2. WELCOME TO CHINA A learning project for schools

3. Where is China?

4. What three words would you use to describe China?

5. Which Picture is China?

6. UKChina 60 million people1.3 billion people 0.24 million square km9.6 million square km 40 = 1

7. For most of its history, China was ruled by an emperor. He was represented by…

8. Dragons are very important in Chinese culture. They are considered kind and lucky. When dragons chase flaming pearls in the sky it causes…

9. A thunderstorm!

10. Dragons are one of 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac. What are the others?

11. The Story of the Chinese Zodiac

12. Chinese Writing Chinese writing uses characters to represent words. To learn to read Chinese, you need to remember around 5,000 different characters! Ancient         Traditional Simple Pinyin

13. The ‘Cheat Sheet’

15. Tonal difference Chinese is a tonal language. The tone of the word alters its meaning and it is crucial to get the tone right if you want to avoid confusion. Mandarin has four tones – high, rising, falling-rising and falling. 1. high - m ā mother 2. rising / mánumb 3. falling rising ˘ m ă horse 4. falling \ màto scold or swear

16. Counting to 10 1y ī 6liù 2èr 7q ī 3s ā n8b ā 4sì9ji ŭ 5w ŭ 10shí

17. Hellon ĭ h ă o Goodbyezàijiàn How are you? n ĭ h ă o ma? I’m fine w ŏ h ĕ n h ă o Thank youxièxie You’re welcomebúkèqi I’m sorryduìbùq ĭ 7 Simple Chinese Phrases

18. Zàijiàn!