Artefacts: Elementary to IntermediateChinese

The following topics are samples of student work developed over 4 semesters at Lafayette. The classes meet 3 times a week for 50 minutes. Students work an additional hour per week with a Fulbright conversation partner.

Topics: Original poems, ads, self-portraits, transportation, weather

Post 1: Sem 2

Post 2.  Sem 3

Post 3. Sem 4

Post 4. Sem 4

Post 5 Ind Study

Post 6 Lesson

Post 7 Sem 4

Post 8 Sem 1 Poem

Artifact: First words in Chinese

Project Objectives:

-Communicative skills in development (speaking, reading, presentational)

-Functional purpose (demonstrates what students can do…)

Students recorded their speech once a week over the entire academic year so they could see their progress. Note the week “one” versus the “week 25”.     chn_102_y1_sample

Instructor: K Venuto                          Lafayette College