Introduction to Beginner’s Chinese

Beginners’ Chinese

初级中文

The Contemporary Chinese School of Arizona

Saturday 10:00 am – 11:50 am

Instructor: Sherry Li (李雨)

Sherry’s email: sherryyli@hotmail.com

Chinese class blog: http://sherrylisblog.blogspot.com/

Course Objectives:

1. This course is primarily for students age 6 – 12 without any Chinese language background.

2. There are three focuses in this course.

1. Development of students’ communicative and conversational skills. The course is organized around various themes. The themes have been selected for the value of their interest t the young learners, their connections to the curriculum of the elementary and middle school, their potential for creating understanding of Chinese culture, and the usefulness of the language related to the theme.
2. The second focus is to introduce students to the systematic study of Chinese characters. Students will study basic strokes, character components, single-component characters and more complex characters.
3. The third focus is to introduce students to Chinese culture and establish relationship to Chinese communities both locally and internationally.

3. We focus on Chinese phonetic pronunciation. We teach Mandarin pronunciation.

Teaching Materials

1. Students are required to purchase KA, KB, KC Flying with Chinese, textbook and workbook. The cost is $65 + shipping cost.

2. Other teaching materials will be prepared by the teacher as needed.

Homework and Class Participation

1. Students are required to finish weekly homework.

2. Students are required to participate in the class.

Student Goals

If you have desire to achieve any of the following goals, this class is for you.

1. Be able to comprehend and speak beginning to intermediate level Chinese.

2. Be able to read and write commonly used Chinese characters.

3. Be able to pronounce them in correct tones.

4. Be able to read and understand commonly used Chinese expressions.

5. Be able to use Pinyin as the pronunciation and communication tool.

课程目标：

初级中文是针对6-12岁的中小学的学生开设的中文课。

初级中文有三个重点：

1.课程针对学生的交流和对话的需要，采用不同的主题，以学生的兴趣和年龄认知为主轴。内容呼应主流小学课程，启发学生的创作力，引导学生对语言的应用和文化的了解。

2.课程针对学汉字难得问题，采用由简易字到深难字的办法，从笔画部首， 到笔顺字，从独体字到结构字，让学生经历从“描”，“临”，到“背”的三个书法必经的步骤，让学生逐步掌握汉字书写的技巧。

3.课程除进行汉语语言，和汉字教学外，还将让学生经历中国文化，参与华人社区活动。