There is Another China 陈怡蕾Elaine 吕璐Lani 吴偲颖Susie

—Four New Great Inventions

HKUST MILE 5002

Target Learners Intended Learning Outcomes Listening

• Intermediate Level • Students will be able to use words and sentence This activity consists to what they have heard.
patterns related to the mobile payment, online of two parts. First, the Afterwards, the teacher
shopping, high-speed railway and sharing bicycle teacher hands out task gives students a map of
with over 80% accuracy; sheets to students. The a railway station. The
Course Rationale and Objectives • Students will be able to master grammar of task sheets with some students are asked to do
comparative sentences, selective question vital information missing pair-work activities. In
sentences, casual correlatives, sensory verbs, relates to a real railway this part, students need
Rationale
and adverbs of sequence and degree etc; station broadcast. Then to describe locations and
• This course is designed to provide international
• Students will be able to ask for or provide a the teacher plays the routes to each other. For
students with a general overview of the
suggestion politely about two choices of mobile record to students, and example, one student
Chinese lifestyle nowadays. In the era of
payment; students are asked to fill arrives at the Hangzhou
technology, the four new great inventions play
• Students will be able to bargain with Taobao in the blanks according Railway Station and then
an important role in the daily life. By learning
sellers in Chinese web terms; he needs to go to the bus
new expressions and relative sentence patterns，
• Students will be able to introduce items in station nearby. Based on
it will be easier for students to enter the
details with descriptive Chinese expressions; this, his partner is asked
mainstream of Chinese society.
• Students will be able to describe routes to others; to circle the bus station
• Students will be able to comprehend of a railway and then describe the
Objective
station broadcast; route.
• Students are able to identify and understand
more than 80% expressions related to mobile • Students will be able to negotiate with customer
payment (Alipay, WeChat, etc.); services staff to solve problems.
• Students are able to conduct a negotiation in
Chinese while online shopping;
• Students are able to deal with essential Writing
information and solve problems encountered by Role Play
high-speed railway and sharing bicycle.
In this section, the
teacher first displays a
Every two students The clerk should give a
detailed description of a
form a pair group to do a suggestion and asks the
women‘s clothing at a
role play activity about buyer to scan the QR
Course Schedule the mobile payment. One code again politely if the
Taobao store to students.
Students will learn some
student acts as a buyer buyer does not complete
Lesson Topic expressions about size, catch buyer’s attention.
and the other acts as a the payment (students
material and design as After combing ideas and
1 Mobile Payment—你可以不带钱包出门 shop clerk. The buyer is should use the structure
well through the content. the structure, students
supposed to inquire the of requesting as well as
2 Online Shopping—足不出户买买买 As the description of will be asked to write a
clerk whether he/she can advising).
clothing can be regarded description of a certain
3 High-speed Railway—日行千里 use mobile payment and
as an advertisement, item as a Taobao seller.
which method of mobile
4 Sharing Bicycle—低成本环保出行 promotion terms like 两件 The evaluation criteria is
payment has discounts
包邮，买二得三 will also be based on the accuracy of
(student should use the
explained. Students are the subject description.
Richards, J. C., & Farrell, T. S. (2011). Practice sentence patterns such
supposed to understand High attraction as well
teaching: A reflective approach. Cambridge as comparative sentence
and master some special as rich creativity will be
University Press. and alternative question).
terms such as 敲黑板 to appreciated.
Brown, H. D. (2000). Principles of language learning
and teaching. Pearson Education, Inc.