1. Prof. Li Universidad Del Este

2. Review of Greetings

3. GREETINGS

4. nǐ hǎo 你 好 nín hǎo 您 好

5. xiè 谢 bú kè qi 不 客 气不 客 气

6. duì bù qǐ 对 不 起对 不 起 méi guān xi 没 关 系

7. Zài jiàn 再 见

8. ACTFL http://www.actfl.org/publications/gu idelines-and-manuals/actfl- proficiency-guidelines-2012/english

9. European Council http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commo n_European_Framework_of_Referen ce_for_Languages

10. Power Speak http://www.suagm.edu/une/

11. Reflection of KWL

12. Color in China

13. RED

15. White

16. Yellow

17. Green

18. One-child policy

19. toilet

21. You’ll be able to Learn more basic expressions Learn pinyin in a general way Learn initials and finals in a general way Learn 4 tones of Mandarin Chinese

22. Basic Expressions 2

23. zǎo shàng hǎo 早 上 好 días buenos morning good Good morning

24. xià wǔ hǎo 下 午 好 tardes buenos afternoon good Good afternoon

25. wǎn shàng hǎo 晚 上 好 evening good noches buenos Good evening

26. Practice

27. Introduction of Pinyin

28. The consists of Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Chinese character

29. Pictures of pinyin and Chinese characters nǐ hǎo xiè xiè duì bù qǐ 你 好 谢 谢 对 不 起 nín hǎo bú kè qi méi guān xi 您 好 不 客 气 没 关 系

30. Putonghua is the common language of the Han ethnic group in China. It's standard Chinese language. It's Mandarin and official. It's based on Beijing phonetics and the dialect of the northern China.

31. There are two system in written Chinese. One is simplified, the other is traditional. The simplified is used in Mainland. The traditional is used by Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese communities.

32. Pinyin initials There are 23 initials in Mandarin Chinese finals There are 24 finals in Mandarin Chinese Chinese Phonetic System One syllable ＝ initial ＋ final ＋ tone

34. Introduction of initial

35. initial The initial refers to a consonant which appears in the initial position of a syllable

36. Song of Pīnyīn Initials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3plQP1 60E&list=PLB6266DC316090F76 (1.2 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3plQP1 60E&list=PLB6266DC316090F76

37. Introduction of final

38. finals appear in the final position of a syllable

39. Song of Pīnyīn finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sS5f5u6 QGA ((29 sec)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sS5f5u6 QGA

40. Introduction of Tones

41. TONES 1. Definition Chinese is tone language. By tone language I mean the language in which every word has its specific tone or tones. 2. Importance Tones can distinguish meanings. Different tones have different meanings. For example, the four pinyin have the same initial and final. They are different only in tones.

42. Tones 1 st tone 2 nd tone 3 rd tone 4 th tone In a syllable, the tone falls on the vowels: a, o, e, I, u, Ü; e.g. ā á ă à

43. Where to place tone marks? Generally, put it on the major vowel of the "final". Then what's the major vowels? It's that one that appears ahead according to the order "a o e i u ü". e.g. in “hao”, “a” comes before “o”, so we have “hǎo” Some words have unstressed syllables which one toneless and therefore they are not given tone marks. Eg. Xiè xie

44. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5- BTf0MB7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5- BTf0MB7k Tones start from 2:00