Mandarin/Mandarin One

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Nǐ hǎo! Welcome to Mandarin One! This self-paced course will help introduce students to the basic spoken Mandarin and written Chinese language as learned in a first semester college course. This is for people studying for a test, like HSK, or while refreshing their knowledge before taking a more advanced course. At the same time it is meant to be as practical as possible for the person that simply wants to pick up some Chinese before their next trip.

• Those wishing to learn the Traditional Character set can do so by using the new Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese translation tool on Google while studying these lessions.

Contents 1 Course Outline 1.1 Lesson One 1.2 Lesson Two 1.3 Lesson Three 1.4 Lesson Four 1.5 Lesson Five 1.6 Lesson Six 1.7 Lesson Seven 1.8 Lesson Eight 1.9 Lesson Nine 1.10 Lesson Ten 1.11 Lesson Eleven 1.12 Lesson Twelve 1.13 Lesson Thirteen 1.14 Lesson Fourteen 1.15 Lesson Fifteen 2 Materials Needed for Mandarin One 2.1 Required Texts 2.2 Required Free Software 2.3 Supplemental Materials

[edit] Course Outline

[edit] Lesson One

• Chapter One - Pronouncing Single Syllables
• The four tones and Hanyu Pinyin. *
• Finals and Initials
• Chapter One Quiz

[edit] Lesson Two

• Chapter Two - Pronouncing Syllables in Combination
• Numbers 1-10
• Brief Chinese History
• Chapter Two Quiz

[edit] Lesson Three

• Chapter Three Vocabulary - Lǎoshǔ hǎo! (Hello, Mouse!)
• Introductions - nǐ hǎo 你好
• Chinese Names
• Numbers 11-99
• Asking for Help
• Chapter Three Quiz
• Chapters One-Three Test

[edit] Lesson Four

• Chapter Four Vocabulary - Hěn gāoxìng rènshì nín. (Glad to meet you.)
• Introduction to Chinese Writing
• Grammer - Pronouns
• Numbers 100-300

[edit] Lesson Five

• Chapter Four Quiz

[edit] Lesson Six

• Chapter Five Vocabulary - Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu xiōngdì jiěmèi? (Do you have brothers or sisters?)
• Family

[edit] Lesson Seven

• Celebrations and Festivals
• Chapter Five Quiz

[edit] Lesson Eight

• Chapter Six Vocabulary - Nǐ xiànzài yǒu méiyǒu shì? (Is there anything you have to do now?)
• Writing Chinese Characters

[edit] Lesson Nine

• Chapter Six Quiz
• Chapters Four-Six Test

[edit] Lesson Ten

• Chapter Seven Vocabulary - Nàme, nǐmen mài shénme? (Well, then what do you sell?)
• Shopping, How Much?

[edit] Lesson Eleven

• Chapter Seven Quiz

[edit] Lesson Twelve

• Chapter Eight Vocabulary - Nǐmen yǒu fàngjiān ma? (Do you have any rooms?)

[edit] Lesson Thirteen

• Chapter Eight Quiz

[edit] Lesson Fourteen

• Chapter Nine Vocabulary - Nǐmen dǎsuàn zhù duōjiǔ? (How long do you plan to stay?)

[edit] Lesson Fifteen

• Chapter Nine Quiz
• Final Exam

[edit] Materials Needed for Mandarin One

[edit] Required Texts

• Williams, P.F.C., & Wu, Y.(1999). Chinese: The Easy Way. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
• Chinese Wikibook

[edit] Required Free Software

• Dim Sum: Chinese Reading Assistant and Dictionary
• Shared Talk Language Exchange Network - for email and chatting with fluent speakers
• Lab Recording: Mandarin syllables recorded on the Mandarin_sounds.zip file from chinese-lessons.com (same as the recordings used in the Dim Sum program).

[edit] Supplemental Materials

• A comprehensive Chinese (Pinyin) - English Dictionary
• Tao, S.(2005). Chinese Learning Cards for HSK Beijing: Morning Glory Publishers
• Lafayette De Mente, B.(1995). Chinese in Plain English Chicago: Passport Books