MANDARIN LANGUAGE LEVEL 1
Credit Unit: 3
Pre-requisites: Level 2
Co-requisites: None
Module aims:
The module is intended only as an interim approach for this pandemic (Covid-19), for
students of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English and Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Engineering, or students who have little or no previous knowledge of Chinese. It
also offers an introduction to Chinese language and culture.
To orient the students in the Chinese culture and to achieve a confident elementary
level of communicative competence in everyday situations.
To provide similarities and differences of Chinese Language and other languages in
the world.
Module-specific skills
1. Initials and ending sound of Mandarin Language
2. Proper tone in Mandarin
3. Basic spoken phrases and vocabulary for everyday life.
4. Chinese history and culture exposure.
Discipline-specific skills
1. Importance of learning a new language
2. Adopt and learn in the new normal situation.
Personal and key skills
1. Communicate at a basic level in the target language
2. Acquire a cross-cultural competency and develop awareness in a foreign language and
culture.
3. Develop skills of self-study and improve self-discipline and commitment in learning.
Syllabus plan
This is a beginning level language course which presupposes no background in Chinese
Language. It will provide an introduction to the basics of Chinese Language (Mandarin)
(speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and culture. It will focus on communicative
competence and accuracy. Our goal is to help professional teachers learn how to communicate
effectively with real Chinese speakers.
This module will cover the following topics:
Sentence order
Yes/No questions with ma
Finals and Initials
Tones
Numbers
Greetings
People
Foods and drinks
University
Places
Nationality
Time and day
How much?
Songs
Poem
Details of Summative Examination
1. Written activity works listed in the module
2. Voice record of new words (3 lessons)
3. Oral Examination
GRADING SYSTEM:
Oral Examinations 30%
Quizzes 20%
Project/Activities 30%
Participation/Recitation 10%
Attendance/ Promptness 10%
TOTAL 100%
Mandarin or Mandarin Chinese – is the official
language in China. This refers to the northern dialect, which is used by
over 52% of the Chinese or Han People and has become the lingua
franca for the whole of China.
This is also considered as the 2nd international language in the world.
The national language is known as Putonghua or “common speech,”
which is taught in school and used as medium of instruction in colleges
and universities.
At present, teaching and learning Mandarin must start in standard form
which is known as pinyin or “spell sound.” It was adopted by the
People’s Republic of China in 1958. Pinyin is used as a tool to teach
the correct pronunciation of the Chinese language especially to non-
native speakers.
Finals
a o e i u ü
ai ei ui ao ou iu
ie üe er
an en in un ün ang
eng ing ong
zhi shi ri zi ci si
yi wu yu
ye yue yuan
yin yun ying
an uai iu üan
en ui ian
Please access the YouTube site for the correct pronunciation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKep0hxW_hE
Initials
b p m f d t
n l g k h g
q x zh ch sh r
z c s y w
Initials are divided into three sounds
1. Aspirated
2. Unaspirated
3. Voiceless
Please access the YouTube site for the correct pronunciation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKep0hxW_hE
Chinese language is a tonal language
Four Tones in Mandarin Chinese:
First Tone – high, level pitch -
Second Tone – starting high and rising -
Third Tone – falling first, then rising -
Fourth Tone – fast stress falling-
The tone (sandhis) is marked above the vowel on the Romanized
syllable. The fifth tone is the toneless word and has no mark on it. This
type of syllable is often called a neutral tone syllable.
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Numbers
yī 一 one
èr 二 two
sān 三 three
sì 四 four
wŭ 五 five
lìu 六 six
qī 七 seven
bā 七 eight
jiŭ 九 nine
shí 十 ten
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Lesson 1- Nĭ hăo
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
Nĭ 你 You
Wŏ 我 I, Me
hă o 好 Fine
ma 吗
for question expecting
yes or no answer
hĕn 很 very
yĕ 也 Also
ne 呢 use for elliptical
question
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Sentences:
The subject is usually placed before the predicate.
