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Teach Questions: When and How? CLTA-GNY 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Seventh New York International Conference on the Teaching of Chinese Jun Kramer Lawrence High School 2525 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ 08515 junkramer@ Language and communication are at the heart of the human experience. The United States must educate students who are linguistically and culturally equipped to communicate successfully in a pluralistic American society and abroad. - Excerpted from the “Standard for Foreign Language Learning” Statement of Philosophy The Modes of Communication The most challenging communication is interpersonal mode of communication. Interpersonal communication in classroom – Questions and answers are conducted between students spontaneously. Teach Questions: When and How Textbook Way Cluster Way Textbook Way The following are taught in different lessons during the whole year: The question particle “吗” of Yes/no Questions Interrogative words of Wh-Questions, e.g. “什么”, “谁”, “几”, etc. A-not-A question format Textbook Way – 快乐汉语 1 吗-lesson 1 哪-lesson 2 什么-lesson 2 哪儿-lesson 3 Textbook Way – 快乐汉语1(cont.) 几-lesson 13 “A-not-A”Format -lesson 16 怎么-lesson 23 Textbook Way – 快乐汉语1(cont.) The following interrogative words are not in Textbook 1 为什么 多少 怎样／怎么样 什么时候 多大 Textbook Way – 跟我学汉语 1 什么- lesson 4 吗-lesson 5 谁-lesson 7 几-lesson 9 谁的-lesson 10 多少-lesson 10 哪里-lesson 11 多大-lesson 13 Textbook Way – 跟我学汉语 1 “A-not-A”Format -lesson 13 什么时候-lesson 20 哪-lesson 21 怎么样-lesson 23 为什么-lesson 26 哪儿-lesson 31 怎么-lesson 34 Problems of “Textbook Way” Spontaneous conversation, not mechanical reciting, will not happen until after two months at least. During the second half of the school year, students start confusing interrogative words that they studied. Cluster Way 1. The question particle “吗”, interrogative words and “A-not-A” format are introduced to students in Week One. 2. Make them part of classroom passwords. Examples of Passwords Benefits of “Cluster Way” 1