Chinese food is loosely related to the foreign students who come to learn in Mandarin language courses in China. Therefore, they should know some knowledge about Chinese cuisines and the names of the dishes and the ingredients. Teaches can play game in class to help students to know about the processes of cooking Chinese dishes at the time of practicing the oral language. It can be processed by asking students go to the platform to introduce the information about the certain dishes one by one.
When introducing the Chinese foods, the foreign learners are demanded to write down the names and ingredients of the dishes on the blackboard and introduce the cooking ways and the features of the cuisines as well as the eating way in oral language. The rest students can make comments on them and score to choose the most excellent dishes. To do better, the students should prepare in advance and they are not allowed to read by following the materials.
It can be practices in another way. The students firstly discuss which Chinese food restaurant they want to go for meal together. Then, every student should order one dish and make a brief introduction on the dishes, including the names, meanings, main ingredients, cooking methods, features and eating ways. Of course, the learners who learn Chinese can also make comparison with the foods in their own countries. Besides, everyone should order one drink and try to not repeat.
Just as those who come to learn Chinese language in China all know, Chinese people attach much importance to people’s name because it carries the hope and wish for their lives. The students can play the game to name Chinese people to understand the forms and meanings of Chinese names. Firstly, teachers tell them that Ms. somebody just gave birth to a twin babies and they should name for them. Of course, the teachers should also explain the features of Chinese names as well as some taboos in naming.
What mentioned above are about the Chinese culture. But Chinese language learners may sometimes fail to understand the word order in Chinese. The teachers can firstly write one character on the top of the blackboard, then one more space is added in the next line and students should fill the blanks with the given character. For example, 饭，吃饭，他吃饭，他们吃饭，他们在吃饭,etc.