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This section is for listening practice. The This section is for writing characters. In
teacher should practise speaking with the previous books we have taught some basic
pupils frst and make sure they are familiar with the strokes, shapes and common radicals. In Book Four
vocabulary before doing the listening exercises. The each chapter lists out certain characters for pupils to
Book Four CD-ROM (for pupils) and CD-ROM (for write. Each character shows the stroke order for pupils
teachers) both contain these exercises, as well as the to follow when they practise writing. Pupils also learn
audio contents of the book, the vocabulary, and songs. to use characters they have learned to construct or
complete sentences.
Speaking is an important part of language
learning, therefore the teacher should In addition to the exercises in the textbook, there are
arrange a good number of activities to promote also supplementary exercises on the teacher s CD-ROM.
speaking by the pupils during the lesson. Equally, These exercises cover all four skills, providing ample
pupils should be trained to listen to, and respond to, opportunities for pupils to practise what they have
questions. Questions are provided for this purpose in learned. The teacher should frst read with the pupils in
each chapter. In the Teacher s Book, activities (such as class and make sure that they understand the passages
role play or simple dramas) are suggested to generate before letting them do the tasks set.
practice in listening and speaking in class. Although
pupils are likely to be better in understanding what There is a special area in the reading section of each
other people say than expressing what they want to chapter where extended vocabulary is introduced.
say, it is important that they have the opportunity to However, these new phrases are made up of Chinese
practise in a fun way, and that they are willing and characters learned in previous chapters or books,
happy to take part in these activities. Pupils should therefore pupils do not have to learn new characters.
kow the numbers quite well. We continue to bring in This helps pupils to extend their vocabulary and also
numbers and measure words which have been taught increase their awareness of the way Chinese phrases
in new texts throughout Book Four to provide plenty are made up.
of opportunities for the pupils to use them. In
addition, the teacher can do games and activities The writing section in each chapter is divided into two
in class as practice. parts: part one is for character writing practice; part
two is for pupils to use appropriate characters learned
The use of singing in language teaching is an to make up sentences according to the picture clues
efective method by which to help learners provided, or to write a short report after conducting a
especially young learners - remember what is taught. survey. For part two, the teacher should read through
Therefore singing, clapping hands and doing actions the phrases and clues provided with the pupils frst
with them will maintain their interest in what they and make sure they understand what the task is before
learn. The songs in Book Four do not have pinyin over letting them complete the task.
the characters. However, the Teacher s Book provides
song sheets which have the lyrics in both traditional Photocopy or print out the template, then
and simplifed scripts, as well as pinyin and jyutping cut out the shapes as instructed in the
over the characters. These song sheets can be Teacher s Book.
photocopied for the pupils to use.
These are Powerpoint presentations which can
be found on the teacher s CD-ROM under the
Writing lyrics for songs is not easy for tonal languages respective chapters.
such as Mandarin and Cantonese. If a tone is changed
to ft the tune, the word sung may give a diferent The pupils CD-ROM and the teacher s CD-ROM
meaning. In view of this, it may be better if the lyrics both contain the music of these songs. The
are rapped, as is popular in the contemporary music teacher s CD-ROM has the rapped lyrics as well.
scene, rather than sung. This genre of music is similar
to in southern China and in northern These are PDFs of colour picture cards or
China for which the lyrics are spoken to the rhythm of activity sheets which can be printed out for use.
the music played in the background. The teacher can They are on the teacher s CD-ROM under the
try this with the pupils. respective chapters.

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