Resources
Drawing dictation
This activity requires colouring pencils. The teacher dictates the colours in a picture and the students must colour in their picture correctly. In the second activity students can dictate their own drawing and colours to their partners. A character only version is available.
The weather and clothes
Reading and writing activities on weather and clothing. The first activity is a reading comprehension on weather and clothing. In the second activity students must match seasons to the appropriate clothing. A character only version is available.
Clothing Flashcards
Flashcards covering different items of clothing and questions for students to ask each other. A character only version is available.
Online resources
- BBC online lesson on clothes, with vocabulary, videos, songs, and photos
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/mandarin/families/clothes/
- Clothes in Chinese: sentences in pinyin and characters and with English translation. Has got good audio clips for each example sentence
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/chinese/lessons/clothes-in-chinese
- Free Chinese Lessons from L-Ceps Personal trainer Chinese (Mandarin) Language Learning Software
http://free.lessons.l-ceps.com/learn-chinese-mandarin-free-lesson-9.html
- clothes: vocabulary list
http://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/2013/04/15/chinese-vocabulary-word-list-clothing/
- Youtube Chinese Clothing Vocabulary with quiz
- Extension: how to shop in Chinese
http://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/how-to-shop-for-clothes-in-mandarin-one/