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The Practicality Principle in Chinese Classroom Teaching

November 7, 2013

As we all know, the purpose of learning Mandarin Chinese is to use the Chinese language into the practical life fluently. Therefore, the principle of practicality becomes an important principle in learning and teaching Chinese language. When teaching Chinese, teachers should realize that the practicality principle is a principle with universal guiding significance in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. In order to teach Chinese […]

Lesson 3 – Elementary – Volitive auxiliaries “想”

November 7, 2013

Being used before verb, “了” is not used behind the word in free Chinese lesson. 想:want to , would like to , means wish, plan and requirement . e.g.: 很多外国人想学汉语。(hěn duō wài ɡuó rén xiǎnɡ xué hàn yǔ) 下个月,我想去北京旅游。(xià ɡè yuè , wǒ xiǎnɡ qù běi jīnɡ lǚ yóu) 晚饭,我想吃饺子。(wǎn fàn , wǒ xiǎnɡ chī jiǎo […]

Lesson 2 – Advanced – The Differentce Between “委屈” and “冤枉”

November 7, 2013

The similarity of two important synonyms in teaching Chinese. This is for the free Chinese lesson. xiāng tóng diǎn 相同点 (similarity) dōu ké yǐ zuò dòng cí hé xíng róng cí,biǎo shìshòu dào bù gōng zhèng píng de duìdài huò bù yīng gāi shòu dào mǒu zhǒng dài yù ,yǒu shí 都可以做动词和形容词,表示受到不公正平的对待或不应该受到某种待遇,有时 ké yǐ hù huàn,dàn shìyìsi […]

Task-based Chinese Language Teaching

November 7, 2013

The task-based language teaching is beneficial to help foreigners to study Chinese. The study about it started from the 1980s. At that time, Prabhu held an experiment named “Bangalore Project”  in Bangalore of India. He proposed to give students tasks and help them learn in practice. Foreigners can study Chinesemore efficient if it is used in teaching. […]

Lesson 8 – Intermediate – Training the Ability of Seizing the Details by Reading

November 7, 2013

During the process of learning Chinese language, after learning some words and sentences, students learn Chinese in China should be tested to see whether they can understand Chinese well. Among so many ways of checking the learning results, reading comprehension is the best one. We choose reading as a beneficial method to help students learn Mandarin because the reading texts […]

Two Games of Learning Consonants and Finals in Mandarin

November 7, 2013

In the enlightening period of learning Mandarin, there are two good methods are provided, namely, the reciting game and card game. If the overseas students ever been to study in Chinese language school in China, they might have been demanded to recite the Initial Consonants List and the Finals List. The good thing of reciting […]

Lesson 9 – Elementary – The Application of “不A也不B”, “搞” and “正在”

November 7, 2013

After foreign learners studied some useful expressions in Chinese language, they should be able to express them in daily life, which is the final goal of learning a certain language. Therefore, students learn Chinese in China should pay more attention to the frequently used expressions. The first one should be discussed is the phrase “不(bù)A也不(yě bù)B”, which means […]

Beginning of the Simplified Characters

November 7, 2013

As the overseas students who come to learn to speak Chinese in China all know, Chinese characters can be divided into the simplified characters and the complex characters. Some students may be interested in the appearance time of the simplified Chinese characters. As a matter of fact, the systematical simplification and classification of the Chinese […]

Two Chinese Reading Models

November 7, 2013

Reading always begins with the recognition of letters, which is called the stage of scanning. The scanned information will be transferred by the speech sounds then the learners who study Chinese can recognize the words with the help of the mental dictionary. That is to say, the information is transferred from speech sounds into meanings. Then the […]

Lesson 13 – Advanced – Linking Words Like “除非” and Structure “在A方面”

November 7, 2013

After students have studied Chinese for a period of time, they should be able to read independently. On the contrary, we can also study Chinese language in the reading. In the following parts, some sentences will be given, among which one is incorrect. Students should find out the incorrect ones according to what they have learned. The […]

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