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Vacation Travel

Travel Plans and Activities

Countries and Nationalities

Asking For and Giving Directions


Chinese 2 > Vacation and Travel

Travel Plans and Activities

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Discuss and make travel plans.
  • Ask and answer questions about travel and vacations, to include transportation schedules, modes of transportation, destinations and activities.
  • Discuss past travel experience.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Interpret materials providing travel information.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Describe past travel experiences and future travel plans.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss common modes of transportation in Chinese-speaking countries.
  • Discuss typical vacation spots and resorts in Chinese-speaking countries.
  • Discuss what teens in Chinese-speaking countries enjoy doing while on vacation.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss temperature and weather in Chinese-speaking countries.
  • Discuss the use of the  24-hour clock Chinese-speaking countries.
  • Identify the geographical locations of Chinese-speaking countries and their neighboring countries.
  • Do mathematical computations to figure travel costs.
  • Discuss the impact of current events on foreign travel.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Compare travel and vacations in the U.S. and Chinese-speaking countries.
  • Compare the importance of public transportation in the U.S. and in Chinese-speaking countries.

Communication Across Communities

  • Utilize authentic materials to make travel plans to go to or travel within Chinese-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Modes of transportation
  • Prepositions with places and transportation
  • Vocabulary for places of interest

Chinese 2 > Vacation and Travel

Countries and Nationalities

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask and answer questions about nationality and country of origin.
  • Ask and answer questions about countries.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Identify various countries and nationalities.
  • Interpret maps of Chinese-speaking regions.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Discuss countries, cities, and languages spoken in Chinese-speaking regions.
  • Give geographical locations for countries, cities, and geographical features.
  • Present information about nationalities and/or origins.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss the impact of geography of daily life.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Discuss or write about news events related to the geography of Chinese-speaking countries.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Increase the awareness of various socioeconomic groups in Chinese-speaking countries and in the United States.

Communication Across Communities

  • Locate and use resources with information about Chinese-speaking countries (Internet, brochures, etc.).

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Vocabulary for geographic locations
  • Prepositions of location with cities and countries

Chinese 2 > Vacation and Travel

Asking For and Giving Directions

Communication

Person to Person Communication

  • Ask for and give directions.
  • Discuss where various places are located within a Chinese-speaking country.

Listening and Reading for Understanding

  • Understand written and spoken directions.
  • Interpret directions with the assistance of a map.

Oral and Written Presentation

  • Tell about going to specific places using various time frames (past, present and future).
  • Give directions to a destination.

Cultures

Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products

  • Discuss typical modes of transportation and places found in Chinese-speaking cities and countries.

Connections, Comparisons and Communities

Making Connections Through Language

  • Use map-reading skills to interpret a map of a Chinese-speaking city or region.

Cultural and Linguistics Comparisons

  • Identify similarities and differences between American cities and cities in Chinese-speaking countries.

Communication Across Communities

  • Access and interpret maps from Chinese-speaking countries.

Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements

  • Places of interest in Chinese-speaking cities
  • Modes of transportation in Chinese-speaking cities and countries
  • Places to go for directions in Chinese-speaking countries

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September 1, 2008


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