

• Q & A (e.g. put all the cards together – each learner picks 3) 你有姐姐吗？有 / 没有 –make pairs this way.

• say as many things as you can about one of the items

• ask as many questions as you can about one of the items

Think about language you know:

Questions

Statements

Negative statements

Opinions

• You have 60 seconds

• In the target language…

• Take it in turns

• Say as many sentences about

fried noodles – from any of the

categories - to your neighbour

• E.g. I like .. , How much is ..?

1 2 3

4 5 6功夫！

Stage 1: Present Tense

Students translate from English into the TL as many sentences

as possible in one minute.

All sentences in Stage 1 are drawn from the GCSE vocabulary

list.

For example: I am going to China >> 我去中国To gain a point, pronunciation and accuracy must be good.

KS3 Translation Bee

问题！问题!

结成对！

Quiz – Quiz - Trade

太棒了！ 太好了！ 你的发音很好！

非常好 不错！

谁…

1. 住在牛津？2. 生日在三月？3. 在家说别的语言？4. 有中文名？

有问题吗？

1. 你家在哪儿？

2. 你的生日是几月几日？你的生日是在三月吗？

3. 你在你家说英文吗？你在你家说什么语言？

4. 你的中文名是什么？你有中文名吗？

有问题吗？

1. 你家在____?

2. 你的生日是__________?你的生日在三月___?

3. 你在你家说_____吗？你在你家说___语言?

4. 你的中文名是_____?你有中文名___？

什么问题？

1.

2.

3.

4.

我家在城市。

污染很严重。

在伦敦我们可以买很多东西。

周末我喜欢常常去运动中心。

我哥哥常常去足球场踢足球。

我的朋友都要去游泳池游泳。

SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT

西班牙

美国

法国

去年我去了

我们参观了名胜古迹

博物馆

美术馆

我们在

也

酒店

青旅

朋友家住了

我非常喜欢 但是不喜欢

天气太热。

那里的卫生间。

那里的交通。

所以明年我要去苏格兰

巴基斯坦

澳大利亚

几天。

一个星期。

两个星期。

骑了自行车。

在海里游了泳。

参加了一日游。

去海边玩儿。

欣赏国外文化。

去饭馆吃饭。

滑雪

爬山

晒太阳因为我想

4 Develop longer / better answers

Links

Opinions and reasons

Variety of structures

Extended sentences

Interesting vocabulary and idioms

Tenses

Your answer must contain EXACTLY 7 words!

Your answer must contain more than 9 words!

Target talk

我打网球。

我住在英国。

我的狗叫Bob。

加油添醋！

Love it!

毛泽东 邓小平

习近平 成龙

我认为… I think that…

我个人觉得… I believe

除了…以外，…还／也… the exception is

因为… because

是…的 It is

动物 – 人物 – 国家 – 大陆 an animal – a person - a country – a

continent

英国，法国，西班牙…

了／没 did/did not

动词 – 形容词 – 名词 a verb - an adjective - a noun

过去 – 将来 Past - future

不同 different

其他都是 the others are…

X

你觉得怎么样？

对！不对！

我同意！我不同意

你疯了吗？

我觉得…

XX

你觉得呢？

Discussion

目标

• Speak with no prior preparation!

• Say your opinion and give a reason

• Topic：在餐馆吃饭

我们说中文吧！

为什么？

你呢？你觉得呢？

我很喜欢！

哇塞！

哦，我也是啊！

你觉得…怎么样？

多少钱？你喜欢…吗？

我非常喜欢 在我最喜欢看的电视节目是

好玩儿 他的 最喜欢

因为 尝试 我很不喜欢

我妈妈的 电视 欺负

昨天 但是 我觉得 在我看来

上个周末我觉得最好玩儿的爱好

是…比如说… 在…以前

因为 我想 我更喜欢我昨天去了…

那个…这个… 比…重 比…轻 起床 有

可能 必须 严格 辛苦你了 打扰

脏 我觉得 因为 不但…而且… 昨天

上个星期 中国 学校规则 不…，也不… 会

午饭 非常 也许 校服 走廊

Spend the WordsTake it in turns to ask and answer the same questions as before. This time, rather than speaking for as long as you can, you need to try and include the words below and ‘spend’ the words as you answer your 5 questions. Your partner will cross them off as you use them and you need to do the same for your partner. The first to use up all the words is the winner.

爱好

Prepare to speak about one hobby that you

like. Use this one as a model.

什么时候？在哪儿？

为什么（不）？你的爱好是什么？

还有呢？

我每天在家里看电影。我喜欢看《The

Hunger Games》。

因为我觉得太好玩儿了！

因为我觉得没意思。我的爱好是看书和看电影，也喜欢踢足球。

我也喜欢听音乐，也喜欢唱歌。

你去哪儿度假？Be prepared to answer questions about:

• where you went on hoilday

• how long you spent there

• what the hotel was like

• what the weather was like

Ask your partner these questions:

• 你去哪儿？• 你在那儿住了多长时间？• 酒店怎么样？• 你做了什么？

Be prepared to answer questions about:

• when you went on holiday

• where you stayed

• what the hotel was like

• what you did

Ask your partner these questions:

• 你去了什么地方？• 你在那儿住了多久？• 酒店怎么样？• 天气怎么样？

KS4

Say an opinion

Future

Make a sentence with 一般

Say why

Past

Ask a question

OpinionPresent Tense

Future Tense

ReasonTime

PhraseComparison

using比

Sentence Pattern

Past Tense

Talk in the Third

Person