For this week’s blog, I would like to introduce about the special circumstances to run my Blueprint and the adjustments to the learning activities that have difficulty in the Blueprint.

The learning activities that I have designed require the use of tools that are educational websites, such as YouTube, Duolingo, Kahoot, which means that if something unexpected happens, such as COVID-19 in 2020, learners are able to complete these learning activities at home. Because these learning activities use some common educational software. Therefore, this will not affect the learners’ usage. Moreover, in the first lesson, the educator will also introduce the use of these learning software in detail. This ensures that every learner can use these learning programs smoothly. Moreover, learners can accomplish their learning activities better in these programs. And the communication between educators and learners can be realized through email, web conferencing.

Personally, I think that the learning activities of Kahoot and Duolingo in the Blueprint program may hinder the learners’ learning. The Kahoot game has a time limit, and the questions are not always multiple choice. This will reduce the learners’ rate of correctness. Moreover, if learners do not spend time on learning and practicing Chinese after class, the practice questions in Kahoot and Duolingo may be difficult. To make sure that learners get the questions correct, and to give learners a sense of fulfillment in learning Chinese, Kahoot and Duolingo are designed to help learners to learn Chinese correctly. We can make the time for each question in Kahoot longer, instead of 15 seconds for the first question. Also, Kahoot’s questions can be set in both English and Chinese. This way, Chinese beginners can also read the questions fluently. Secondly, before doing Duolingo practice questions, educators can assign some written practice questions. These practice questions can be similar to Duolingo’s practice questions, but without the same questions. This way learners can review and study based on their own work after doing the practice questions given by the educator. Then complete the Duolingo practice questions. The written practice questions assigned by the educator may not be a percentage of the total score.