1. nǐ hǎo
nǐ hǎo

2. dì yī kè 第一课
mùbiāo 目标 (objective) _ I can greet people. _ I can ask and answer yes/no questions.
Three most spoken languages in the US

3. (nǐ)

4. hǎo
The Chinese script is the only logographic writing system still in daily use in the world today. The total number of Chinese characters is estimated at over fifty thousand, of which only five to eight thousand are frequently used, while three thousand are normally adequate for everday situation.
Many characters are pictographic which means they evolved from pictures. The construciton of this kind of characters depicts either the whole image or the partial characteristic of an object. It is the orignial method of forming characters.

5. wǒ
loanword

6. lǎo shī 老师
Characters’ meanings

7. xué sheng
学生　

8. A: 你是Cerritos College 吗？ B: 是 。你呢？
nǐ shì　 xuésheng ma
A: 你是Cerritos College　　　 吗？
shì nǐ ne
B: 是 。你呢？
　 wǒ yě shì
A: 我也是 。　
A native speaker videotaping

9. Grammar Notes 1. 是 v. to be; yes e.g. Wǒ shì xuésheng. 我是学生。
　 我是学生。 yě
2. 也 adv. also
- Placed between subject and verb
Me too

10. Grammar Notes ma 3. 吗 Part. Used at the end of a statement
sentence to turn it into a question ne
4. 呢 Part. Used after a pronoun to express
the meaning of “How about_____?”
Adv placed before verb

11. 1. Wǒ 1 xué sheng 2 shì 3 。 2． yě 1 Wǒ 2 xué sheng 3 shì 4 。
liàn xí 练习 (Exercise)
Pinyin Scramble (Put each group of Pinyin in the correct order to form a sentence).
1. Wǒ 1 xué sheng 2 shì 3 。
2． yě Wǒ 2 xué sheng 3 shì 4 。
ma xué sheng2 shì3 N ǐ 4 ?
ne N ǐ 2 ?
P6-P8 you do excercises yourself

12. pīn yīn 拼 音 (Pinyin) Initial + Final + Tone = Pinyin e.g. wǒ hǎo xué
Simple Finals (6) :
a - like a in father
o - like our in gourd
e - like ir in bird
i like ee in bee
u - like oo in moon
ü - i + u
Tone Marks

13. pīn yīn 拼音 (Pinyin) Four Tones: F-3 Try it!; F-14: F-1
Classroom Expression F-30; P. 8 Listening Exercises 1-1

14. 汉字 (Hànzì) Chinese Characters
Video: Intro of Chinese Character Writing System
Why Chinese use this system, not alpha? Where this system evolved from? How many years of history this system has? How many characters you need to know how to handle daily conversation? How many characters in total there are? The oldest continuously used writing system; evolved over 3000 thousand years take it as a small portion; structured with two parts; ideaogram

15. 笔画(Bǐhuà) Strokes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ3lSlIjpAY 小宝
Phone and Ipad apps; write on the phone with your finger
P. F-26
Video of Chinese Character Art 小宝

16. Chinese Greetings Polite Greeting Nǐ Hǎo! Nǐ Hǎo! Nǐ Hǎo Ma？ Hěn Hǎo !
Zǎoshàng Hǎo! Zǎoshàng Hǎo!
Casual Greeting
Z ǎo! Z ǎo!
Hai! Hai!
Zěnmeyàng？ Hái Hǎo.
Holding hands.

18. dì yī kè 第一课 (L1)
mù biāo 目 标 (objective) V I can greet people. _ I can ask and answer yes/no questions.

19. tā 他 tā 她
Singular pronoun

20. bú shì 不是
shì 是
Everything on the earth is generated by being, and being comes from nothingness. Nothingness temporary if we work hard, we acquire. Nobody knows our exstence. Metaphysics and trandendalis. Nothingness is the most powerful.
Questioning.

21. A: 你是 吗？ B: 我 是 。你呢？ wǒ yě shì A: 我也是 。 tā ne tā shì xuésheng ma
nǐ shì　 ma
A: 你是 　　　吗？
wǒ shì nǐ ne
B: 我 是 。你呢？
　 wǒ yě shì
A: 我也是 。
tā ne tā shì xuésheng ma
B: 他呢？他是学生 吗？
bú shì tā shì
A: 不是。他是 。
Watch the video, Read the conversation together; Teacher Demonstrate, Pair up and practice conversation, demonstrate; then read the conversation line by line, each person read one line.

22. 不 Adv. not; no Grammar Notes e.g. hǎo/bùhǎo; shì/búshì 好 / 不好 是/不是 bù
好 / 不好 是/不是
Note: When 不 is followed by a word with a 4th tone,
it is pronounced as a 2nd tone.
Tone sandhi

23. 我 不是 老师。 búshì wǒ shì xuésheng 不是。 我是学生。 I am not a teacher.
liàn xí 练习 Exercise
Translation.
I am not a teacher.
wǒ búshì lǎoshī
我 不是 老师。
Are you a teacher?.
No. I am a student.
nǐ shì lǎoshī ma
你是老师吗？
búshì wǒ shì xuésheng
不是。 我是学生。
P6-P8 you do excercises yourself
P ; 1-9

24. pīn yīn 拼 音 (Pinyin) b - like b in brother p - like p in pie
m - like m in mug
f - like f in far
F-14: F-2 ; 8: 1-1, 1-2; F-15:F-6
d - like d in dust
t - like t in tide
n - like n in nation
l - like l in learn

25. piānpáng 偏旁 (Radicals)
Radicals indicate the basic components that are commonly used to form Chinese characters, either providing a clue to their meanings and/or pronunciations. There are more than two hundred radicals in Chinese. (PP. F-23 – F-25)
Comparison need research. New findings: gestures, responses, or other thing you observed in real life that you did not see and find from books or your research. your cultural activity or encounter experience give your new thoughts and ideas. Has a lot of expression for greetings. Their greeting show their respect for elders and people in high social status.

26. 写字(xiězì) Character Writing
Copy down all new words in class
Video of Chinese Character Art:
(魔法)
P ; P

27. tiǎozhàn 挑战(Challenge)
Supplementary Practice P. 8
Vocabulary Review on Quizlet

28. Dances Across China
Use a word to form a sentence

29. 作业 zuòyè Homework MyChineseLab
Complete Lesson 1 Character Book (copying each simplified character 8 times)
Note: Where do you download character book?
Go to MyChineseLab – Course Materials – Lesson 1
– Additional Practice – Character Book Us