Week 1 欢迎

欢迎！

Beginner Mandarin
S1 Week 1

Teacher Introductions

Poll

What is your teacher's name?

• Monda 老师

• 老师

• Carlson 老师

课堂规则 (Kètáng guīzé) Classroom rules

注意安全 (zhùyì ānquán) Be safe

善待 (shàndài) Be kind

要负责任 (yào fù zérèn) Be responsible

尊重他人 (zūnzhòng tārén) Be respectful of others

做好准备 (zuò hǎo zhǔnbèi) Be prepared

Multiple Select

What are the classroom rules? Select all that apply

• Be funny

• Be respectful

• Be responsible

• Be safe

• Be kind

S1 课程描述 (Kèchéng miáoshù) Course description for semester 1

Unit 1: Weeks 1-5

Introductions, history of the language, pinyin, simple greetings and introductions, numbers and
counting

Unit 2: Weeks 6-10

Geography, likes and dislikes, family, routines, telling time

Unit 3: Weeks 11-14

Sports, games, hobbies, colors, describing things

Unit 4: Weeks 15-18

Things we have, holidays and traditions, birthdays, Chinese New Year

Poll

Have you studied Mandarin before?

你以前学过普通话吗？

• 是的，我以前研究过。

  Yes. I have studied it before.

• 不，我以前没有研究过。

  No, I have not studied it before.

KWL–Know, Wonder, Learned

In Zoom, go to the whiteboard. Complete the K and W for the KWL.

What do you already know about Mandarin or Chinese?

What do you want to learn today?/What do you wonder?

Dropdown

Shang Dynasty emperors used​

Select answer

to answer questions about the future and ask for divine favors.

Multiple Choice

True or false: Many Shang Dynasty oracle bones can still be read, even though they are 3000 years old.

• True

• False

Radicals

The most common radicals are also some of the most ancient
characters.

A radical is how Chinese characters are classified or grouped.

They give us clues as to the meaning or pronunciation of the
entire character.

Example:安

This character has “roof/cover (mian)” and “woman (nu)” （宀
，女）Together, they make the character 'an' which is part of the word for “safe.”

Today, this character is used in the phrases 安宁，安全 both
mean peace or peaceful.

What do you think this character might mean? 人

Multiple Choice

True or False: radicals can help us understand how a word sounds and what it means.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Using the radicals, what do you think this character means? Hint: a member of the family

妈

Tones

Tones

There are 4 main tones in Chinese.

First tone: high and flat.

Second tone: rising

Third tone: longer, falling then rising

Fourth tone: short, falling

Using tone marks over pinyin words is
how we will “read” this semester.

妈妈骑马，马慢，妈妈骂马。

Mā mā qí mǎ, mǎ màn, mā mā mà mǎ.

Mother rides a horse. The horse is slow. Mother scolds
the horse.

Audio Response

Record yourself saying this tongue twister:

Mā mā qí mǎ, mǎ màn, mā mā mà mǎ.

妈妈骑马，马慢，妈妈骂马。

Open Audio Recorder

Multiple Choice

How many tones are there?

• 6

• 3

• 4

• 5

Homework

Complete the L for the KWL: either by writing in Google classroom, or you can record an audio response in Flip.

Go to Flip and record your short introduction. https://flip.com/6917cc73monda

下周 (Xià zhōu)：Next week:

More pronunciation, simple greetings and introductions, pronouns.

Extra: to learn more...

...about Chinese characters

• Four main types of Chinese characters

• Did you know that all Chinese characters are made up of the same core 200 radicals?