T EACHING P INYIN T HROUGH P HONICS Dr. Meiling Wu & Dr. Huitzu Lu California State University, East Bay 1

S URVEY THE AUDIENCE : Q/A Do we need to teach pinyin? How do we teach pinyin? Materials and Resources Order 2

D O WE NEED TO TEACH PINYIN ? Pros Cons 3

H OW DO WE TEACH PINYIN ? 1/3 Materials and Resources Regular textbooks CD/Video Clips Visual Aids (PPT Slides, flash cards, posters, pinyin chart/table, realia, etc.) Online Resources and software Others 4

H OW DO WE TEACH PINYIN ?1/3 Order of pinyin instructions??? Initials Finals tones spelling rules When and Why

H OW DO WE TEACH PINYIN ?2/3 Common Practices The adjustment needed to teach pinyin at CSUEB Mixed student body Quarter systems 2 times/week 1:40/meeting 6

H OW DO WE TEACH PINYIN ?3/3 Need to find the most effective way to enter L-S-R-W in one week. Common Practices + Learning PINYIN through PHONICS & TYPING 7

W HY AT CSUEB WE TEACH PINYIN & TYPING AT THE SAME TIME ? Teach Listing-Speaking-Reading-Writing together in one process Limited Resources and mixed student body Limited class meetings and time Quarter system CSUEB e-textbook project Phonics as spelling/writing: Pinyin as spelling/ Chinese character recognition 8

T EACHING P HONICS WITH WRITING b & p 9

T EACHING P INYIN WITH Q WERT KEYBOARD 10

P HONICS P RINCIPLE : O PEN S ESAME S AMPLE -all 11

P INYIN R ULES : O NLINE C HINESE S AMPLE -a, -an, -ang Mā, Fá, Tǎ, Bà Tān, Nán, Lǎn, Kàn Tāng, Táng, Tǎng, Tàng 12

E XERCISES AND L AB SESSION Lab Session Pinyin Review and typing Chinese Numbers: yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, lìu, qī, bā, jǐu, shí Online Chinese Self-introduction typing 13

E XERCISES AND L AB SESSION Lab Session Self Introduction Script: students in class recording Google translate: Read Phonetically and listen 14