Studies Of Chinese Classroom Group Activities In Spain

In overseas Chinese teaching,classroom teaching is the basic organizational form of Chinese teaching,representing the process of Chinese teaching.Group activity is a common method in Chinese classroom teaching,which can provide learners with more opportunities to use the target language reduce anxiety,stimulate learning motivation,active classroom atmosphere and so on.However,in the actual classroom teaching process,there are still many problems in the development of the group activities,the effectiveness of the group activities have yet to be improved.Based on the author's own teaching experience at Confucius Institute of Barcelona,this paper studies the methods of classroom group activities for Spanish learners of different levels of Chinese.This paper is divided mainly into the following three parts:Firstly,through case analysis,the author selected three less ideal case that occurred in the initial development of classroom group activities,reflecting the shortcomings and its' reasons,so as to put forward the preliminary suggestions of the group activities of Chinese classroom in Spain.Secondly,through the questionnaire and interviews,the author carried out quantitative and qualitative analysis of three aspects of group activities,which are the situation of group activities in Chinese classroom in Spain,the evaluation of teachers and students about group activities and the promotion of effectiveness of group activities.The study aims to discuss how to adapt to the characteristics of the different levels of the Spanish students,so as to design and implement group activities more effectively.Finally,according to the result of subjective experience and objective investigation,the author put forward specific suggestions about group activities at different levels in Spain.At the same time,based on these recommendations the author adjusted the classroom group activities,and from the new practice selected three more successful examples,summarizing the successful experience and its merits.The suggestions of the different level of the class group activities in Spain that are proposed in the paper include:In primary Chinese classroom,group activities should be based on the form of language games,the content of the activities should combine the book content and students' daily life.Teachers should provide help during the activity,evaluate and summarize after the activity.In the intermediate Chinese class,the form of the group activities should be mainly information exchange,based on the teaching material and students' life.Teachers should give students more assistance during the activities;In senior Chinese classroom,group activities should be carried out mainly by the form of discussion,with its' content based on textbooks,extending to the social situation in China and Spain.Teachers should better design activities and help students review the related vocabulary and grammar in before the activity.During the activity,guide the students to pay more attention to the form of the language,improving their language accuracy.