M3U2Project--the-development-of-Chinese-characters.ppt

1、Unit 2 Project,Chinese characters,The development of,Lets enjoy a video clip of the beautiful and charming Chinese characters .,Can you make out any of these Chinese characters?,甲骨文,金文,战国文字,小篆,Oracle Bone Inscriptions,Bronze Inscriptions,Lesser Seal Characters,王曦之兰亭序,行书,楷书 Formal Script,Running Scri

2、pt,The development of Chinese characters,Learning aims: 1.You will learn about the development of Chinese characters 2.You will design a booklet about how a written language developed.,Fast reading,How does Chinese language differ from Western languages? 2. Who first invented Chinese writing? 3.When

3、 did the Chinese government introduce simplified Chinese characters?,Cang Jie,In the 1950s,Instead of an alphabet, Chinese uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.,Find out the whole structure,A,D,C,B,Part1(p1)-Brief introduction of _,Part2(p2-4)-A story about_ _and _ types of Chines

4、e characters.,Pare3(p5)- _ Chinese characters.,Cang Jie inventing Chinese writing,4,Simplified,Chinese characters.,the main idea of each part,Careful reading Part1(para1),How can we study the history of the Chinese language?,The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these

5、 characters developed.,1.How did Cang Jie invent Chinese writing? 2. Four types of Chinese characters,Careful reading Part2(p2-4),meaning,山、牛、雨 Represent_ 休、明、思 Express _ 上、下、八 Express_ (4) 抱 、姥、钢 One part of a character indicates the _ and the other suggests the _ .,objects,ideas,directions or numb

6、ers,pronunciation,pictographs象形字,Ideographs会意字,Indicatives指事字,Pictophonetic形声字,仓颉也称苍颉，是传说为黄帝的史官，汉字的创造者。传说中仓颉生有“双瞳四目”。目有重瞳者，中国史书上记载只有三个人，虞舜、仓颉、项羽。虞舜是禅让的圣人，孝顺的圣人，而仓颉是文圣人，项羽则是武圣人。,（返回键）,Pictograph,Sun,Moon,Mountain,Sheep,象形字,Human,Woman,What character is this ?,kid,（返回键）,Ideographs,会意字,combine two or m

7、ore characters.,Good,（返回键）,What character is this ?,（返回键）,Pictophonetic,形声字,帽、洋、姥、驶、材、枝、钢、侣、铜 、洲,Part 3 When were simplified Chinese characters introduced by the Chinese government?,In the 1950s.,Discussion,Why should we do research on the development of Chinese characters?,Chinese characters,1. Chi

8、nese history is recorded by 2. represent Chinese culture 3. represent our nation and country 4. communicate with other cultures ,Some possible answers,Lets design our booklets!,Booklet is a small book with a paper cover that contains information about a particular subject.,Booklet should have:,1. cover 2. content(目录) 3. introduction 4. examples of some Chinese characters 5. beautiful pictures,It is/ It means/ shows/ expresses represents is made up of /turn into develo