Chinese I

Required Materials:

Student-Supplied Resources:

Students need to supply the following materials to complete the coursework.

Required:

• Microphone sound card
• Speakers or headphones
• Microphone
• Device of choice to record video with audio

Optional:

• Chinese language keyboard extension or add on

School-Supplied Resources:

• Simply Speak Recording Tool

*A special note about the Simply Speak Recording Tool:

In order for the Simply Speak Recording to function, the course should be opened on a non-mobile device using Google Chrome. If you do not have the ability to access the course following these requirements, you may use the alternative options provided in the Speech Tools Tab on the Menu Bar.

Syllabus:

Semester 1:

Segment 1:

• Identify and use titles, greetings, and basic introductions.
• Describe how to greet others, based on Chinese culture, and compare to one's own.
• Identify and use numbers 0–30 when related to the topics of phone number and age.
• Identify and apply question words to ask and answer questions.
• Describe how life varies and is similar in a Chinese American community, Hong Kong, and Northern China.
• Describe personal and physical characteristics.
• Describe food and drink as well as preferences.
• Identify and apply tea culture and traditional foods in Chinese culture.
• Describe table manners and dining etiquette in Chinese culture.
• Identify and use restaurant vocabulary, methods of payments, and numbers 30–99.
• Identify borrowed food words in Chinese and Chinese food items with Western concepts.
• Describe your immediate family, extended family, and family traditions.
• Express dates, including birthdays and seasons.
• Describe family and cultural celebrations in the past and present.
• Identify Chinese minority ethnic groups, national identity, and patriarchal society.
• Identify and apply the use of the pinyin initials "h," "sh," "j," "c," "ch," "x," "q," "g," "n," "zh," and "z" and the pinyin finals "ou," "ai," "e," "ou," "ai," "ao," "eng," "ie," "uo," "an," "ei," "en," "iao," "ong," "un," and "ing."

Module 01: My Life

• 01.00 My Life Pretest
• 01.01 Greetings and Introductions
• 01.02 Call Me Maybe
• 01.03 Describing Myself
• 01.04 My Life Workshop
• 01.06 Young at Heart
• 01.07 My Life Presentational Speaking

Module 02: My Preferences

• 02.00 My Preferences Pretest
• 02.01 Let's Eat
• 02.02 Coffee or Tea
• 02.03 Table for Two
• 02.04 My Preferences Workshop
• 02.06 Check, Please
• 02.07 My Preferences Presentational Speaking

Module 03: My Family

• 03.00 My Family Pretest
• 03.01 We Are Family
• 03.02 It Runs in the Family
• 03.03 Back to Your Roots
• 03.04 My Family Workshop
• 03.06 It's Party Time
• 03.07 My Family Presentational Speaking

Semester 2:

Segment 2:

• Identify and use school schedules, days, months, school materials, and clothing.
• Use classroom vocabulary, school supplies, and telling time on a schedule in writing.
• Describe clothing used for school and different seasons/weather.
• Compare and contrast school systems and routines.
• Identify parts of a house, and describe home characteristics.
• Talk about household furniture and chores, using verbs and prepositions.
• Identify and apply some rules for feng shui.
• Understanding cooking methods, utensils, and cooking routines in China.
• Identify the common compositions and furniture items as well as responsibilities around the house in urban and rural China.
• Identify and use city, town, pastimes, sports, and music vocabulary.
• Compare and contrast popular pastimes in China.
• Identify Chinese music genres and the music culture in China.
• Use a map to identify and provide the locations of different buildings in a community, using prepositions.
• Compare and contrast downtown city layouts in China and in the U.S.
• Identify and use specialty stores and shopping vocabulary.
• Identify and use modes of transportation vocabulary.
• Give suggestions and use tag questions to talk about plans and travel.
• Describe how life varies and is similar in Taiwan, Southern China, and Beijing.
• Identify and apply the use of the pinyin initials "k," "w," "t," "m," "f," "y," "d," "s," "l," "p," "b," and "r" and the pinyin finals "a," "ue," "ang," "u," "uan," "ian," "ui," "iang," "ia," "in," "uai," "iu," "u," and "er."

Module 04: My School

• 04.00 My School Pretest
• 04.01 Time for School
• 04.02 It's in the Bag
• 04.03 All in a Day's Work
• 04.04 My School Workshop
• 04.06 Dress for Success
• 04.07 My School Presentational Speaking

Module 05: My House

• 05.00 My House Pretest
• 05.01 Home Sweet Home
• 05.02 My Room, My Rules
• 05.03 Make Yourself at Home
• 05.04 My House Workshop
• 05.06 Bathroom Break
• 05.07 My House Presentational Speaking

Module 06: My Community

• 06.00 My Community Pretest
• 06.01 Around Town
• 06.02 Active in the Community
• 06.03 Describing Downtown
• 06.04 My Community Workshop
• 06.06 Travel Time
• 06.07 My Community Presentational Speaking