TPRS Story about Michelle and her boyfriend.ppt

Storytelling as a way to improve language acquisition. This is a small example of doing it with some basic Chinese.

1. Story telling
讲故事
jiǎng gùshì

2. Respond with
啊…
是/ 不是
对/ 不对

3. Respond with
哎呀！āi yā!
当然啦！
dāngránla!

4. Michelle 找男朋友
住在(zhùzài): lives 哪儿(nǎer): where
男生(nánshēng): male
生(nǚshēng): female
男朋友(nánpéngyǒu): boyfriend
女朋友(nǚpéngyǒu): girlfriend
有(yǒu) / 没有(méiyǒu): have / not have
要(yào) / 不要(búyào): want / not want

5. Michelle 找男朋友
什么样的 (shén me yàngde) What kind of
高(gāo): tall 矮(ǎi): short
去(qù): to go 找(zhǎo): to find
身高(shēngāo): height
尺(chǐ): feet 寸(cùn): inches
开心(kāi xīn): happy 伤心(shāng xīn): sad
爱(ài): love
当然了(dāng rán le)！Of course!