Resources: Children's Chinese Textbooks, Online Chinese, Chinese Lesson Plans and resource websites

Thought resources for learning Chinse in school were boring and not as good as for other languages? Then look here to ensure what you buy is the best for your needs. We conduct independent reviews of Chinese textbooks, exam revision guides and online Chinese teaching resources - each has its strengths and weaknesses. Ensure you understand what is best for your class and children learning Mandarin Chinese or about China.

UK: The ISEB Certificate of Achievement in Mandarin Chinese (Foundation level): Sample Papers

Added by Pete on 02nd September 2011 at 15:13PM

Tags: Past & Sample Papers, Language

Sample papers for the ISEB Certificate of Achievement in Mandarin Chinese (Foundation Level) are below.

The papers are:

Adventures in Chinese Culture: The Monkey King’s Guide

Added by Pete on 31st August 2011 at 18:34PM

Tags: Cross Curricular / CLIL, Culture, Food and drink, History, Culture

Are you a looking for an interesting way of teaching various aspects of Chinese culture with practical lesson plans and classroom activities?

Primary / Elementary Resources: The Chinese Staffroom pick

Added by Pete on 12th August 2011 at 11:22AM

Tags: Games, Grammar, History, Introduction to China, Modern China, New Year, Scheme of Work, Sentence building, Songs, Culture, Language

Are you a Primary/Elementary Mandarin teacher looking for resources to use in your class?

Are you a Primary/Elementary class teacher looking for resources to use for class enrichment about China?

Do you have your own recommendations to add to this list?

ALL Language World - incorporating ideas into your own teaching

Added by Pete on 13th July 2011 at 11:38AM

Tags: Continued Professional Development, Culture, Language

- Did you go to the Association of Language Learning (ALL) Language World conference?

- You didn’t and want to find out what happened?

Free Chinese Scheme of Work & Lessons plans

Added by Pete on 12th July 2011 at 18:20PM

Tags: Curriculum, Scheme of Work, Culture, Language

- Are you introducing a Chinese programme in your primary/secondary school?

- Looking for Chinese schemes of work/lessons plans already tried and tested with pupils?

- Are you interested to learn from other innovative Chinese programmes?

Why not look at Ohio State University (OSU)’s excellent and extensive scheme of work that has been written to support their flagship Chinese programme. They are free to download

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