Unite: Phonetics (Part1: Introduction of Chinese Pinyin；b p m f; a o e i u ü)
Student: Adults (Consulate-General Hong Kong) (beginner)
Teaching material: self-designed teaching material (Reference: New Practical Chinese Reader1)
Class hour: 2.0hrs
Teaching
objectives
Target
1. initials (consonants), finals (vowels) and tones; Pinyin song
Language
2. difference with English alphabets (speaking & writing)
Proficiency 3. initials(1): b p m f
4. simple finals: a o e i u ü (ê)
5. Greetings (formal way; casual way)
The
cognitive
1. initials (21), finals (38) and tones (4; neutral tone); singing Pinyin song
2. using correct way to write Pinyin, especially: a f g i j q ü y z
domain
3. pronouncing b p m f correctly and clearly.( Indian students: b p)
4. knowing “ê” pronounced in “ie” “ üe”; “I” has three different pronunciations
5. Greetings (你好 third-tone sandhi；您好；早上好；早；晚上好；再见)
The
affective
domain
I. Knowing the importance of Pinyin
1. What is Pinyin
2. Why we need Pinyin
3. Why we need tones
II. How do I use Pinyin
1. Fun to use Pinyin in sending messages/emails
2. checking dictionary; typing Chinese charactor)
III. Have confidence to greet someone in Chinese
Teaching
procedure
Description of teaching and learning
(1)
Warm up
1. Greeting students in English/Spanish/French/Korean/Japanese…(depends on where
students are from)
2. Teacher introduce him/herself in Chinese and English (your instructional language)
3. Let students introduce themselves (name, nationality, major, profession, etc.)
4. Introduce the textbook or other teaching materials of the course
5. Tell students what they will learn in this class and encourage your students
(2)
Language
points
1. So an English word/Spanish word/ Korean word …to let your student to read it (easy to
read it out). Then, show a Chinese character “想” and let students to read it (no clue of its
pronunciation).
2. Ask questions and let student to think about:
How do Chinese people pronounce the character “想” if they don’t know the one;
by which way we can record the character’s pronunciation;
what is Chinese phonetic system
3. Answer above questions and let student know what is Pinyin and why we need Pinyin
4. (a) Pinyin syllable = initial + final + tone
(b) Importance of the tone
(c) Tones and tone marks
(d) Pinyin song (compare with English alphabets)
(e) Initials: (6 groups); this time learn the first group: b p m f
(f) Finals: (4 groups); this time learn simple finals: a o e i u ü (ê)
(3)
Language
practice
1. ā á ǎ à ; ō ó ǒ ò; ē é ě è; ī í ǐ ì; ū ú ǔ ù; ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ (one by one)
2. combine b p m f with a o e i u ü
3. Dialogue practice: Greetings
-你好。
-你好。
-您好。
-您好。
-早上好/早。
-早上好/早。
-晚上好。
-晚上好。
-再见。
-再见。
The first time read after teacher (one by one)
The second time teacher greet and students reply together
The third time student greet with each other (they may add their name before or after the
sentences)
(4)
1. Pinyin small flash card: syllable practice (b + ā/ á/ ǎ/ à) …
Language
2. Practicing combination of tones:
performance
1
2
3
4
A
B
C
D
3.
4.
5.
6.
ˉ
ˊ
ˇ
ˋ
ˉ
ˉ
ˉ
ˉ
ˉ
ˊ
ˇ
ˋ
ˊ
ˊ
ˊ
ˊ
ˉ
ˊ
ˇ
ˋ
ˇ
ˇ
ˇ
ˇ
ˉ
ˊ
ˇ
ˋ
ˋ
ˋ
ˋ
ˋ
Practice tones by order from A1 to A4, or from 1A to 1D.
Note: practice with gestures (refrain from posturing head)
Dictation (write down the Pinyin read by teacher, with tone mark on it)
Pinyin song (old version that as the same order as English alphabets); (students may sing
the alphabet song of their language)
Workbook (exercises)
New words (no need to remember, but try to use is as much as possible)
张(your surname)老师； 下课；谢谢
(5)
Language
review &
Homework
1. Ask questions to review what they learned this time
2. Homework: reply teacher’s text message in Pinyin, and reply voice message in Chinese.
3. Preview Phonetics (Part2: d t n l; ai ei ui ia ie iu)
(6)
Culture
notes
The Chinese Language (Hanyu) and “Common Speech” (Putonghua)
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