Learn Chinese with TV Shows and Act Out Scenes! (Part 1 of 2)

The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with an immersive and interactive environment for learning authentic Chinese. We picked TV series taking into consideration the balance of content that is entertaining to watch and content from which one can learn the most authentic Chinese. The TV shows are selected from two categories: romance and family. During the workshop, we will provide participants with 1-2 minutes cut from those TV shows to watch together, and also provide the script of their dialogues including English translation of words and phrases for learning. Participants will have the chance of learning the language from the selected dialogues, watch how the actors deliver their specific lines, and most importantly, act the scenes out with fellow participants :)

Meet the facilitator:
Jieyun earned her Master’s degree in Chinese Linguistics from Peking University, with the concentration on Chinese semantics and pragmatics. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, majoring in Sociology and East Asian Studies. Prior to her appointment at Princeton, she taught Chinese courses of various levels during her graduate study as well as in Columbia in Beijing Summer program and NYU Shanghai. Jieyun was appointed as a Second-year Chinese instructor by Princeton in Beijing summer program in 2017 . She was a co-head teacher in third-year Chinese in 2019 PiB program.

What to Expect:
Double workshop (meets twice for 2-hour sessions, 4 total hours of meeting time).

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