Mandarin Corner: Online Spoken Chinese Class

Participants playing online games

10 November 2020
On November 5, NCI teachers and students gathered once again for our "Online Spoken Chinese Class", our third Mandarin Corner event of the semester. Delivered in the evening via Zoom, the event offered students of intermediate level an insight into authentic colloquial expressions used by Chinese people on a day-to-day basis.

During the one-hour session, our speaker and teacher Miss Zhuanhui Guo explained several phrases and idioms and made some fascinating comparisons between Chinese and English expressions, highlighting their similarities and bringing the language to life. Students then played some games created by Miss Guo on Wordwall which proved to be great fun.

Our group brought a range of experiences and viewpoints to the session with first year UoN students and retired pensioners sharing their passion for Mandarin and discovering a new approach to applying their learning. Most students were amazed by how simple some of the daily expressions could be and how they could easily put what they already knew to good use.

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      2020年11月5日晚，孔院师生再次相聚在Zoom，参加了本学期汉语角系列活动之“线上汉语口语小课堂”。本次活动旨在为已经有一定汉语基础的学生提供汉语日常口语交际的地道说法，借助中英文表达的共通之处，提高学生口语表达的兴趣及能力，进一步促进学生继续学习汉语的积极性。

      整场活动分为三部分。教师先通过提问对比给出日常口语的一些惯用表达，由于大多学生汉语水平在HSK3级左右，因此尽量用学生已知的词汇进行表述并解释，学生看到中文表达后为自己现在不太高的汉语水平却能进行地道表达而兴奋不已。之后学生通过Wordwall对已讲的表达进行了操练，由于游戏形式多样，生动，有趣，并实时给予反馈，学生在轻松的气氛中对这些常用语加深了印象。最后学生进入分组讨论，分享各自了解日常口语的途径并期待日后不同话题“汉语口语小课堂”的开展。

      本次活动吸引了不同年龄段的学生：刚入学的大学生，工作繁忙的工薪阶层，以及已退休的爷爷级学习者，再次体现出汉语的无穷魅力。

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