First activity in Foreign language

   

   

介绍

Jièshào INTRODUCTION

The primary goal of this hand-out is to help the students establish a solid foundation of vocabulary, knowledge of Chinese and communication skills through the natural and gradual integration of language, content and cultural elements. This series adopts a holistic approach, and is designed to emphasize the development of communication skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. 

The design of this series has achieved:

A balance between authentic and modified language

All the oral and written materials have been modified and carefully selected to suit the students’ level, so that a gradual development of the target language can be achieved.

A balance of focus on language and culture

This series provides ample opportunities for the students to experience the language and its culture in order to develop intercultural awareness and enrich their personal experience.

A balance between language knowledge and communication skills

Explicit knowledge of the target language is necessary and important for the students to achieve accuracy, fluency and overall communication skills. This series is designed to ensure that knowledge-based language learning is placed within a communicative context, resulting in the improvement of both linguistic knowledge and performance. 

A balance between a broad and controlled course

This series serves as a core while offering a broad range of vocabulary, topics and various text types to meet the different needs of the students. 

A balance between the “oral speech” and then “written form”

This series aims to balance the importance of both oral and written communication skills. The development of writing skills is embedded in the course, while oral communication skills are being developed from the outset.

内容

Nèiróng CONTENT

Lesson 1 Introduction to Mandarin

Lesson 2 Pinyin, Basic Strokes

Lesson 3 Pinyin, Numbers

Lesson 4 Greetings 

Lesson 5 Dates

Lesson 6 Age

Lesson 7 Telephone Numbers

Lesson 8 Family Members

Lesson 9 Self-Introduction

Lesson 10 Occupation

Lesson 11 Time

Lesson 12 Daily Routine

Lesson 13 Means of Transport

Lesson 14 Colours

Lesson 15 Clothing

Lesson 16 Parts of the Body

Listening Scripts

This hand-out is designed for non-Chinese background students at Eastern Visayas State University – Carigara Campus.

With two periods, of approximately three hours per week, most students will be able to complete in one semester within one academic year. 

Mandarin (Chinese)

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Mandarin (pŭtōnghuà, guóyŭ, huáyŭ) is the most widely spoken of all Chinese dialects spoken as a first language in a vast area of northern and southwestern mainland China. There is also a huge diaspora of Mandarin speakers in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, and Viet Nam. With close to 850 million speakers, Mandarin Chinese is by far the world’s largest language.

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Mainland China and Taiwan

Standard Mandarin is the official language of mainland China and of Taiwan where it serves as a lingua franca for speakers of mutually unintelligible dialects. Standard Mandarin is used in all spheres of informal and formal communication. It serves as the medium of instruction at all educational levels as well as in all media. The use of Standard Mandarin has facilitated communication among people who speak a variety of mutually unintelligible dialects and languages. As a result, Standard Mandarin is now spoken with varying degrees of fluency and with differences in pronunciation by most people in mainland China and in Taiwan.

Singapore

Standard Mandarin is one of the four official languages of Singapore along with English, Tamil and Malay. Although English is the primary medium of instruction in elementary schools, Mandarin, Tamil, and Malay are taught in schools of the respective language communities. Schools in the Chinese community receive extra funding to teach Mandarin and to use it as a medium of instruction since the majority of ethnic Chinese in Singapore are speakers of Min Nan Chinese and have to learn Mandarin as a second dialect.

DIALECTS

Mandarin is the major dialect of China both in terms of number of speakers (about 70% of the total population) and political importance. The term Mandarin is an English translation of guān-huà ‘official language’, i.e., the dialect spoken in Beijing. The Beijing dialect has been the standard for the official language of China for many centuries. Because of geographical and political considerations, the language came to be known by different names: in the People’s Republic of China it is called pŭtōnghuà ‘common speech’, in Taiwan it is called guóyŭ ‘national language’, and in Singapore and Malaysia it is called huáyŭ ‘Chinese language.’ Although pŭtōnghuà, guóyŭ and huáyŭ are all technically based on the Beijing dialect, they differ from the dialect spoken in Beijing. They also differ from each other mostly in pronunciation and vocabulary.

Mandarin spoken in mainland China is usually divided into four main regional varieties that, for the most part, are mutually intelligible (Ethnologue).

Northern Mandarin (Huabei Guanhua) includes the Beijing dialect.

Eastern Mandarin (Jinghuai Guanhua)

Northwestern Mandarin (Xibei Guanhua)

Southwestern Mandarin (Xinan Guanhua)

Direction: Read carefully the statements below and answer them according to your understanding.

(Introduction to Mandarin) What lessons in life we can get in studying Mandarin? Expound. Why it is important to you as a student? 

The lessons that i get on studying Mandarin is as an entrep student and soon to be a successful bussinesswoman is that it gives me an advantage to know the culture and able to make friends and understand their language and i can use that skill of able to understand an can speak mandarin in future purposes._

As a student in Foreign Language, what is your idea about Mandarin?

Mandarin is a challenging language especially if your not a chinese by raise but by the hardwork and effort i know i can i make it.

Name: ________________________________________ Score: _______________    

Year & Section: ________________________________ Date: ________________ 

Instructor: ____________________________________

Do you still remember these? Try now… 

Identify the concepts exemplified below. Write the answers on the space provided for. 

1.  What is the most widely spoken of all Chinese dialects spoken as a first language in a vast area of northern and southwestern mainland China?MANDARIN

2. How many percentage of the population in Mainland China that uses Mandarin Language?

 70%

3. What is English translation of the term “Mandarin”?GUAN-HUA