Today Grade 6 made laoshi signs in Chinese characters for all of their favorite teachers. They signed the teachers' names first and then added the 2 characters that comprise "laoshi" afterwards. When they had completed their signs, they knew how to address every teacher in the building in Chinese properly, speaking and in writing. Lucky teachers who will get the signs throughout the building!
Level 3 at the High School is about to wrap up their work on activities, hobbies, sports, and their school schedule. Soon, they will each be presenting their schedules to the class formally.
Level 1 at the high school has almost completed their year and the text, Level 1 of Chinese Made Easy. They are almost ready to give a presentation about themselves that is fairly comprehensive in Chinese. Today they discussed xue kai che or Drivers' Ed and what it takes to get a Driver's License.
At the Middle School, the Chinese 1 Grade 8 is completing a bulletin board about transportation including not only cars, planes and trains but also wheelchairs, skateboards, walking on two feet, riding a camel. Very creative and they really expanded the vocabulary for the Transportation Unit.
We hope to have several going to China to study at the University of Kunming next summer. The two from last year are featured on the MPR station if you look under Chinese students travel far, you will find the story of Lamont Diggs and Nima Hassan who spent a month in China. We also are working to have a group at the Concordia Language Villages for weeks in the summer.
This weekend, we all go to Chinese Camp for a four-day weekend. With the target language - immersion - games, drama, great food, projects, and lots of friends, we will have a great time. I look forward to being in the teachers' cabin with my teacher friends.
- yimlaoshi
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