Using Target Language

Using Target Language Meng Yeh Rice University October 18, 2009 Network for Program Excellence

你好 ni hao yougood

一起说 yiqi huo togethersay ‘say together’

Now turn to your neighbor and greet each other in Chinese!

怎么说‘Hello’？ zenme shuo how say ‘How do you say hello?’

我叫 Meng. wo jiao Icall ‘I am called Meng.’ ‘My name is Meng.’

你叫什么？ nijiaoshenme? youcall what? ‘What is your name?

他 ta ‘he; she’

木兰 Mu Lan

姚明 Yao Ming

奥巴马 Ao ba ma

Ni Hao! Wo jiao John. Ni jiao shenme ? Now use Chinese to ask your neighbor’s name. Ni hao, John. Wo jiao Lili.

bangbangtang hanbaobao pisa binggan doufu dangao

喜欢 xihuan like; be fond of; love

我喜欢豆腐。 wo xihuandoufu Ilike toufu ‘I like toufu.’

你喜欢什么？ ni xihuanshenme? youlike what? ‘What do you like?’

Ni xihuanshenme? youlike what? ‘What do you like?’ Wo xihuan_________。Ｉlike bangbangtang binggan pisa hanbaobao doufu dangao

Use Chinese to find out from your neighbor what they like.

Strategies Used • Visuals • English meaning • Classroom languages • Scaffolding • Gesture/expressionassociated with meaning • Simple language • Use the expressions to communicate • Indirect language • Instruction in English • familiar names/cognates

Using Target Language

Using Target Language

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Using corpora to define target-language use in translation

USING LANGUAGE

Using Language

Teaching in the Target Language

Improving Target Language Proficiency

Using Language

Target language:

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Classroom Management in the Target Language

Target Language Input = Great Output!

Using Language

Promoting use of Target Language

Using Language

Using language

Using corpora to define target-language use in translation

Target Audience Using Dynamics 365

Using Language

Using language

Using Language

Using Body Language

Using Body Language