Lesson 1.9 Chiniese vs English: Morphology/ Word-formation

  • Lesson 1.9 Chiniese vs English: Morphology/ Word-formation

    Learning Objectives:

    By the end of this lesson, students would be able to

    1) Understand the differences and similarities of Chinese and English word-formation

    2) Know the basic rules of word formation in both Chinese and English

    3) Have knowledge of basic affixes in English

    4) Analyze new words with the word-formation knowledge

    5) Improve translation and interpretation skills

    • Lesson 1.9 Assignments

      1. Review and Prepare for Quiz 1.9 Word-formation (6-8 questions)

          – Blank-filling / True or False / Multiple choice/ short-answer questions…

      2. Doing word-formation exercises 1 & 2

      Exercise 1 – Add Prefixes and Suffixes to the following words.

      1. Passion____
      2. Remember____
      3. ____conscious
      4. Sense____
      5. ____acceptable
      6. Entertain____
      7. ____representation
      8. Neat____
      9. Invent____
      10. ____interpret

      Exercise 2 – Form Compound Words
      Go through the words in the box given below and use them to form ten compound words.

      Up    table    spend    load    machine   case    make   estimate   over   self

      1. _______ confident
      2. Washing _______
      3. Time _______
      4. Under _______
      5. _______sufficient
      6. Up_______
      7. _______set
      8. Suit_______
      9. _______over
      10. _______thrift


      3. Essay:
      Topic: What are the most impressive differences (1-3) between Chinese and English in your opinion?

           (2 pages, 12 point font, double line space, word/pdf document, Due by May 24)


    • Lesson 1.9 Exit Card Questionnaire

      Students to complete this after you've finished all activities/tasks in today's lesson.

    • Essay Assignment

      Please write an reflection essay on the following topic.

      Topic: What are the most impressive differences (1-3) between Chinese and English in your opinion?

         

       (2 pages, 12 point font, double line space, Word or PDF document, 

      Due by 11:59pm on May 26)