I
studied Top 50 Podcasts for Learning a Foreign Language for learning Chinese, and I like the podcast episode “Let me do it, myself”. It is a 12 minute podcast
lesson to teach shopping conversation, which includes two grammar points, four
sentences, and one common shopping situation in Chinese grocery stores. The conversation
in the podcast lesson targets beginners of Chinese learning such as elementary
school students. The goal is to understand words and sentences and use the
conversations in typical shopping situation. In the lesson, the instructors repeat
each sentence five times.
I feel that by taking this Podcast lesson,
students will be able to use one Chinese grammar sentence to ask price and
figure out the price and count out the money. Students will be able to say
money units in Chinese and apply the knowledge and skills in other similar
shopping situations. Also, students will be able to ask for a shopping bag and pack
the shopping bag by themselves. I think I can use this podcast lesson model to
teach students some other conversations in shopping. For example, how to inquire
or ask for help in stores such as “Can I have … please?”, “Excuse me, have you
got any …?”. By using drill questions and providing students shopping lists in
Chinese, I will be able to teach and practice more shopping conversations with
the students in some speaking/conversation activities.
I can absolutely see how you could use this with your students. I for sure had fun listening to it. I think that by listening at their own speed, students would be more likely to use it outside of the classroom as well for practice.
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