1. The various aspects involved in the Chinese Languagez
Ama ing Chinese
The various aspects involved in the Chinese Language

2. 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?

3. Chinese name: wǒ jiào 我 叫 … I am …..
Chang’s Wiki, WL Chinese, Chinese name,
wǒ jiào
我 叫 …
I am

4. 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.

5. 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 )

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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. 

9. 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.

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

12. Scan 2-- Reserved.

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

14. Scan Modest-

15. Scan 5 ----Sitting mannerism

16. Scan 6 ---walking your guest

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. Pictographic Characters馬 马

22. 山 日

23. 火 月

24. 山 人

25. 山 火

26. 口 日

27. 羊 马

28. Associative Compounds好

29. Logical Aggregates
mù 木
Tree
lín 林
Woods
sēn 森
Forest

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

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

32. Why are tones so important
in Chinese?

33. 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