Topic 1: Introduces
to students the basics of how to write and learn
the Chinese characters in the most efficient
way to learn Chinese online.
Topic 2: Each Chinese character has a form of
its own, representing a particular sound and
a particular meaning, one at least. In other
words, each character is a unity of form, sound
and meaning. The student of Chinese must call
on every one of the individuals if he or she
is to really know the personality of each
55 life situation
under 12 topics, with 600 practical sample sentences,
which can basically meet the communication needs
in daily life and work in China It cal also
be used as supplementary material for learners
who already have a grounding in Chinese to improve
their spoken Chinese. learn Chinese now.
To listen now, Mp3 and podcast of every sentence.
This course consists
of 10 pinyin lessons. Lesson 1 provides a brief
introduction to standard Chinese phonetic
system. Lesson 2 to 9 are designed to
teach you how to pronounce each sound
through the learning of Pinyin system
- 21 initial consonants and 36 simple
or compound vowels. Each lesson (except
Lesson 2) consists of three sections.
Section 1 introduces the phonetic symbols
and their ways of pronunciation. And
it compares the similarities and difference
between Chinese and English in pronouncing
a particular sound when it becomes relevant.
Section 2 presents classroom exercises
including a series of pronunciation
activities such as sound and tone recognition,
discrimination and pronunciation practice.
Section 3 provides exercises such as
Chinese tongue twisters or poems for
further practicing the introduced sounds
in meaningful contexts. Lesson 10 gives
a brief introduction of phonetic spelling
rules for writing Chinese syllables
and tone changes in the context of introduction
patterns.
