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A Chinese Class in Chicago High School

Standing in front of the blackboard, Christina Xu starts the class as usual, which lasts 90 minutes. Sixteen students stand up, shout their greetings of "good morning" in Chinese, and start the class.

This is a usual Chinese class at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in downtown Chicago. The 16 students are divided (分成) into small groups, four in each group, to practice Chinese speaking and writing.

The four different tones (声调) are one of the most difficult parts in Chinese learning. To make it easier, Xu uses gestures, and asks the students to match gestures with the words she pronounces.

Walter Payton is one of the 41 public schools in Chicago that offer Chinese classes. About 60 certified full-time Chinese teachers like Xu are offering Chinese courses in four levels to about 11,000 elementary and middle school students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

"CPS offers 12 foreign languages for students to choose," said Jane Lu, CPS Chinese world language coordinator and director of the Confucius Institute in Chicago. "In 2018, Chinese replaced French to become the second most chosen foreign language." Lu thinks it is because of the rapid development and rising of China on the world's stage.

Sixteen-year-old Steven Norinsky is a junior at Walter Payton. He has been learning Chinese since elementary school. He plans to learn it throughout high school. "I choose Chinese because I think it is the most important language to learn," Norinsky explained.

1.What do the 16 students practice in small groups?

2.Are the four different tones one of the most difficult parts in Chinese learning?

3.How many public schools offer Chinese classes in Chicago?

4.When did Chinese become the second most chosen foreign language in Chicago?

5.Why does Norinsky choose to learn Chinese?

Here are some ideas for learning English faster.

You are like a new baby.

Babies learn their language slowly. First they learn to listen. Then they learn to talk. Finally, they can read and write.

Listen to English every day.

Listen to English radio, watch English TV, go to see English movies or use online lessons.

Practise the conversations.

Make up conversations and practise the conversations. You’d better use beginner textbooks.

Read English stories

Start with children’ storybooks. Try to read stories for ESL (非母语英语教程) readers. Read ads and so on. Try to join an English Club for young learners.

Write down new words.

Start a new word notebook. Write words in alphabetical order (A... B... C). Make some sentences. Try to use an English-English dictionary.

Keep an English diary.

Start with one sentence. Like how do you feel? How is the weather? What did you do today?

1.How do babies learn their languages?

A.Slowly. B.Quickly. C.Loudly. D.Quietly.

2.what does the underlined phrase “alphabetical order” mean in Chinese?

A.按音标顺序 B.按字母顺序 C.按简易顺序 D.按长短顺序

3.The writer gave us ________ ideas for learning English faster.

A.four B.five C.six D.seven

4.What kind of books do we start to read when learning English?

A.Children’s story books. B.Children’s textbooks.

C.Children’s picture books. D.Children’s music books.

5.Which of the following is TRUE for English learning according to the passage?

A.Babies learn to read and write first.

B.Listening to English radio is not helpful.

C.We should always use an English-Chinese dictionary.

D.We can start with one sentence to keep an English diary.

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