"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."
-- Chinese Proverb
Happy Year of the Rooster! Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it’s known in China, began this past Saturday and traditionally lasts for 15 days. Roosters are hard-working, popular, and have a good sense of humor. However, they can also be boastful, impatient, and talkative.
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Source: The ESL Nexus |
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My model for students; source: The ESL Nexus |
Here’s a quick and easy way you can have your students write the greeting in Chinese, along with the Pinyin Romanization of the Chinese characters. In Mandarin, which is the language I learned, it’s pronounced more or less like this: Sheen Nee-en Kwhy Luh. The marks over the vowels of the Pinyin letters indicate the tones on the words. If you are interested, you can use Google Translation to hear how the phrase is really pronounced because it’s difficult for me to explain it briefly and clearly. I also want to point out that in Cantonese, the phrase is different.
Materials Needed
* A copy of the template, shown below, for every student; you can find it here. You’ll be asked to make a copy for yourself and then you can download the file. (The template does not have my logo on it.)
* Crayons and/or colored markers to color in the outlined words and characters.
* If you have stamps with Chinese designs or designs of flowers or words that say, for example, Love or Harmony or Peace, students can use them to decorate their sign. Otherwise, they can use the crayons or markers and draw their own pictures.
* If you do use stamps, then obviously you’ll need ink pads, too.
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Template for writing Happy New Year in Chinese; download it HERE |
Step 1: Make a copy of the template for all your students.
Step 2: Tell students to color in the outlined characters and words. Red and yellow are colors often found in traditional Chinese New Year decorations.
Step 3: Tell students to write Happy New Year in English in the blank space at the top of the paper. I recommend that they first write it lightly in pencil so the words are large enough and are centered, and then go over it with colored markers or crayons.
Step 4: If you have stamps, students can use them to decorate their signs however they wish. If you don’t have stamps, students can just draw pictures and designs to decorate their signs if they want.
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Example of a finished sign; source: The ESL Nexus |
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