A fantastic teaching resource: Transition 前进乐团 （Dui Bu Qi 对不起我的中文不好）

If you haven’t used this resource for your students, you should do it now. It’s very encouraging to see ‘外国人说中文’，although this song is called “我的中文不好”. They have not only learnt Chinese language, but also Chinese culture - 谦虚.

                          

An excellent resource for developing students' intercultural understanding: What You Should NEVER Give to a Chinese Person

In order to help students develop their intercultural understanding, which is an essential skill in a globalised world, teachers need to encourage students to compare and contrast the target and their own cultures, to reflect on students’ own cultures, and to ‘create personal meanings about one’s experiences, communicate those meanings, explore those meanings and reshape them in response to others’ (Scarino & Liddicoat, 2009:23).  The following is an excellent resource for teachers to induce the discussion.