Likes and dislikes

Outcomes

Learn:

sentence patterns: “do you like …?” and “I like ..”
names of some colours.

Extra for experts

Learn:

names of some Chinese foods.

Activities – Saying what you like and don’t like

In this unit, practise saying what you like and don’t like with regard to colours and a few items of Chinese food. Use props to help learning (for example, colour boards and symbols or actual food!).

Possible activities (adapt according to level of students)	Resources
Watch the video clip of students saying which colours they like. Can the students hear the pattern for saying “I like…” “Wŏ xĭhuan …” ? The pattern for “I dislike…” is “Wŏ bù xĭhuan …”	Video link – Colours – likes and dislikes
Use the video clip of colour names to practise and learn the words for colours – students listen and then repeat.	Video link – Colours
To help memorise the names of colours, students could work in pairs to make flash cards, or colour wheels (circle with colours, and an arrow ‘spinner’ to point to the colour). They can then use their cards or wheels to practise saying the colour words.	Appendix 5
In pairs, students can practise the sentence patterns “I like …” and “I don’t like …”. As a class or in groups, make a graph to show favourite colours, with students taking turns to say in Chinese which colour they like, and then turning the tally of colours into a bar graph.	Appendix 5
Students could draw flags, perhaps to represent some of the countries at the Olympic Games, and label their flag with the Chinese words for the colours.	Appendix 5

Activities – Extra for experts – Food

Possible activities (adapt according to level of students)

Resources

Watch the video clip of students saying which type of food they like. Can the learners recognise some of the types of food?

Video link – Types of food

Use the sentence pattern “I like…” for students to practise saying which types of food they like. (Use the examples on the vocabulary list, Appendix 2).

The pattern for “I dislike…” is “Wŏ bù xĭhuan …”.
Students can also practise this pattern.

Video link – Types of food (for pronunciation)

Appendix 2