These are the ppt slides from the Week 1, Day 1 of the 12-Week Chinese Language Bootcamp. In the first two hours of the class, students learn Pinyin, characters for numbers and learn how to greet in Chinese. “In only twelve weeks you will be able to understand and use with confidence a practical and functional vocabulary of 300 words in Chinese, that will enable you to speak, read and understand the foundations of the Chinese language, preparing you to undertake with ease further studies to master the language, without stress, memorizing or devoting long hours to study”.

1. 12-Week Chinese
Language Bootcamp
Mandarin2English

2. How to…

3. The
Bootcamp
• “In
only
twelve
weeks
you
will
be
able
to
understand
and
use
with
confidence
a
prac8cal
and
func8onal
vocabulary
of
300
words
in
Chinese,
that
will
enable
you
to
speak,
read
and
understand
the
founda8ons
of
the
Chinese
language,
preparing
you
to
undertake
with
ease
further
studies
to
master
the
language,
without
stress,
memorizing
or
devo8ng
long
hours
to
study”.

4. The
Rules
of
the
Game
• Stress-­‐free
environment,
distrac:on-­‐free
• do
not
memorize;
focus
on
understanding
• learn
with
stories
and
associa:ons
• repeat
in
the
space
provided
• this
is
a
live
event,
if
you
have
a
ques:on,
type
it
in!

5. The 4 Tones
• The
1st
tone:
– Do-­‐Re-­‐Mi
♫
– mā
• The
2nd
tone:
– 1,
2,
3
– má

6. The 4 Tones
• The
3rd
tone:
– ‘Really…?’
– mǎ
• The
4th
tone:
– ‘Sit.’
– mà

7. Different tone > different
meaning
• mā
• má
• mǎ
• mà

8. Different tone > different
meaning
• tāng
• táng
• tǎng
• tàng

9. Practice
• Kuài
Qǐng
Nián
Chī
• Shéi
Shuō
Yǒu
Rè
• Děng
Ér
Gāo
Zài
• Jiā
Qián
Shuǐ
Jiàn

10. Practice
• Chá
Fēn
Mǎi
Kàn
• Shì
Wěi
Hē
Guó
• Tā
Màn
Wǒ
Máng
• Zì
Hǎo
Dú
Dōu

11. Vocabulary
• 你好
Nǐ
Hǎo
-­‐>
NíHǎo
• 你好吗 Nǐ
Hǎo
Ma?
• 我很好 Wǒ
Hěn
Hǎo

12. Dialogue
-­‐
你好
Nǐ
Hǎo
-­‐
你好
Nǐ
Hǎo
-­‐
你好吗 Nǐ
Hǎo
Ma?
-­‐
我很好 Wǒ
Hěn
Hǎo

13. Vocabulary
• 不好
Bù
Hǎo
• 我不好
Wǒ
Bù
Hǎo
• 你不好 Nǐ
Bù
Hǎo
• 你呢 Nǐ
Ne?

14. Dialogue
- 你好
Nǐ
Hǎo
- 你好
Nǐ
Hǎo
- 你好吗 Nǐ
Hǎo
Ma?
- 我不好。你呢？Wǒ
Bù
Hǎo
Nǐ
Ne?
- 我很好。 Wǒ
Hěn
Hǎo

15. Vocabulary
• 你不好吗？
Nǐ
Bù
Hǎo
Ma?
• 不，我很好
Bù,
Wǒ
Hěn
Hǎ
• 是，我不好 Shì,
Wǒ
Bù
Hǎo

16. BREAK

17. 一
Yī

18. 二
Èr

19. 三
Sān

20. 四
Sì

21. 五
Wǔ

22. 六
Liù

23. 七
Qī

24. 八
Bā

25. 九
Jiǔ

26. 十
Shí

27. 一

28. 二

29. 三

30. 四

31. 五

32. 六

33. 七

34. 八

35. 九

36. 十

37. 十一

38. 十二

39. 十三

40. 十四

41. 二十五

42. 二十六

43. 二十七

44. 三十八

45. 三十九

46. 四十

47. 五十

48. 60

49. 72

50. 88

51. 90

52. 17

53. 56

54. 28

55. 69

56. 53

57. 99

58. 5

59. 10

60. 5-­‐6-­‐7

61. 8-­‐3-­‐4

62. 9-­‐2-­‐8

63. 44

64. Vocabulary
• 我是
Wǒ
Shì…
• 不是 Bù
Shì
-­‐
‘Bú
Shì’
• 是，我不好 Shì,
Wǒ
Bù
Hǎo

65. 是

66. 不

67. 不是

68. 四十是四十
四十不是十四
十四不是四十
十四是十四

69. mā
mā
qí
mǎ,
mǎ
màn,
mā
mā
mà
mǎ

70. Culture and Numbers
• 八
• 九
• 四

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