Practise exchanging personal information (name, age, address). Play man’s buff”. One “Blind student is blindfolded and spun around in the middle of a circle of students. The man” “blind has to catch someone in the outer circle and ask questions to find out who it is. When students answer, they can disguise their voices and give false information to confuse the man”. “blind When the blind man identifies someone, that person takes over as man”. Students add “blind details about the game to Resource 1. Listen to instructions for a treasure hunt and follow clues that direct the students to a range of tasks that they will need to complete (Resource 6). The teacher plans clues for around the school or in the classroom. Groups of students can work together or individuals can race each other to follow the instructions and complete the tasks. Different starting clues can be given so that everyone is not at the same place at the same time. Students add details about the game to Resource 1. During the treasure hunt, student comprehension of and responses to written instructions can be observed. Resource 1 can be used as evidence of how well students use key words and phrases to describe games. Explore unique to the target country. Play the games in the target language and compare them with the types of games played in . Children record how they are similar and different to games they play. This could be done in a Venn diagram. Teacher resources The following resources are available for download as assessment-related resources in the target language Chinese. — Resource 1 Games we play Resource 2 Around the world in eight days Resource 3 Rhyme Handball Resource 4 Resource 5 Alphabet song Resource 6 Treasure hunt Syllabus and curriculum resources The target language functions and elements that can be expected for students at the Beginner stage of language learning can be found at: Functions and suggested language elements, Queensland Studies Authority, accessed 6 March 2008, <www.qsa.qld.edu.au/syllabus/830.html>. (Language resources for students at the Beginner stage of language learning. Use in conjunction with the Guide to making judgments.)
Practise exchanging personal information (name, age, address). Play “Blind man’s buff”. One student is blindfolded and spun around in the middle of a circle of students. The “blind man” has to catch someone in the outer circle and ask questions to find out who it is. When students answer, they can disguise their voices and give false information to confuse the “blind man”. When the blind man identifies someone, that person takes over as “blind man”. Students add details about the game to Resource 1. Listen to instructions for a treasure hunt and follow clues that direct the students to a range of tasks that they will need to complete (Resource 6). The teacher plans clues for around the school or in the classroom. Groups of students can work together or individuals can race each other to follow the instructions and complete the tasks. Different starting clues can be given so that everyone is not at the same place at the same time. Students add details about the game to Resource 1. During the treasure hunt, student comprehension of and responses to written instructions can be observed. Resource 1 can be used as evidence of how well students use key words and phrases to describe games. Explore unique to the target country. Play the games in the target language and compare them with the types of games played in . Children record how they are similar and different to games they play. This could be done in a Venn diagram. Teacher resources The following resources are available for download as assessment-related resources in the target language — Chinese. Resource 1 Games we play Resource 2 Around the world in eight days Resource 3 Rhyme Resource 4 Handball Resource 5 Alphabet song Resource 6 Treasure hunt Syllabus and curriculum resources The target language functions and elements that can be expected for students at the Beginner stage of language learning can be found at: Functions and suggested language elements, Queensland Studies Authority, accessed 6 March 2008, <www.qsa.qld.edu.au/syllabus/830.html>. (Language resources for students at the Beginner stage of language learning. Use in conjunction with the Guide to making judgments.)
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