Chinese Fun

This is another music video by second year students. They make good use of the vocabulary and grammar they have learned in the song.

我们有一个很大的问题

你在我厨房

你做着饭

我跟朋友看着电影

你做给我一个三明治

我吃一下这三明治

这面包很酸也咸

这几个菜辣也烫

我害怕你给我不好的三明治

我们有一个很大的问题

为什么你是不好的厨师

现在我生病了

现在我得去医院

可是我的车坏了

我们得搭乘公共汽车

这就是我的车费

太贵

为什么

因为太贵

公共汽车转了一个弯儿

为什么你给我不好的三明治

我们有一个很大的问题

为什么你是不好的厨师

现在我生病了

我不知道应该怎么做

你和我已经不能分开

我应该跟你一样

可是这很难

你是不好的厨师

可是情人眼里出西施

你给我不好的三明治

我们有一个很大的问题

为什么

为什么你是不好的厨师

现在我生病了

你给我不好的三明治

我们有一个很大的问题

为什么你是不好的厨师

现在我生病了

This is a music video by second year students. It is very well done. See if you can fill in the missing words.

Like a Boss

像个老板

我___床..像个老板

我刷牙…

去洗澡…”

穿上______…

_______饭…

开我车…

上课啦…

参加______…

不及格

哭______…

我生气…

把______打破了…

跑出去…

见人就打…

我_______…

吃____________…

发电子邮件…

学______…

喝啤酒…

买____________…

搭乘飞机…

到________…

去厕所…

护照在哪儿…

中国______…

坐班房…   像个老板

蛇年快乐！过年好！

This year, the Chinese New Year is on February 10. It is the year of the snake. Spokane Chinese Association is going to have a celebration on February 9 in Canaan Buffet with delicious food and other fun activities. Gonzaga Chinese learning students are going together to witness how the Chinese people here in Spokane celebrate the biggest traditional holiday in their culture. I hope the students can take the opportunity to practice their Chinese too.

Here is a picture of Gonzaga students performing a Chinese song in 2012 celebration.

Melody got a beautiful “龙”  from the event in 2012.

This is a music video by first year Chinese learning students. They write their own lyrics and then sing it. They create a cloze exercise too for others to listen and practice their Chinese. See if you can fill in the blanks.

 

没有中文课

我___ ___我们回家，朋友。

我们看电视，和___ ___。

我觉得这是好生活。

没有中文课。

没有中文课。

 

我的___ ___，我们有课。

我在不好宿舍。

我不喜欢吃饭。

我早___ ___。

我晩睡觉。

现在十二点, 功课, 不好.

我觉得有问题。

毎个人都___ ___有睡觉。

我们,

我们回家吧！

 

我喜欢我们回家，朋友。

我们看电视，和打球。

我觉得这是好生活。

没有中文课。

没有中文课。

 

我有新朋友, 我也有好室友.

我大学___ ___不错。

___ ___, 中文.

我们学中文歌。

我喜欢中国人。

我喜欢中文功课。我也,

我也___你知道，

大家喜欢中文老师Cheng。

我们,

我们回家吧！

 

 

我___ ___我们回家，朋友。

我们看___ ___，和打球。

我觉得这是好___ ___。

没有中文课。

没有中文课。

 

没有中文课.

我喜欢我们回家，朋友。(x3)

(没有中文课.) (x2)

没有中文课. (x3)

This semester starts with a fun project for the Chinese learning students. They are going to write a song in Chinese! Yes, they are going to write their own song, but sing it to the tune of a popular song they are familiar with. I don’t want students to translate a song from English to Chinese. I want them to express their own ideas and feelings with the Chinese they have learned. Students all seem very excited because they are going to star in their own music videos.

My students in 2011 did this project. I was amazed how well they did. The amount of work students were willing to put in such a project just made teaching Chinese so easy and fun. Students nowadays are just so talented. The most important thing for teachers to do is to provide opportunities to the students: give them a stage so that they shine and surprise even themselves. I am very glad some students have agreed to share their vidoes. I will post them here as examples for new students and for all who are interested in learning Chinese.

Dear friends,

Gonzaga Chinese Program is going to have its own blog now. This has been my dream ever since I began to teach Chinese here at Gonzaga six years ago. I have had a lot of fun learning the Chinese language and culture with my students. They often surprise me with their wonderful work and I think it would be fun to share some of their work with you. We will also post fun things that students do in their class, provide information about Chinese community culture events, and offer support in Chinese learning.

Thank you very much.

Bin Cheng Crow