1. Welcome to Our Beginner Chinese Class Sponsored by MCLS and BMW (Bless Me Wag)

2. About the beginners class We are Nora and Albert Nora wsheng@student.unimelb.edu.com Albert sometime5858@gmail.com

3. What do you think about Chinese? CHINESE IS A B*TCH!

5. Syllabus Week 3: Greeting & goodbye – Hi. Hello. How are you? Week 4: Introducing yourself – I am a uni student. Week 5: Number & counting – This year is 2015. I’m turning 23. Week 6: Time and chronical units – 5 hours, 20 minutes and 32 seconds Week 7: Directions – Which way will you run? Week 8: Family tree – How do you call the mother of your mom? Week 9: Hobby – You like playing sports? So do I. Week 10: Jobs and occupations – What you want to do in the future?

6. Learning outcomes -Doing a detailed self-introduction -Know the most commonly used expressions -Can write 25-40 Chinese Characters -Know how to pronounce a character using Pinyin -Design a Chinese name for yourself

7. Some Housekeeping Issues

8. Intonations Phonemes Intonation assigning Intonations are crucial in Chinese as they indicate different characters being used

9. Expressions 你好 早上好 / 下午好 / 晚上好 谢谢 不客气 对不起 没关系 你好吗 我很高兴认识你 再见 Hello Good morning/afternoon/evening Thank you. You’re welcome. Sorry. It doesn’t matter. How are you. It’s very nice to meet you. Goodbye.

10. Practice A: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。 Good evening. My name is xxx. B: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。 Good evening. My name is xxx A: 你好吗？ How are you? B: 我很好，谢谢。你好吗？ I am good, thanks. How are you? A: 我也很好。我很高兴认识你。 I am good, too. It is nice to meet you. B: 我也很高兴认识你。 It is nice to meet you, too. A: 再见。 Goodbye. B: 再见。 Goodbye. 你好 早上好 / 下午好 / 晚上好 谢谢 不客气 对不起 没关系 你好吗 我很高兴认识你 再见 Hello Good morning/ afternoon/evening Thank you. You’re welcome. Sorry. It doesn’t matter. How are you. It’s very nice to meet you. Goodbye.

11. Dialogue for this week A: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。 Good evening. My name is xxx. B: 晚上好。我叫 xxx 。 Good evening. My name is xxx A: 你好吗？ How are you? B: 我很好，谢谢。你好吗？ I am good, thanks. How are you? A: 我也很好。我很高兴认识你。 I am good, too. It is nice to meet you. B: 我也很高兴认识你。 It is nice to meet you, too. A: 再见。 Goodbye. B: 再见。 Goodbye.