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Activity: Chopsticks 

Discussion

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Students discuss the difference between western kitchen utensils and silverware and eastern kitchen utensils.

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Chopsticks

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Student learn to read and write 筷子。

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Students learn to hold chopsticks with color pencils. 

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Pencils and Eraser Food

Students watch the activity video demo;

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Teacher will time the students to pick up small objects from the box. Every student gets a turn of 15 seconds.

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Video on Chopsticks' Meaning

Students watch the video "Do you understand Chopsticks?"

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Teacher explains the following points:

  • dialects/regions

  • family/ancestral alter

  • shape of chopsticks - 天圆地方

  • idiom 多一个人多一双筷子

  • dinning custom and etiquette

This is the activity demo I made  for you!

Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. 

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