Culture

Weather

Vocabulary:

• Key words

• Quizlet Set

• BBC Bitesize Weather and Seasons (vocabulary)

• Weather Matching Activity

• Weather worksheet (reading and writing)

• Weather.com.cn (can look up the weather forecast of your city in Chinese)

Listening:

• Shanghai's Four Seasons (listening video with gapfill and questions)

• Weather Listening Practise with Questions

• Listening: Growing up with Chinese - video

Transport

Vocabulary

• Transport key words

• Transport Quizlet

• BBC Real Chinese - Getting around by public transport

• BBC Bitesize- Getting around China by train

Reading

• Buying Train Tickets

• High-Speed Railway between Xi'an and Chengdu - Mandarin Bean article

Listening

• Transportation- GCSE Style Listening Exercise (video with vocabulary quiz and listening exercises)

• Growing up with Chinese: Transport (video)

Holiday Bookings

Vocabulary

• Key words

• Quizlet on hotel bookings, travel bookings, and amenities

Holiday Activities

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary sheet

• Quizlet

Speaking

• Speaking About Past and Future Holidays

Listening

• Coffee Break Chinese: Welcome to China! (podcast)

Reading

• Postcard reading on bookwidgets

• Planning a Holiday Reading Activities (from the SCEN Chinese Teaching Club Booklet)

• Travel - Mandarin Bean article

• Travel to China - Mandarin Bean article

Reading

• Going on vacation listening with multiple choice

Vocabulary

• Key words

Reading

• Environmental Protection (from the SCEN Chinese Teaching Club Reading Booklet)

• Tree Planting Day (HSK reading with audio file)

• Mandarin Bean articles:

  • Earth Day (Mandarin Bean article with audio)

    • • • Quizlet for this article

  • World Environment Day (Mandarin Bean article with audio)

    • • Quizlet for this article

  • Please Give Polar Bear A Home - (Mandarin Bean article with audio)

    • • Quizlet set for this article

Listening

• BBC- The Environment listening exercise and audio

• Environmental Protection- GCSE Style Listening Exercise (video with vocabulary quiz and listening exercises)

• Slow Chinese Podcast- China's Environmental Problem

*For extensive vocabulary on food, see "Healthy Living" under "Society."

Vocabulary

• Key words

Reading

• Beijing Roast Duck (from the SCEN Chinese Teaching Club Booklet)

• Reading Exercises on Paying at Restaurants and School Canteens

Listening

• First date at the Restaurant - Listening Exercise

• BBC Bitesize- Eating Out

• BBC Bitesize- Ordering Food in a Restaurant

Customs and Culture:

Reading:

• Chinese Customs- HSK reading

• Tea culture presentation with reading practise

Listening:

• Unchangeable Chinese Habits Advertisement (video)

• BBC Bitesize- Chinese Tea Culture

• BBC Bitesize- Daoism in China

• 入乡随俗 (video by New Practical Chinese Reader 3; transcript by Edward of hanyufanting)

Festivals and Holidays:

Festivals and Holidays Quizlet

Mid-autumn Festival

• Slow Chinese Podcast

Chinese New Year/Spring Festival

• • Spring Festival Reading Activities (from the SCEN Chinese Teaching Club Booklet)

  • Everyday Chinese Listening

Dragon Boat Festival

• • Growing up with Chinese (video)

Single's Day/ 双11

• • Slow Chinese video

Christmas

• • Christmas in China (from the SCEN Chinese Teaching Club Booklet)