Park SchoolPark School

Chinese IChinese I

Instructor: Xiaomu Hu

xhu@parkschool.net

Intro-dIntro-ductionuction

Chinese I is the introductory course of Chinese language and culture. Students are expected to be able to be proficient at Pinyin (the phonetic system), communicate with people on some simple topics (such as introducing oneself, taking a bus, finding a restroom, etc) and also recognize around 500 characters by the end of the year. Although we do not emphasize on writing, students are expected to be able to write around 100 characters after one year’s learning. Which is equally important is the culture, and students will also have a taste of Chinese traditions, history, geography, modern society, popular culture, etc. through presentations, songs, movies and many other activities.

Class Class StruStru

c-ture c-ture

Review -- 10 minutes Pinyin (Chinese phonetic system) – 1

0 minutes New Lesson (reading, grammar and r

ecognizing characters) – 30 minutes Learning and tasting food (5 minute

s) New Lesson (writing) – 10 minutes Chinese culture (watch video clips an

d slides, etc.) – 15 minutes Free speaking in Chinese – 10 minut

es

We also have M blocks to review and practice pronunciaion.

Assessment

Classroom Contribution – 25% Homework – 25% Quizzes – 25% (One quiz every

four or five weeks) Final – 25%

Fun Fun Acti-Acti-vitiesvities

A quiz only takes 30 minutes to finish. After each quiz, students will do a fun activity. In this school year, the following activities have been planed for them:

Practicing Chinese calligraphy Using Suanpan (ancient Chinese calculato

r) to calculate Typing in Chinese on a computer and surfi

ng Chinese websites Watching a Chinese movie Playing Chinese chess Going to a Chinese restaurant to have lunc

h Cooking Chinese food

Thank you

for

coming!