The various aspects involved in the Chinese Language z Ama ing Chinese The various aspects involved in the Chinese Language

nǐ hǎo ! 你好 ! wǒ jiào chāng lǎo shī. 我 叫 张 老 师。 nǐ ne？ 你呢？ Try a Conversation ! nǐ hǎo ! 你好 ! Hello! wǒ jiào chāng lǎo shī. 我 叫 张 老 师。 I am teacher Chang. nǐ ne？ 你呢？ How about you?

Chinese name: wǒ jiào 我 叫 … I am ….. http://www.chinese-tools.com/names/search.html Chang’s Wiki, WL Chinese, Chinese name, wǒ jiào 我 叫 … I am

Why Study Chinese? Chinese is Easy, Fun, and Interesting! Chinese is Important for your Career! Chinese is Useful! Chinese is most Spoken Language in the World’s! China is currently the world’s fastest-growing large economy.

Chinese is Easy, Fun, and Interesting! Chinese is mentally stimulating, interesting, and fun Chinese words are artistically formed  The world Chinese culture is one of the oldest in the world If you know 1000 commonly used characters, you will recognize 90% of the characters in  Chinese newspapers Chinese has a relatively uncomplicated grammar (no verb conjugation, no noun declension )

Chinese is Important for your Career! Chinese language skills are a resume-builder—knowing Chinese may give you an edge when competing for employment International businesses prefer to hire people who speak more than one language China is and will be an important business and economic partner of the U.S. and the world China is a wonderful country to teach English in China will play a major role in world affairs in the future

Chinese is Useful ! It is a great experience to talk to others in their own language and it can be helpful when you travel in China Taking Chinese can actually improve your mental power by learning how to arrange your thoughts into an alternative pattern or organization Taking Chinese helps you to understand Chinese culture, literature and history

Chinese is most Spoken Language in the World ! There are more people speaking Chinese than English.  It’s the number one spoken language in the world One out of five people is Chinese.  If I can speak Chinese, I can communicate with more people different from myself, and learn things about different cultures. 

What you might already know? China is one of the world’s oldest and richest continuous cultures, over 5000 years old. China is the most populous nation in the world, with 1.28 billion people. One fifth of the planet speaks Chinese. Mandarin Chinese is the mother tongue of over 873 million people, making it the most widely spoken first language in the world. China is the second largest economy in the world. China is one of largest trading partners of the United States. Many US companies do business in China and have long-term investments there. Also spoken in the important and influential Chinese communities of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, and Mongolia.

Try a Conversation! nǐ hǎo ma？ 你好吗？ wǒ hěn hǎo ！ nǐ ne？ 我很好！ 你呢？

Scan 2-- Reserved.

Scan 3 On a table, Chinese serve food on your plate

Scan 4 ----Modest-

Scan 5 ----Sitting mannerism

Scan 6 ---walking your guest

Standard spoken Chinese Pǔtōnghuà In People’s republic of China Guóyǔ In the Republic of China (Taiwan) Mandarin In the United States Chinese characters Chinese sounds Official Romantization of phonetic system of China Pinyin

21 35 Pinyin Chinese relies on Tones and contexts 400 Syllables Initials 35 Finals 400 Syllables In China In the United States 8000 Syllables Chinese relies on Tones and contexts

The Making of Chinese Characters 象形 Pictographic Characters 指事 Self-Explanatory Characters 会意 Associative Compounds

Pictographic Characters 馬 马

山 日

火 月

山 人

山 火

口 日

羊 马

Associative Compounds 好

Logical Aggregates mù 木 Tree lín 林 Woods sēn 森 Forest

Self-Explanatory Characters shàng 上 Top kǎ 卡 Stuck xià 下 Bottom

The 4 tones in Chinese mā 妈 má 麻 mǎ 马 mà 骂 Māma mà mǎ!

Why are tones so important in Chinese?

nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ 你 最 聪 明! 你 很 可爱! 谢 谢！ 你很 会 说 中 文。 那里那里 nǐ zuì cōnɡ mínɡ! nǐ hěn kě ài 你 最 聪 明! 你 很 可爱! xiè xie 谢 谢！ nǐ hěn huì shuō zhōng wén 你很 会 说 中 文。 nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ 那里那里