Nĭ hăo !
你 好 !
Nĭ hăo ma?
你 好吗!
Wŏ hĕn hăo. Nĭ ne?
我 很 好!
Wŏ yĕ hĕn hăo.
我 也 很 好!
Conversation:
A: Nĭ hă o!
你 好 !
B: Nĭ hă o!
你 好 !
A. Nĭ hă o ma?
你 好吗!
B. Wŏ hĕn hă o. Nĭ ne?
我 很 好! 你 呢?
A. Wŏ yĕ hĕn hă o.
我 也 很 好.
Nouns, Nouns phrases, and Pronouns
Am, is, are, was and were will be eliminated if the subject is followed by a
predicate.
The word “bù” (不) means 'no' or 'not', and is used to create a negative
form of a verb in a sentence. But because of how the tones work in Chinese,
“bù ” changes its pronunciation in some cases. It's really not that difficult to
deal with, but because doing it right seems to take practice, here's how it
works.
不 bu-tone rule
bù If the following word is
at the 1st, 2nd & 3rd sandhis
bú If the following word is at the
4th sandhis
bu If placed in the middle of the same
word
Bu Approach:
Ni hao bu hao?
你好不好
In this form of approach, the particle ma is eliminated.
Lesson 2 – wènhòu
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
Nǐ zěnmeyà ng? 你怎么样? "What's up?", "How are
you doing?"
Zǎ oshà ng hǎ o 早上好 Good morning！
Xìawǔ hǎ o 午好 Good afternoon!
Wǎ nshang hǎ o 晚上好 Good evening!
Wǎ n'ā n 晚安 "Peace at night", Good
night
Zà ijià n 再见 "See you again."
Míngtiā n jià n 明天见 "See you tomorrow."
xièxie 谢谢 Thank you.
bù yò ngxie 不用谢 No need to thank
bù kèqi 不客气 You’re welcome, don’t
mention it.
huā nyíng 欢迎 Welcome
hǎ ojiǔ bujià n le 好久不见 Long time no see
wǒ à i nǐ 我爱你 I love you
wǒ xiǎ ng nǐ 我想你 I miss you
fēichá nghǎ o 非常好 Very good
duìbuqǐ 对不起 I am sorry
méiguā nxi 没关系 It doesn’t matter
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Lesson 3 – Nĭ máng ma?
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
Tā 他 / 她 He or She
men(Tā men) 他们 Plurality of pronouns
Them, They, Their
Nĭmen 你们 All of you
wŏ men 我们 We, us
Péngyou 朋友 Friend
Ná n 男 Male
nü 奴 Female
má ng 忙 Busy
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Sentences:
Nĭ má ng ma?
你忙嗎!
Tā hĕn má ng.
他很忙嗎
Wŏ hĕn má ng
我很忙
的 De - is a structural particle which means mine, his, her your, etc. The
word de can be used as an attribute to show possession.
For example:
1. Wŏ de péngyou.
我的朋友.
2. Wŏ de péngyou hĕn hă o.
我的朋友很好.
Lesson 4 – Nĭ yào chī shénme?
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
yà o 要 To want or like
kā fēi 咖啡 Coffee
dō u 都 Both, all
hē 喝 To drink
chī 吃 To eat
kĕlè 可乐 Cola
chá 茶 Tea
pú taojiǔ 葡萄酒 Wine
guǒ zhī 果汁 Fruit juice
yĭnlià o 饮料 Drinks
Píngguŏ 苹果 Apple
shuǐguā 水瓜 Watermelon
mià nbā o 面包 Bread
chǎ ofà n 炒饭 Fried rice
mià ntiá o 面条 Noodles
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Conversation:
A. Nĭ hă o!
你好!
B: Nĭ hă o!
你好!
A: Nĭ yà o chī shénme? (what)
你要吃生们?
B: Wŏ yà o chī _______
我要吃_____
A. Nĭ yà o hē shénme?
你要喝生们?
