{"id":12093,"date":"2026-07-02T08:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa-1-%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%9d\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:21:48","slug":"activity1-two-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/activity1-two-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 1: Two Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12093\" class=\"elementor elementor-12093 elementor-7997\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f95a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10f95a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae6f03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ae6f03\" 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underline;\">Music in China<\/span><\/a> \\(\\blacktriangleright\\) Activity 1: Two Chinese<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbff5f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbff5f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activity 1: Two Chinese<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c66b88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c66b88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b1dc49 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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down into the Kamatz, Chirik, and Segol vowels, and play a fun sound game that will show us how any word can be turned into a new musical creation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1f1aa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1f1aa7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a69c9b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a69c9b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u05d0\u05ea\u05e8-\u05d7\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05dd-\u05e1\u05d9\u05df.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4026\" alt=\"\" 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Activity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36746c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36746c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e6b3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06e6b3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a6355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1a6355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In the first stage, the song can be sung while it is played in the background.<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>After getting to know the song, the children can be asked if they noticed anything interesting about it.<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>Afterward, it can be summarized that it is customary to sing one verse of the song several times, with each time being sung differently, based on a different syntactic vowel.<br \/>This is an opportunity to talk with the children about how words are composed of different vowels (Ah, Ee, Eh, Oh, Oo), which have different names (Kamatz, Chirik, Segol, Cholem, and Shuruk respectively.)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2e33f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2e33f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e3d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6e3d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"70ed44f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>After becoming familiar with the vowels, a word game based on recognizing the vowels can be played with the children.<br \/>The parents announce a word, the child chooses a vowel and pronounces the word according to the chosen vowel.<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>After getting to know the basic version of the song and practicing singing it, Shlomo Gronich&#8217;s version of this song can be heard.<br \/>This version contains diverse musical styles that change at a fast pace, starting with rock, continuing with a cappella, and up to singing in a Hasidic style.<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>At this stage, the children&#8217;s attention can be drawn to the fact that although the song is about two Chinese men, the music is not Chinese at all.<br \/>This observation will serve as a bridge to an 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