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Objectives:

• Learn the basic strokes and rules of thumb for writing Chinese characters;
• Learn the common radicals of Chinese characters;
• Learn the basic foundation blocks of Chinese characters.
• Learn the basic words and expressions.

Course structure:

• 20 lessons;
• Total length: Approximately 20 hours;
• 20 sets of relevant exercises and hundreds of characters;
• Dialogue about daily life in China.

Useful Tips:

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Suggestions for learning:

• Interact with the teacher to practice the dialogue and character in the class;
• Practice the basic strokes of simplified characters;
• Remember the language highlight and sentence structure by doing exercises;
• Review the lessons by watching the playback;
• Using tablet to practice Chinese character.

Lesson 1: Learn simple dialogues and expressions about how to say hello and introduce oneself in Chinese. The basic strokes: 横horizontal stroke, 竖vertical stroke, 撇left-falling stroke, 捺right-falling stroke.

Lesson 2: Learn simple dialogues and expressions about introducing oneself and other.

Lesson 3: Learn simple dialogue and basic expressions about Chinese figures. The use of “几”, “多少”, “一共” in sentence patterns.

Lesson 4: Learn simple dialogue and basic expressions about Chinese figures. The use of “哦” and “呢” in sentence patterns.

Lesson 5: Learn simple dialogues concerning “what is this”, attributive representing genitive case, and “是” sentence pattern.

Lesson 6: Review lesson 1 through 5, the positions of adverbs “还”, “都”, “也”, and adjective finite sentence, etc.

Lesson 7: Learn simple dialogue and basic expressions about Date. How to say year, month and day in Chinese.

Lesson 8: Learn simple dialogue and basic expressions about time. The use of “真” and “吧” in sentence patterns.

Lesson 9: Learn basic dialogues and expressions about positions including “请问”, prep. “从”, “离”, “往”, etc.

Lesson 10: Learn basic dialogues and expressions about purchasing, including the pronunciation of RMB, the use of “二” and “两”.

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Chinese Character Lesson 1

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