The pedagogical will is to make the students talk as much as possible during the sessions. They are invited to dialogue together on the proposed themes. They can ask questions to ask for help to one of their classmates or to a Chinese student present during the session. This approach forces students to be active and involved during the class, they can be asked questions by another student at any time.
While the students interact, the teacher stands back and lets them help and correct each other. She transcribes elements of the discussions in writing and projects them to the students in the word processor of the Wenlin electronic dictionary, with the final text appearing only in Chinese characters. The focus is on sentences in different contexts, with supports (objects, images, gestures) introduced progressively to introduce vocabulary and illustrate syntactic structures and functions. The dictionary also allows for easy phonetic correction in case of doubt about pronunciation.
When something new is introduced or when students are having difficulty, the teacher intervenes to present the nuances of the variations of structures and sentence forms. The teacher corrects and corrects when necessary, explaining the students' pronunciation errors and their possible alternative meanings. Frequently, all students are asked to pronounce the sentences faster and faster.
At the same time, the teacher makes available on Moodle many resources for students in the flipped classroom. In particular, she has set up self-correcting audio quizzes. Priority is given to writing the characters on the computer, even if comprehension is also tested by MCQs. Students can practice on their own at home, and only the best of their attempts are counted in the final tests of the continuous assessment.