B. Wŏ yà o hē ________
我要喝_____
Lesson 5 – *insert title*?
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
shū cà i 蔬菜 Vegetable
qiézi 茄子 Eggplant
fā nqié 番茄 Tomato
huá ngguā 黄瓜 Cucumber
shuǐguǒ 水果 Fruits
xiā ngjiā o 香蕉 Banana
níng méng 柠檬 Lemon
yá ng bái cà i 洋白菜 Cabbage
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Lesson 6 – Wǒ shì xuésheng
我是学生
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
jià o 叫 To shout / to call / to be
called
míngzi 名字 name (of a person or
thing)
shuí/shéi 谁 Who, whom
Yīshēng 医生 Physician
Lă oshī 老师 Teacher
xuésheng 学生 Student
Bàba 爸爸 Father
Mā ma 妈妈 Mother
Gēge 哥哥 Older brother
Dìdi 弟弟 Younger brother
Mèimei 妹妹 Younger sister
jiějie 姐姐 Older sister
jiā 家 Home
yǒ u 有 Have
jǐ 几 How much, how many,
several, a few
rén 人 Man, person, people
hé 和 And
gā oxìng 高兴 Happy / glad
rènshi 认识 To know, to recognize
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Conversation:
A: Nĭ hă o!
你好!
B: Nĭ hă o!
你好!
A: Nĭ jià o shénme míngzi?
你叫生们名字?
B: Wŏ shì Li Lan. Wŏ shì xuésheng. Nĭ ne?
我是 Li Lan. 我是学生. 你呢?
A. Wŏ shì Ma Liya, Wŏ shì lă oshī. Nĭ jiā yǒ u ji ge rén?
我是 Ma Liya. 我是老师. 你家有几个人?
B. Wŏ jiā yǒ u wǔ ge rén. Wŏ Bàba, Mā ma, Dìdi, jiějie hé Wŏ .
我家有五个人. 我爸爸, 妈妈, 弟弟, 姐姐和我.
A. Wŏ hĕn gā oxìng rènshi Nĭ。
我很高兴认识你.
B. Wŏ yĕ hĕn gā oxìng rènshi Nĭ。
我也很高兴认识你.
A: Zà ijià n
再见
B: Zà ijià n
再见
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
Dà xué 大学 university
Shuō 说 to speak
Xiě 写 write
Dú 读 read
Ting 听 listen, hear
Wà iyǔ 外语 foreign language
xuéxí 学习 to learn, to study
Hà nyǔ 汉语 Chinese language
fāyīn 发音 pronunciation
hà nzì 汉字 Chinese characters
ná n 难 difficult
ró ngyì 容易 easy
Sentences:
1. Wŏ shì dàxuéshēng, xuéxí Hà nyǔ .
我是大学生学习汉语.
2. Xuéxí wà iyǔ hĕn ná n.
学习外语很难.
3. Ting hé shuō Hà nyǔ ró ngyì, hà nzì hĕn ná n.
听和说汉语容易, 汉字很难.
4. Fā yīn bù tà i ná n.
发音不太难
5. Hĕn duō wà iguó rén xué Hà nyŭ ma?
很多外国人学汉语吗?
Tongue twister
4Please access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWp16E60jWA
Lesson 7 – . Nǐ qù nǎ r?
你去哪儿？
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
qù 去 to go
huí 回 to return
zà i 在 located
nǎ r 哪儿 where
tú shū guǎ n 图书馆 library
gō ngyuá n 公园 park
cā ntīng 餐厅 dining hall, restaurant
xuéxià o 学校 school
yó ujú 邮局 post office
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Conversation:
A.
Ma Liya: Nǐ hǎ o!
你好!
Li Lan: Ma Liya. Nǐ qù nǎ r?
Ma Liya, 你去哪儿?
Ma Liya: Wǒ qù tú shū guǎ n, nǐ ne?
