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(共13张PPT)
Unit 5
Languages Around the World
Reading and Thinking
The Chinese writing system
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
1. understand the development of Chinese writing system and its importance.
2. apply different reading strategies (skimming and scanning) for the main ideas and details in reading.
3. enhance(增强) confidence in Chinese culture.
Learning Objectives:
州
人
山
马
鹿
鱼
Simplified Chinese characters
（简体字）
Guessing game
Picture-based symbols
(基于图形的符号）
？
What might the text talk about
The text might be about the _____________________ and its history from _______to ________.
Chinese writing system
the past
the present
Prediction
1. Skim the text and match the main idea of each paragraph.
A.Written Chinese connects China's present with its past, and has become an art form.
E. The Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilisation has survived into(延续) modern times.
survived into modern times.
C.Today, the Chinese language is helping to spread(传播) China's culture and history.
B. The Chinese writing system became well-developed and later developed into different forms.
F. The writing system began to develop in one direction.
D.At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Skimming
2. Can you divide the text into three parts
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases and topic sentences.
Part 1: _______
Para.1
Part 2: _______
Paras. 2-4
Part 3: _______
Paras. 5-6
Topic
Development/History
Importance
Skimming
Order
Time order.
1. Circle the words and phrases that describe a time in Paras2-4.
Scanning
at the beginning
by the Shang Dynasty
today
Qin Dynasty
over the years
Written Chinese was a __________ language.
Symbols became a________ writing system.
The system developed into_____________.
The Chinese writing system began to________________________.
People can __________ in writing.
Scanning
picture-based
well-developed
different forms
develop in one direction
communicate
2. Write down what happened at each of those important times.
Scanning is looking at the text quickly to find specific information, such as dates or numbers.
Matching game
3. Work in a group of six and match the different forms of “州” with the correct times according to the events happened at each time.
A. 甲骨文
B. 楷体
C. 小篆
D. 隶书
D. 金文
Scanning
Find out the sentences explaining the importance of the Chinese writing system in Paras.4-6.
connection
connect
_______and________
Chinese people
culture
connect
_______and______
present
past
connect
_________and____
language
art
connect
____ and________
China
the world
4. Do you think it is important for us Chinese to learn the development of the Chinese writing system Why
5. Is it necessary for us to learn about the Chinese writing system and Chinese culture
Writing game
1. Each group recommends one student to write down the Chinese characters they hear. The one who writes more correct characters will win.
震（ ）
牙（ ）
（ ）指
喷（ ）
拇
膏
嚏
撼
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
---Marcus Garvey
一个不了解自己过去的历史、起源和文化的民族就像一棵没有根的树。
——马库斯·加维
Summary
1. Pairwork: Recommend one character to represent(代表) Chaozhou culture and tell us the reason and the different forms and development of the character.
There are many characters that can describe Chaozhou, but one of the unique character is...
The reasons why we choose this character is that...
There are five forms of this character. At the beginning, it was... Then, by the Shang Dynasty, ... Over the years, ... In the Qin Dynasty... Today, ....
This the character that we choose to represent Chaozhou culture. Welcome to Chaozhou.
Homework

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