The toolkit is designed to complement the “Cultural Station” in the Chinese Textbook Hua Wen Ban Wo Xing（华文伴我行）, featuring eight units of classroom learning activities (such as role-playing, group discussions, task completion, etc.). The main goals are to enhance students’ oral expression, promote critical thinking, independent thought, and information integration skills. The contents of each unit in the Textbook are organically linked, allowing other sections to leverage the “Cultural Station”. By effectively utilising the “Cultural Station” resources in the Textbook through meticulously designed classroom activities, this toolkit can strengthen the linkage between the different sections of the Textbook and facilitate the learning and mastery of language as well as the understanding and experience of cultural practices. By integrating cultural knowledge with real-life scenarios, the toolkit enables students to connect new knowledge with their existing experiences for practical application. This not only enhances their interest in learning Chinese but also helps cultivate cultural sensitivity and identity formation. The collaboration of the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall has further enriched the cultural content of the toolkit and enhanced its relevance to the local community.

The toolkit comprises eight units, complete with lesson plans and PPTs. Beside targeted teaching strategies, useful scaffolds, and appropriate teaching activities, the toolkit also provides teachers with a range of cultural teaching resources aligned with the curriculum standards, including cultural background materials, case studies, and multimedia materials. All these help to enrich cultural knowledge in the classroom and enhance teaching effectiveness.

Designed mainly for teachers of Higher Chinese classes in secondary schools, this toolkit also serves as a useful tool for Chinese language teachers of corresponding levels in other courses.