UHLC1112-03 Mandarin Language 1

This course introduces the students to the basic skills of Mandarin language: listening, speaking, reading and writing with the help of Pinyin. Students will be able to pronounce words in Mandarin with the correct tone. In addition, students will also be exposed to writing the basic Mandarin characters. By the end of the course, students should be able to read Pin Yin, write basic Mandarin characters and speak basic Mandarin language.

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Exercise

Topics

  1. Pronunciation: initials, finals and tones of Chinese Pinyin
  2. Greetings and introducing: self/ name/ study place
  3. Greetings and introducing: self/nationality/ birthplace
  4. Introducing friends
  5. Talk about family
  6. Talk about age : the interrogative Pronoun, numbers below 100
  7. Telling date
  8. Practice on time
  9. Making requests in restaurants
  10. Hobby

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