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Chinese Treasure Chest Vol. 1(SC), 2nd Edition

Marisa Fang, Helen Jung, Rosemary Firestein

  • Copyright 2018
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Chinese Treasure Chest Vol. 1(SC) 2nd Edition by Marisa Fang/Helen Jung/Rosemary Firestein
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Overview

Chinese Treasure Chest 中文百宝箱 is is a valuable resource that every Chinese teacher can use to enhance lessons. This collection of ready-to-use games, songs, craft projects, delightfully illustrated student worksheets and activities helps students from grades K-12 learn Chinese as a foreign language. It offers a wide variety of activities of different difficulty levels to facilitate differentiated instruction in mixed-ability classrooms and across grade levels.

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Meet the Authors

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Marisa Fang

Originally from Taiwan, lead author Marisa Fang graduated from Fu Jen University. She then received her M.S. d egree in New York. Marisa has enjoyed a successful career in teaching ESL and Chinese to students from elementary through university for more than 20 years. Although she retired in 2013, she continues to be active in the teaching community as a lecturer and teacher trainer in the U.S. and China. Marisa currently serves as a Board Director of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York (CLTA-GNY) and Guest Teacher Adviser to the College Board.

Helen Jung

Helen Jung received her B. Ed. from University of Wolverhampton, U.K. and her M.A. from SUNY at Stony Brook, U.S. She began her teaching career in Hong Kong and currently teaches Chinese in the Plainview-Old Bethpage public schools in New York. With 28 years of experience working with young children, Helen is well-versed in stimulating students’ interest in Chinese learning. She takes great pleasure in creating innovative lessons that integrate technology with language learning to inspire and challenge her students.

Rosemary Firestein

Rosemary Firestein’s passion for the Chinese language and culture took off as soon as she began her Chinese studies. Her undergraduate studies include two years as an exchange student at Nankai University i n Tianjin, China. She received her B.A. in Asian Studies and M. ED from Temple University and Temple Graduate School. Rosemary’s teaching career began in the Philadelphia public schools where she taught Chinese and ESL for 13 years. She currently teaches Chinese in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District public schools in New York. She has been dedicated to sharing her love for the Chinese language with her students there since 1998.

What's New

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  • Contains ready-to-use games, songs, craft projects, attractively illustrated worksheets, and activities in two volumes 
  • Organized into 12 monthly sections to fit the school year 
  • Teacher notes at the beginning of each section state the learning objectives and difficulty level of each activity, and offer suggestions on how to implement an activity. 
  • Activities include games, songs, crossword puzzles, cut-outs, picture cards, TPR activities, role-play, chants and conversations. 
  • Seasonal activities to help students celebrate special events and holidays of each month (e.g., Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Dragon Boat Festival).
  • Revised teacher notes that provide useful teaching strategies and suggestions 
  • Exciting new activities, worksheets, songs and rhymes to complement the most popular ones from our original series 
  • Updated content to reflect current culture 
  • Additional Chinese New Year worksheets, projects and songs that your students will love 
  • New project samples of recent student work Cross references to contents in our upcoming Volumes 3 and 4 that will provide teachers with an abundance of additional materials about related themes
  • 12 full-color posters that teachers can download for use in the classroom. Poster images include 10 of the themes from the calendar pages, the map of China and classroom commands. Visit <a href="http://emarketing.cengageasia.com/ctc1 " target="_blank">http://emarketing.cengageasia.com/ctc1 </a> to access these materials.

Features

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  • Contains ready-to-use games, songs, craft projects, attractively illustrated worksheets, and activities in two volumes 
  • Organized into 12 monthly sections to fit the school year 
  • Teacher notes at the beginning of each section state the learning objectives and difficulty level of each activity, and offer suggestions on how to implement an activity. 
  • Activities include games, songs, crossword puzzles, cut-outs, picture cards, TPR activities, role-play, chants and conversations. 
  • Seasonal activities to help students celebrate special events and holidays of each month (e.g., Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Dragon Boat Festival).

Table of Contents

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September 九月
➊ September Calendar 九月月历
➋ Greetings 问好
➌ Self-Introduction 自我介绍
➍ School 学校
➎ Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
➏ Introduction to China 中国常识
➐ Cultural Link: Confucius 孔子
➑ Try It Out! 每月一练

October十月
➊ October Calendar 十月月历
➋ Numbers 数字
➌ Days of the Week & Months of the Year 星期和月份
➍ Halloween 万圣节
➎ Cultural Link: Great Wall of China 万里长城
➏ Try It Out! 每月一练

November 十一月
➊ November Calendar 十一月月历
➋ My Family 我的家
➌ Thanksgiving 感恩节
➍ Feelings and Emotions 感觉和情绪
➎ Cultural Link: Giant Panda 大熊猫
➏ Try It Out! 每月一练

December 十二月
➊ December Calendar 十二月月历
➋ Birthday 生日
➌ Parts of the Body 身体部位
➍ Weather 天气
➎ Winter 冬天
➏ Holidays 节日
➐ Cultural Link: Monkey King 孙悟空
➑ Try It Out! 每月一练

Appendices 附录
➊ Answer Key for Word Search and Crossword Puzzles 字谜答案
➋ Chinese Equivalents of English Names: Boys 男孩中英文名对照表
➌ Chinese Equivalents of English Names: Girls 女孩中英文名对照表
➍ Useful Templates 常用样本
➎ Project Samples 作品展示

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  • ISBN-10: 981477393X
  • ISBN-13: 9789814773935
  • RETAIL £50.99
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Cengage provides a range of supplements that are updated in coordination with the main title selection. For more information about these supplements, contact your Learning Consultant.

FOR STUDENTS

Chinese Treasure Chest: Pinyin Practice Book - Initials (SC)

ISBN: 9789814844444

Chinese Treasure Chest: Chinese New Year (Student Workbook)

ISBN: 9789814846974

Chinese Treasure Chest: Pinyin Practice Book - Finals (SC)

ISBN: 9789814844451