我去图书馆,你呢
Li Lan: Huí jiā .
回家
Ma Liya: Zà i jià n.
再见
Li Lan : Zà i jià n.
再见
B.
Ma Liya: Nǐ hǎ o!
你好!
Li Lan: Nǐ hǎ o! . yó ujú zà i nǎ r?
你好! 邮局在哪儿
Ma Liya: yó ujú pá ngbiā n Wǒ de xuéxià o.
邮局旁边我的学校
Li Lan: hǎ o de. xièxie
好的谢谢
Ma Liya: Zà i jià n.
再见
Li Lan : Zà i jià n.
再见
Past Tense: The past tense of a verb in Chinese is made by adding the word le
(了) after the verb or at the end of the sentence.
Ex: Nǐ chī le ma？
你吃了吗
Wǒ chī bǎ o le
我吃饱了
Lesson 8 – Tā men shì nǎ guó rén?
他们是哪国人？
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
Zhō ngguó rén 中国人 Chinese
Yīngguó 英国 Britain
Měiguó 美国 U.S.A
Fǎ guó 法国 France
Jiā ná dà 加拿大 Canada
Rìběn 日本 Japanese
Fēilǜ bīn 菲律宾 Philippines
Nǎ 哪 Which
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Sentences:
1. A: Tā men shì nǎ guó rén?
它们是哪国人 ?
B: Tā men shì Měiguó rén.
它们是美国人
2. A: Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?
你 是哪国人?
B: Wǒ shì Fēilǜ bīnrén
我是菲律宾人
3. A: Nín shì Zhō ngguó rén
您是中国人
B: Wǒ ( bú ) shì Zhō ngguó rén
我不是中国人
4. A: Tā men yě shì Měiguó rén ma?
它们也是美国人吗?
B: Bù tā men bú shì Měiguó rén
不它们不是美国人
Tā men dō u shì Yīngguó rén
它们都是英国人
Poem
Rain after forest sleek After rain, the forest's sleek,
Pines between moon startle Between the pines, the moon startles my
heart heart.
Smile and think home I smile and think of home,
Foreign guest in foreign land A foreign guest in a foreign land.
Source: http://www.chinese-poems.com/yfa1.html
Lesson 9 – Xià nzà i jī diǎ n le?
現在幾點了?
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
zuó tiā n 昨天 yesterday
qiá n tiā n 前天前天 the day before
yesterday
míng tiā n 明天 tomorrow
hò u tiā n 后天 the day after tomorrow
xīngqīyī 星期一 Monday
xīngqīèr 星期二 Tuesday
xīngqīsā n 星期三 Wednesday
jīntiā n 今天 today
Jǐ 几 how many
Niá n 年 year
jīnniá n 今年 this year
Yuè 月 month
Hà o 号 number
xiǎ o shí 小時 hour
fēn zhō ng 分鐘 minute
miǎ o 秒 second
shénme shíhou 什么时候 what time
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Sentences:
Xià nzà i jī diǎ n le?
11:00
What time is it?
shí yī diǎ n zhō ng
10:30
shí diǎ n bà n / shí diǎ n sā n shí 12:15
fēn shí èr diǎ n shí wǔ fēn
1:00
yī diǎ n zhō ng Jīntiā n jǐ yuè jǐ hà o?
3:20 What day is today?
sā n diǎ n èr shí fēn
5:55 Jīntiā n 5 yuè 23 hà o.
