你好 Textbook Chapter 8 Languages and NationalitiesUsing an atlas or world map find the following countries: •China •Australia •Germany •Canada •Japan •New Zealand •America

你好 Textbook Chapter 8

Languages and Nationalities

China中国Zhōng guó

Australia澳⼤大利利亚

Ào dà lì yǎ

England英国yīng guó

America

美国měi guó

Canada加拿⼤大Jiā ná dà

Germany德国Dé guó

Japan⽇日本rì běn

New Zealand新⻄西兰

xīn xī lán

Using an atlas or world map find the following countries:

•China

•Australia

•Germany

•Canada

•Japan

•New Zealand

•America

•England

Working with a classmate ask them the name of the

country in Chinese.

Let’s write!

中zhōng guó

China

国

Let’s write!Australia

澳 ⼤大 利利 亚Ào dà lì yǎ

Let’s write!person

⼈人rén

With a classmate work out how to write the country and nationality below.

China England America Canada Japan Germany Australia

Chinese English American Canadian Japanese German Australian

你是哪国⼈人?Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?

What’s your nationality?

我是___⼈人.wǒ shì _____rén?

It’s your turn!

•China

•Australia

•Germany

•Canada

•Japan

•New Zealand

•America

•England

Make small flags for each of these countries The teacher will collect all

the flags and put them in a bag.

You will choose any 5 flags from the bag. You will have five nationalities. Ask your classmates their nationality using the question:

你是哪国⼈人?Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?

It’s your turn!You will do the task again but this time you will use the questions below.

You will choose any 5 flags from the bag. You will have five nationalities. Ask your classmates the nationality of your mom or dad using the question:

你妈妈是英国⼈人吗?Is your mum an English person?

Is your dad Japanese?

你爸爸是⽇日本⼈人吗?

Nǐ māmā shì yīng guó rén ma？

Nǐ bàba shì rì běn rén ma？

Pets Let’s Translate!

你是澳⼤大利利亚⼈人吗？

不不是. 我是英国⼈人.

你是美国⼈人吗？

不不是. 我是中国⼈人.

1. I am a Chinese person. 2. I am Japanese. 3. I am German. 4. He is English. 5. She is Canadian. 6. My mum is not American. 7. I am Australian. 8. I am not American.

Translate into Chinese characters

⻓长城Cháng chéng

TASK: You are walking along ⻓长城 and bump into another tourist. You then make friends with the tourists.

Create a script and be sure to include: Sorry. That's ok. Can you speak….? What’s your nationality? Who is in your family? and 2 other questions of your own choice.

Let’s write!A little bit

⼀一 点 ⼉儿yī diǎn er

Let’s write!Are you able to….?

会 不不会huì bù huì

Can you speak Chinese?Can you speak German?

Can you speak English?Can you speak Japanese a

little?

It’s your turn!With a classmate decide how you would ask these questions in Chinese.

Oh! 你会说汉语Nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ

我会说⼀一点⼉儿Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎnr

You can speak Chinese!I can speak a little.

It’s your turn!How would you say you speak these languages a little bit?

说汉语shuō hàn yǔ

说⽇日语shuō rì yǔ

说英语shuō yīng yǔ

⼀一点⼉儿yī diǎn r

This word is used after a verb for the degree or action of a verb.

得dé

walk fast!

sing well!

run fast!

speak well!

It’s your turn!

My mom speaks Chinese well.

She sings well. My dad doesn’t sing well.

I don’t speak English well.

Use 得 to make Chinese sentences. dé

Did you know there are many ways to

say Chinese?

普通话

汉语

中⽂文

Pǔ tōng huà

Hàn yǔ

Zhōng wén

In China中国

国语

中⽂文

Guó yǔ

Zhōng wén

In Taiwan台湾

华语Huá yǔ

In Singapore新加坡

中⽂文Zhōng wén

In Hong Kong⾹香港普通话

Pǔ tōng huà

Excuse me, Are you Australian?

Excuse me, Is your mum Japanese?

Excuse me, Is he American?Excuse me, Are you Chinese?Excuse me, Are you German?

Excuse meWork with a classmate to make a recording of these questions in Chinese.

Answers must also be recorded for each question.

Let’s write!able to

会huì

Let’s write!not able to

不不会bù huì

Let’s write!speak

说shuō

Let’s write!Chinese

汉语hàn yǔ

我会说汉语吗？Nǐ huì shuō hànyǔ ma？

会！ 我会说汉语.

不不会！ 我不不会说汉语.

What languages do you speak?

中国

汉语hàn yǔ

language: Chinese

English

澳⼤大利利亚

英语language:

yīng yǔ

English英语

yīng yǔ

language:

英国

美国

English英语

yīng yǔ

language:

德国

Germanlanguage:

Dé yǔ德语

⽇日语Japaneselanguage:

⽇日本

rì yǔ

Read and translate

你好， 我叫 ⼩小美. 我今年年⼗十六岁. 我是澳⼤大利利亚⼈人. 我爸爸是⽇日本⼈人. 我妈妈是中国⼈人. 我不不会说⽇日语. 我会说⼀一点⼉儿汉语. 我家有五个⼈人，妈妈，爸爸，两个姐姐 和我. 我家的宠物是两只狗. 他们很⼩小也很可爱！

Now it’s your turn!