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Chapter 1

Lecture 1: A brief and quick learning of Chinese pinyin

This module gives you a quick learning of Chinese syllable/Pinyin, you should master the pronunciation proficiently and read them correctly.

 

Chapter 2 

Lecture 1: Numbers

This course not only gives you a basic learning of characters of numbers, but also helps you to build up a feeling of the meaning that hidden behind the Chinese literature culture, and you’ll start to read and memorize your first characters from here.

Lecture 2: Say hello!

We begin to learn simple pronouns in this lecture, such as you and me, and briefly introduce yourself and ask someone’s name. so, it’s the first lecture to learn about questions.

Lecture 3: Where are you from?

This lecture is about asking and answering simple questions with”where/哪里?”, you need to pay attention to the sentence structures.

 

Lecture 4:Talking about your family members

Please be familiar with these characters about family members.

 

Lecture 5 :What do you do?

You will learn how to ask somebody’s job and work place, you can change the subject to ask other people’s jobs such as your family members’ or friends’ job.

 

Chapter Summary 2

 

 

 

Chapter 3

Lecture 1:What do you look like?

You will learn how to ask and describe someone’s appearance in a simple way.

 

Lecture 2:What’s your place like?

This lecture is about how to describe your house, you need to remember the different characters about rooms in your house. 

 

Lecture 3:Do you like animals?

Take it easy, it’s about pets, and how to say”like and dislike”in Chinese.

 

Chapter Summary 3

 

 

Chapter 4

Lecture1: Shopping in a store

In this lecture, you will learn to ask and answer a question through a dialog between a shop keeper and a customer,  you’ll have a sense of this tonal language.

Lecture 2:Buying a schoolbag

We’re going to talk about prices and making decisions when shopping in a store.

 

Lecture 3: Giving a gift

It’s about how to ask for and give advice, you’ll learn words like”should/应该,with regard/就”.

 

 

Chapter Summary 4

 

 

Chapter 5

Lecture 1: When did you start work here at ABC?

 

 

Lecture 2: What did you have for breakfast this morning?

 

 

Lecture 3: What day is it today/tomorrow/the day after tomorrow?

 

 

Lecture 4: What do you do on the weekend?

Chapter Summary 5

 

 

Chapter 6

Lecture 1: Arrange a party at home

 

 

Lecture 2: Who have you invited?

 

 

Lecture 3: Shopping for foods

 

 

Chapter Summary 6

 

 

Chapter 7

Lecture 1: Talking about someone

Lecture 2: When did you start to learn Chinese and why?

Lecture 3: Can you use chopsticks?

 

Chapter Summary 7

 

 

 

Chapter 8

Lecture 1: Where’s your home?

Lecture 2: talking about your neighborhood

 

Chapter Summary 8

 

 

 

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

 

 

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

 

 

 

 


Unit 13:What time is it?

 

Unit 3:A Year and 4 Seasons

This lecture is based on the last course about numbers, we are going to talk about the months and seasons in a year. I need to remind you: don’t forget to remember all the characters you see, it’s quite basic and important.

 

 

Lecture 2: Reciting a poem

Lecture 3:What are you doing?