What you'll learn

Introduction to Mandarin Chinese

Four tones + one tone

Pinyin mapped to English

Sentence structure & word orders

Words & the forms

Grammar in use

Starting from “Hello.”

Requirements

The learners speaking English.

Description

This course will focus on the basic ability of Mandarin Chinese listening and speaking.There is no Chinese writing in this course.Target learners are as below:Beginners starting from zero of Mandarin Chinese.No requirements for age.The learners speaking English.The learners interested in Mandarin Chinese or Chinese culture.The learners who would like to communicate with Chinese people for mutual learning, making friends or business.Main contents are as below:Introduction to Mandarin ChineseFour tones + one tonePinyin mapped to EnglishSentence structure & word ordersWords & the formsGrammar in useStarting from “Hello.”“and” to connect two pronouns or nouns“but” to indicate a different or opposite case“not” to indicate a negative caseYes or no questionsWh-questionsThank you & sorryChina & ChineseMethod of this course:Using a natural way to learn Mandarin Chinese like a child.Listening & speaking first (using Pinyin mapped to English).Reading & writing second.This course will work efficiently because of the reasons as below:Systematic or logical (organized from easy to hard).Topics and grammars are in use (saving time).It starts with Pinyin only (for listening & speaking) rather than Chinese characters (for reading & writing) (easy and feasible way).Pinyin is mapped to English pronunciations completely and correctly (easy for learning).

Overview

Section 1: Mandarin Speaking with Wu (Part 1)

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 2 Hello.

Lecture 3 3 Four tones + one tone

Lecture 4 4 I’m a worker.

Lecture 5 5 “and” to connect two pronouns or nouns

Lecture 6 6 We are all workers.

Lecture 7 7 “but” to indicate a different or opposite case

Lecture 8 8 “not” to indicate a negative case

Lecture 9 9 Yes or no questions

Lecture 10 10 How about you?

Lecture 11 11 Are you happy?

Lecture 12 12 I rode the horse yesterday.

Lecture 13 13 Thank you & sorry

Lecture 14 14 China & Chinese

Lecture 15 Appendix 1 Pinyin mapped to English

Lecture 16 Appendix 2 Grammar in use

Beginners starting from zero of Mandarin Chinese.,No requirements for age.,The learners speaking English.,The learners interested in Mandarin Chinese or Chinese culture.,The learners who would like to communicate with Chinese people for mutual learning, making friends or business.