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**Dàjiā Shuō！** **大家 说**
 * This is a wiki for teachers of Chinese wishing to participate in a trial project focussing on: **
 * **The development and delivery of lessons focussing on high-frequency, functional classroom language **
 * **The use of gestures to support language acquisition **

**﻿ On this wiki, teachers will be able to access the lesson plans, videos of gesture suggestions, a discussion forum and other useful resources. ** **The aims of this group are to: ** **Teachers participating in this group may also be interested in the Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM); a gesture-based methodology using pared-down language to teach language through narrative and drama. AIM has been used with huge success for teaching French as a second language for over a decade and is now being developed for teaching Mandarin in Australia. For details of AIM including the annual conference in Melbourne on 19-20 September, click here to visit the Australian AIM website. **
 * **Enhance student oral language acquisition **
 * **Increase student engagement and retention beyond compulsory years' language education **
 * **Create a network of teaching professionals willing to support each other in exploring and developing new ways of teaching Chinese Second Language to non-background, classroom learners **