wǔ diǎ n wǔ shí wǔ fēn 今天 5 月 23 号
It's May the 23rd
8:00 in the morning
zǎ o shang bā diǎ n 8:00 in the morning
zǎ o shang bā diǎ n 點
2:00 in the afternoon
2:00 in the afternoon xià wǔ liǎ ng diǎ n
xià wǔ liǎ ng diǎ n
9:05 in the evening
wǎ n shang jiǔ diǎ n wǔ fēn
9:05 in the evening
wǎ n shang jiǔ diǎ n wǔ fēn
Lesson 10 – Xiǎ ngyà o mǎ i
想要买
New Words
Pīnyīn Simplified English
Xiǎ ojiě 小姐 Miss
Dìtú 地图 Map
Bà o 包 Bag
Qiá n 钱 Money
Kuà i 块 Unit of money = yuan
Jīn 斤 Half kilo
Mǎi 买 Buy
Mài 卖 Sell
Yīgò ng 一共 Altogether
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Measure words
ge 个 person
zhī 支 pen, pencil
chopstick, drinking straw
zhāng 张 paper, table, bed, card, sofa,
CD/DVD, napkin
Conversation:
Ma Liya: Xiǎ ojiě, yǒ u dìtú ma?
小姐, 有地图吗?
Xiǎojiě: yǒ u, nà ge.
有哪个
Ma Liya: Nà ge dìtú duō shao qiá n yì zhā ng?
哪个地图多少钱一张?
Xiǎojiě: Liǎ ng kuà i wǔ yì zhā ng.
两块五一张
Ma Liya: Wǒ yà o sì zhā ng.
我要四张
Xiǎojiě: Nín há i yà o shénme?
您还要什么?
Ma Liya: Zhě ge bà o duō shao qiá n?
这个包多少钱?
Xiǎojiě: Zhě ge bà o liǎ ng bǎi yuá n.
这个包两百元
Ma Liya: yīgò ng duō shao qiá n?
一共多少钱?
Xiǎojiě: yīgò ng liǎ ng bǎ i shí kuà i.
一共两百十块
Ma Liya: zhèlǐ
这里
Xiǎojiě: xièxie
谢谢
ACTIVITY TIME!
Name:________________________________________________________ Date:_________________
Section:_________________________________________________ Lesson: ______________
ACTIVITY 1. Write the correct tone marks on the provided Pinyin of the song.
On a separate sheet of paper, write the English translation of the song.
Pengyou 朋友
Zhe xie nian, yi ge ren, feng ye guo, yu ye zou
You guo lei, you guo cuo, hai ji de jian chi shenme
zhen ai guo, cai hui dong, hui ji mo, hui hui shou
zong you meng, zong you ni, zai xin zhong
Pengyou yisheng yi qi zou, na xie ri zi bu zai you
Yi ju hua, yi bei zi, yisheng qing, yi bei jiu
Pengyou bu ceng gu dan guo,
yisheng pengyou ni hui dong
Hai you shang, hai you tong,
hai yao zou, hai youwo ...
Yiju hua, yi bei zi,
yisheng qing, ...
yi bei jiu
Please access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxaA94HGo9A
ACTIVITY TIME!
Name:________________________________________________________ Date:_________________
Section:______________________________________________________ Lesson: ______________
ACTIVITY 2. In groups of 5, make your own music video of the song Tian
Mimi. Make it as creative as you can.
TIAN MIMI
Tian mi mi, ni xiao de tian mi mi
Hao xiang hua er kai zai chun fong li
Kai zai chun fong li
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/teresa-teng-tian-mi-mi-
lyrics.html ]
* Zai na li, zai na li jian guo ni
Ni de xiao rong zhe yang shou xi
Wo yi shi xiang bu qi
A... zai meng li
** Meng li, meng li jian guo ni
Tian mi, xiao de duo tian mi
Shi ni, shi ni, meng jian de jiu shi ni
Repeat *
Repeat *, **
Repeat *
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Important details:
Mandarin Language Teacher: Dr. Maricel C. San Diego
Email address: [email protected]
1. Students can request for access to lectures, videos, voice record
and PowerPoint presentation to the email cited above.
2. All the activities and accomplishments can be settled and
agreed via email or any means of communication.
References:
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/zh.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKep0hxW_hE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKep0hxW_hE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWp16E60jWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxaA94HGo9A
http://www.chinese-poems.com/yfa1.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2tW0jFHPo
https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoKI-FUQRGw
