Chinese Zodiac Story

Allison Lai University of Scranton

Peterson and Coltrane (2003)

The culture associated with a language cannot be learned in a few lessons about celebrations, folk songs, or costumes of the area in which the language is spoken. Culture is a much broader concept that is inherently tied to many of the linguistic concepts taught in second language classes. Cultural information should be presented in a nonjudgmental fashion, in a way that does not place value or judgment on distinctions between the students native culture and the culture explored in the classroom.

My Perspectives on Culture
Cultural knowledge is essential to the successful acquisition of languages. I have found that learning about culture and customs encourages my students to respect differences in cultures. I am sure my students become more fascinated with Chinese when they learn about our culture. To avoid misunderstanding, it is also the teachers job to introduce their own culture to the students.

Objectives
Students will be able to: 1. identify the 12 animals in Chinese Zodiac 2. tell the order of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals 3. retell the story of Chinese Zodiac 4. recognize their own Chinese Zodiac animal

Do you know the Chinese Zodiac is represented by 12 animals? What are they? What is the order? Do you know why mice are afraid of cats?

Chinese Zodiac
STORY 1

STORY 2

Whats your Chinese Zodiac