Visuals

This book is designed for young pupils rather than for high school students. However, the flash cards coming with the book will be helpful for teaching directions and transportation. Teachers can also use these cards to do other classroom activities like matching or flyswatter games. It has pinyin and Chinese characters on the front side and translation on the other side. A Chinese map of Beijing downtown is an authentic material to generate learning activities for the directions and transportation unit. It could be used as an authentic reading material; it could be used as a reference to write directions to get to places with a specific starting point; it could be used as a prop in a role play activity. As a matter of fact, a map promotes teachers’ as well as students’ creativity.
 * Liu, F., Wang, W., Zhou, R., & Li, D. (2007). //Chinese Paradise: Cards of Words and Expressions//. Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press**
 * Map of Beijing downtown**[[file:Map of Beijing Downtown.pdf]]

This wall map can help students to visualize the places and transportation vehicles and it will be great for class decoration. All the parts can be cut into pieces to be utilized in other classroom activities also.
 * Wall Map of Transportation, Countries, and Cities**