Teacher Introductions

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

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

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?

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

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.

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?