在教室里
Zài jiàoshì lǐ — In the Classroom
The things within arm’s reach, and the instructions a teacher actually says all day. This is the unit that lets a Chinese lesson start being conducted in Chinese — the single biggest jump in listening all year.
Unit objectives
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
- Name six classroom objects
- Follow four spoken instructions without an English translation
- Address the teacher as 老师
- Ask for something politely using 请
Key vocabulary
Six objects and four instructions — the instructions matter more than the nouns.
书 笔 桌子 椅子 门 老师 站起来 坐下 看 听
Where the lesson switches languages
Six things around us
Flashcards, then labelling the real room — students stick picture cards on the actual door, desk and chair.
Stand up, sit down
The four instructions, drilled as a game until the class responds without thinking. From here the teacher can run whole activities in Chinese.
Two instructions at home
Use 看 and 听 at home this week instead of “look” and “listen.” Children respond to them faster than you’d expect.
Calling the teacher 老师
In Chinese schools a teacher is usually addressed by surname plus 老师 — Wang Lǎoshī, Li Lǎoshī — or simply as 老师 on its own. The word literally contains 老, “old,” but here it carries respect rather than age; young teachers are called it too. It’s a small habit that tells children something real about how teaching is regarded, and most enjoy having a proper title to use.
Unit 9 progress check
A light, no-pressure way to see what’s sticking:
- Does your child stand up when they hear 站起来?
- Can they name three classroom objects?
- Do they use 请 when asking for something?
Responding to instructions is worth more here than naming objects — it’s what makes the rest of the program run in Chinese.