It is not enough to stress the forms and structures in language explanation. We should also explain the conditions of application clearly by combining meaning and context because the aim of Chinese teaching is not help students study Chinese by analyzing the structures, but also improve their ability of using the language they learned. Firstly, the practicality […]
The Chinese characters have the function of recording the words. Foreign learners who study Chineseshould know there are three basic conditions of Chinese characters record words. Some monosyllabic Chinese words are recorded by a single character like 人, 心, 手, 口, 山, 水, etc. When you study Chinese, you should know it was obvious in ancient China […]
The archaism words is Chinese language are the words used in the modern written Chinese but originated from the books and records of the ancient times. When you come to Chinese school to study Chinese, you mat be told there are usually two types, the ancient words in the complex Chinese and the historic words. However, the archaism […]
When foreigners are practicing the reading skills in free Chinese lesson, they often see some practice patterns for you to complete the sentences by filling the blanks with the proper words according to the meanings. The following exercise is an example you may see in free Chinese lesson. 信息教育的特点就是要求那种 生性腼腆的人与陌生人在一起，也能很快地与对方 个脸熟，这样他就能在社会里迅速找到自己的排列组合，适应社会的 。这种关系的建立达到更高层次，产生的结果就是创新。 If you learn Chinese online free, […]
Seen from the literal meaning, Putonghua (Mandarin) is the language which is commonly and popularly spoken by the general public. From this level of meaning, this language has existed in ancient China. The students who study in China can learn from the teachers that it was called Ya Yan in the ages that Confucius lived, Tong Yu […]
For those who have come to learn Chinese language for a long time, the best way to improve the Chinese language skills is to practice in reading. Usually, they should answer several questions after reading to check whether they have understood it or not. The following passages are an typical example. 许多坐办公室的人午间休息时，喜欢趴在办公桌上。有些人一觉醒来，突然发觉枕着的手臂被压得又红又麻，虽然几分钟后这些现象会消失，但经常这样使桡神经受压，就会演变成神经麻痹。不少人的肩痛、手臂酸痛等问题，可能都与用胳膊当枕头有很大关系。 另外，吃过午饭立即睡觉也不好。因为吃完饭，大量食物在胃里，为了更好地消化吸收，人体就会增加胃、肠的血流量，此时大脑的血容量就会减少，血压也随之下降，这时睡觉很容易因脑供血不足而导致中风。所以饭后应活动活动再午睡。 After reading the text above, the […]
When you practice reading during the period of learning Mandarin Chinese, you may see some exercises that you need to fill the blanks with the given words. However, sometimes it just gives you the Pinyin of some words and you need to write the correct words accordingly and fill them into the blanks. For example, the […]
According to the foreign language teaching practice in so many years, we can see that the video materials are very welcomed by both sides of learners and teachers. If those foreign students who go to Chinese school to study in China have learned by the video materials, they must know clear about the benefits brought […]
The main purpose of reading is to get the useful information for the given materials. It means the foreigners who study in Mandarin language courses in China need to have strong ability in mastering the logic in the reading materials. A good way of practicing and improving this aspect is to connect the disordered sentences together logically. […]
For those who just begin to study Mandarin Chinese in China, they should know the character 了in Chinese language is a modal particle. When it is used at the end of a sentence, the modal particle 了implies a change of state. For some examples, 他已经参加工作了, implying he didn’t have a job in the past. If you say她又想跟我们一起去了, you […]