teaching chinese funny stories

There's a story about a group of animals having a race in the forest to see who can reach the top of the mountain first. The rabbit is overconfident at first, the tortoise is slow but steady, and the monkey is full of tricks. Through this story, students can learn about different animal names in Chinese, adjectives to describe their characteristics, and also some action verbs like 'run', 'jump' and 'climb'. It's a very engaging and educational story.

Funny stories are great for teaching Chinese. Firstly, they break the monotony of traditional learning. If you tell a story about a clever monkey outwitting a fox in Chinese, students will be curious to understand what's going on. This curiosity drives them to learn new words and phrases. Secondly, the cultural elements in these stories, like traditional Chinese values shown through the characters' actions, are easily absorbed by students while they are enjoying the story.

Teaching funny stories helps in building a positive relationship between the teacher and the students. It creates a friendly and relaxed classroom environment. For example, when students laugh together over a funny story, it brings them closer to the teacher.

Here's another one. I was teaching my sister English at home. I made her act out different animals while learning the animal names. She was pretending to be a kangaroo and hopped all around the living room. She made up her own little story about the kangaroo going shopping, which was not part of the lesson but made the whole teaching session very fun and memorable.

Unexpected student responses can make a teaching story funny. For example, when you ask a simple question like 'What's 2+2?' and a student answers with something completely off - like 'A purple dinosaur'.

They make learning more enjoyable. For example, students are more likely to remember things when they are associated with a funny story.

They can make learning more interesting. For example, teachers can use a funny story about a historical figure as a child to engage students in history lessons.

In an English class, the teacher was teaching idioms. To illustrate 'let the cat out of the bag', he actually brought in a cat in a bag. He was about to open the bag slowly when the cat clawed its way out suddenly, scaring some students but also making everyone remember the idiom very well.

Once, a teaching assistant was demonstrating a science experiment about static electricity. He rubbed a balloon on his head so vigorously that his hair stood up all over like a crazy Einstein. The students burst into laughter, and from then on, every time they had a science class, they would ask him to do the 'balloon hair' trick again.

Sure. Once I was teaching math and I used a really goofy example about a magical unicorn that loved to count its sparkles to explain addition. The kids were so amused and they remembered the concept really well.