1. Project Designing a booklet
Unit 2 Language
Project Designing a booklet
金坛市第四中学 戴宁茹

2. Learning aims: 1.Learning about the development of Chinese characters
2.Understanding how the blind read by their special characters--Braille

6. Do you know the development of a certain word? Such as 月
Ⅰ、Lead-in
The development of Chinese characters（汉字）reveals（反映）the development of our culture.
Do you know the development of a certain word? Such as 月
Can you draw it ?

8. 龟 鹿 鸟 马 鱼 象 鸡 虎

10. Read the passage and answer the following the questions ★When did Chinese writing begin? ★Who first invented Chinese writing ? ★How was Chinese writing invented? ★When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters? .

11. ★When did Chinese writing begin? ★Who first invented Chinese writing ?
Thousands of years ago
Cang Jie

12. ★How was Chinese writing invented
★How was Chinese writing invented? ★When did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters?
Cang Jie saw the tracks of animals in the snow and he got the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects
In the 1950s

13. Listen to the tape carefully and divide article into several parts
Brief of Chinese characters
introduction
Para.1
Para. 2
origins
The of Chinese characters
development
and of Chinese characters
Form
Paras. 3-4
Simplified
Chinese characters
Para.5

14. 1.Task One
Read the first passage and fill in the chart.

15. Differences between Chinese and western languages
Chinese language
Western language
Uses to stand for ideas, object etc.
Uses
Words are formed by putting together different 3
A word is often formed by putting some letters together.
characters
alphabet
characters

16. The of animals in the snow are different
The inventor’s name
His finding(发现)
The of animals in the snow are different
His idea
Using different
to represent different objects.
2.Task Two.
Read the second passage and know the beginning of Chinese characters.
Cang Jie
tracks
shapes

17. 3.Task Three
Read para.3 and know the other ways of characters being formed.

18. Drawings of physical objects:
Eg:mountain
Expressing ideas:
Combining two or more characters together. Eg: rest, prisoner
Expressing directions or numbers:
up, down

19. The time of the widespread use of simplified Chinese characters:
4.Task Four (Read para.4—5)
Shortcoming:
Method:
The time of the widespread use of simplified Chinese characters:
They do not show how they should be pronounced
Have one part of a character indicate the
and the other suggest the
meaning
pronunciation
The 1950s

20. Read The story of Braille and answer the following questions
1.Who introduced blind people to reading?
2. At Braille’s time, what were the books for blind people like? Were they convenient for use?
3.What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school?
4. What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people?

21. 1.Who introduced blind people to reading?
Louis Braille
2. At Braille’s time, what were the books for blind people like? Were they convenient for use?
Books for blind people used paper pressed against metal wire to form letters. They were too heavy and not convenient for use at all.

22. 3.What did the soldier do for students when he visited the school?
He showed the students a system for passing messages at night during times of battle
4. What contributions did Louis Braille make for blind people?
His system allows blind people to read and write. It enables them to discover the world around them though they cannot see.

23. Where can you see Braille in our daily life?
bus stop
Where can you see Braille in our daily life?

24. elevator

25. underground

26. menu

27. Name of the characters for the blind
Inventor
Original（本身的）method
Disadvantages（不利之处）
What gave him inspiration（灵感）
Advantages
Description（描述）of his invention

28. Braille Louis Braille Name of the characters for the blind Inventor
Original（本身的）method
Disadvantages（不利之处）
What gave him inspiration（灵感）
Disadvantages
Description（描述）of his invention
Advantages
Braille
Louis Braille
Using paper pressed against
metal wire to form letters
Too heavy
A soldier showed a system using paper with small,raised dots that could be felt with the fingers
Too difficult to be of practical use
A system with patterns of six
raised dots representing each letter
Easily recognized with fingers and
written with a special typewriter

29. Thank you for your cooperation!
Bye bye!