Eleventh graders learn profession words in Mandarin — 医生 (yīshēng), 老师 (lǎoshī), 工程师 (gōngchéngshī), 护士 (hùshi), 律师 (lǜshī) — so they can talk about jobs and careers in Chinese.
Students will be able to…
What do you want to be? To talk about careers in Mandarin, you need 职业 (zhíyè) words. What are they?
Project this and match each Mandarin profession to its English meaning — tap the Mandarin, then tap the English.
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To talk about careers in Mandarin, you need 职业 words — what are they?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students speak.
Students close.
Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-High).
Interpersonal: discuss careers.
Interpretive: understand job words.
Connect to career planning.
Compare profession words.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students say one profession they admire in Mandarin (“我想当…”). A printable professions sheet is in the World Languages library.
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A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.