Three speaking activities for a language class with a large number of students Dai Cui Disclaimer: I didn’t create these activities; only adapted them and find them useful

Speed Dating 闪电约会 1.The class stands in two lines (line A and line B), face to face; 2.Line A asks questions, and Line B answers them – all in Chinese! 3.After finishing your question, everyone in both lines moves to the position of the person on your right, and repeats 2. with a different person; 4.Repeat 3. until the game is over. ACTIVITY 1

A.Hello! 你好！ nǐ hǎo! B. Hello! 你好！ nǐ hǎo! A. How are you? 你好吗？ nǐ hǎo ma? B. I am fine, 我很好， wǒ hěn hǎo, thank you 谢谢你 xiè xiè, Bye. 再见。 zài jiàn A. Bye. 再见。 zài jiàn Speed Dating 闪电约会 Level 1: Oral test 1

A １. Hello! 你好！ nǐ hǎo! B. Hello! 你好！ nǐ hǎo! A ２. What is your name? 你叫什么名字 ? nǐ jiào shén me míng zi? B. My name is xxx. 我叫 xxx. wǒ jiào xxx A ３. Are you a high school student? 你是高中生吗？ nǐ shì gāo zhōng shēng ma? B. Yes. I am 是，我是高中生。 shì, wǒ shì gāo zhōng shēng A ４. Which country are from? 你是哪国人？ nǐ shì nǎ guó rén? B. I am from the U.S. 我是美国人 wǒ shì měi guó rén A ５. Where do you live? 你住在哪儿？ nǐzhù zài nǎ er? B. I live in Salt Lake City. 我住在盐湖城 wǒ zhù zài yán hú chéng A ６. Bye. 再见。 zài jiàn B. Bye. 再见。 zài jiàn Speed Dating 闪电约会 （五）

Team Competition: Bluff 虚张声势 This is a quiet 安静 game 游戏。 (1)None should say the answer until you are called by the opposite team. (2) You cannot ask your neighbor the answer; be quiet! 请安静 (3) even if you do not know the answer, you may choose to raise your hand, helping your team to earn points. Bluff! However, you may be called on. ACTIVITY 2 Competition between team 2 and team 3

Team 1 一队 Team 2 二队 1.decide to raise your hand – your decision, whether you know or do not know the answer; 3. if answered correctly, team 1 receives points of the total hands raised; 5. For next question, team 1 picks up a hand in Team 2 to answer, and repeat , and so on. 2. When hearing the question from the teacher, one person picks up a person from Team 1 who raises his hand but you hope he does not know the answer; 4. If Team 1 answers incorrectly, Team 1 picks up one person in Team 2 to answer; correct: receives the points of team 1’s hands raised; if incorrect, no team receives points;

1. I have one older brother 2. I don’t have siblings 3. I have three younger sisters 4. I don’t have brothers

Review 复习： It’s all about ME 一， 二， 三， 四 我 … … ACTIVITY 3

1. My name is … 3. I go to 9th/10th/11th grade 2. I am a high school student

4. I live in Salt Lake City 5. I am an American 6. I can speak (a little bit of) Chinese

8. I have (don’t have) siblings 9. My family has (5) members 7. I am 14 (15, 16, 17) years old this year