Chinese: Second Language Learner 7–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Communicating / Socialising
Content description
Exchange feelings, ideas and opinions, establish and maintain friendships and participate in group action
Elaborations
exchanging greetings with peers and familiar adults, choosing appropriate greetings to suit age or position (for example, 您好，老师 好) or time of day (for example, 你早，晚安), and using appropriate tone and intonation
sharing personal ideas and opinions on experiences such as home life and routine, school and education, diet and food, travel and leisure, climate and weather, expressing opinions and preferences and stating reasons to elaborate the message, for example, 我不太喜欢…、我觉得…因为
engaging in class discussion by responding to questions such as 你喜欢运动吗？, expressing agreement and disagreement with others’ opinions (for example, 对，我也很喜欢运动), and making sure that other participants are included in the interaction, for example, 我去过法国，你呢？
using set phrases to greet, thank, apologise and ask permission from peers and teacher, for example, 我可以上厕所吗？；谢谢；对不起
comparing own experiences to the lives of young Chinese people, for example, 我觉得 7:30上学太早。 我不坐地铁上学，我坐公共汽车上学
