Unit 2: Hanging out with my friends

Unit Two: Hanging out with My Friends

Lessons 7-9 Overview

• Instructor: Engr. Menirissa D. De Belen

Look and Say

• Terms:

  • $shéi$: Who

  • $Nǐ zhǎo shéi?$: Who are you looking for?

  • $dǎ gǎnlǎnqiú$: Play American football

  • $tīng yīnyuè$: Listen to music

  • $dǎ lánqiú$: Play basketball

  • $Zhù nǐ shēngrì kuàilè$: Happy birthday

  • $xué Hànyǔ$: Learn Chinese

  • $chī dàngāo$: Eat cake

Numbers

• Numbers 1-10:

  • 1: $yī$

  • 2: $èr$

  • 3: $sān$

  • 4: $sì$

  • 5: $wǔ$

  • 6: $liù$

  • 7: $qī$

  • 8: $bā$

  • 9: $jiǔ$

  • 10: $shí$

Dialogue: Who is He?

• Setting: David is playing football, Wang Jiaming walks by.

• Characters: Coach ($jiàoliàn$), David ($Dàwèi$), Wang Jiaming ($Wáng Jiāmíng$)

• Dialogue:

  • Coach: $Tā shì shéi?$ (Who is he?)

  • David: $Tā shì wǒ de péngyou Wáng Jiāmíng.$ (He is my friend Wang Jiaming.)

  • Coach: $Tā yě dǎ gǎnlǎnqiú ma?$ (Does he also play American football?)

  • David: $Bù, tā bù dǎ gǎnlǎnqiú, tā dǎ lánqiú.$ (No, he doesn't play American football, he plays basketball.)

New Words

• $jiàoliàn$ (教练): coach; instructor (n.)

• $shéi$ (谁): who (pron.)

• $yě$ (也): also; too (adv.)

• $dǎ$ (打): play (v.)

• $gǎnlǎnqiú$ (橄榄球): American football (n.)

• $lánqiú$ (篮球): basketball (n.)

Read Aloud: Classroom and Daily Chinese

• $Qǐng jìn$: Please come in.

• $Qǐng zuò$: Please take a seat.

• $Qǐng hē chá$: Please have some tea.

Sports Vocabulary

• $dǎ wǎngqiú$: play tennis

• $dǎ yǔmáoqiú$: play badminton

• $dǎ bīngqiú$: play ice hockey

• $dǎ bàngqiú$: play baseball

• $dǎ pīngpāngqiú$: play table tennis

• $dǎ páiqiú$: play volleyball

Conversation Practice

• Example dialogue substituting names and sports:

  • A: $Tā shì shéi?$ (Who is he/she?)

  • B: $Tā shì wǒ de péngyou Wáng Jiāmíng.$ (He/She is my friend Wang Jiaming.)

  • A: $Tā yě dǎ wǎngqiú ma?$ (Does he/she also play tennis?)

  • B: $Shì, tā yě dǎ wǎngqiú.$ (Yes, he/she also plays tennis.) OR $Bù, tā bù dǎ wǎngqiú.$ (No, he/she doesn't play tennis.)

• Names for substitution: Dawèi, Mǎli, Líndá, Jiékè

• Sports for substitution: bàngqiú, yǔmáoqiú, páiqiú, bīngqiú

Class Activity

• Bring a picture of you and your friends and talk about what sports they like. Use the sentence pattern: $Tā shì shéi? Tā dǎ shénme qiú?$ (Who is he/she? What ball game does he/she play?)

Phonetics

• Listen to the tape and complete exercises.

  • Write down the syllables (including the tones) you hear and read them aloud.

  • Answer the questions: Whose friend is Tom? What ball game does Tom play?

• Combinations of initials, finals, and tones.

  • Pronounce syllables as a whole: zhi, chi, shi, ri, zi, ci, si, er

• Combinations of initials zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s and finals a, o. Read the combinations in four tones.

• Listen to the tape and choose the syllables you hear.

Learn to Write

• Structure of Chinese characters:

  • 也, 谁, 打, 球, 橄, 榄, 篮

• Stroke order of Chinese characters: Follow the correct order when writing strokes.

  • Horizontal line first, vertical line second; from top to bottom.

  • From left to right; the down stroke to the left before the one to the right.

Dialogue: Who is Your Good Friend?

• Setting: Wang Jiaming is talking with his father.

• Dialogue:

  • Father: $Jiāmíng, nǐ yǒu hǎo péngyou ma?$ (Jiaming, do you have good friends?)

  • Jiaming: $Yǒu a.$ (Yes.)

  • Father: $Shéi shì nǐ de hǎo péngyou?$ (Who is your good friend?)

  • Jiaming: $Dàwèi shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou, Mǎlì hé Àimǐlì yě shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou.$ (David is my good friend, Mary and Emily are also my good friends.)

  • Father: $Tāmen dōu xué Hànyǔ ma?$ (Do they all study Chinese?)

  • Jiaming: $Bù, Àimǐlì bù xué Hànyǔ, tā xué Fǎyǔ.$ (No, Emily doesn't study Chinese, she studies French.)

New Words

• $yǒu$ (有): have (v.)

• $a$ (啊): particle word (pt.)

• $dōu$ (都): both; all (adv.)

• $xué$ (学): learn; study (v.)

• $Hànyǔ$ (汉语): the Chinese language (n.)

• $Fǎyǔ$ (法语): the French language (n.)

• Proper noun: $Àimǐlì$ (艾米丽): Emily

Classroom Chinese

• $Qǐng ānjìng$: Please be quiet.

• $Qǐng tīng wǒ shuō$: Please listen to me.

Read Aloud: What Language are They Studying?

• Hànyǔ: Chinese

• Yīngyǔ: English

• Rìyǔ: Japanese

• Xībānyáyǔ: Spanish

• Fǎyǔ: French

On Your Own

• Ask and answer questions using the example and pictures.

• Example:

  • $Nǐ yǒu péngyou ma?$ (Do you have friends?)

  • $Yǒu, wǒ yǒu péngyou.$ (Yes, I have friends.)

• Vocabulary: shūbāo (schoolbag), wénjùhé (pencil box), qiānbǐ (pencil)

Conversation Practice

• Substitute the alternate words to make a new dialogue.

• Example:

  • A: $Nǐ yǒu hǎo péngyou ma?$ (Do you have any good friend?)

  • B: $Yǒu a. Wáng Jiāmíng shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou, Mǎlì yě shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou.$ (Yes. Wang Jiaming is my good friend, Mary is also my good friend.)

  • A: $Tāmen dōu xué Hànyǔ ma?$ (Do they all study Chinese?)

  • B: $Shì, tāmen dōu xué Hànyǔ.$ (Yes, they all study Chinese.)

• Names for substitution: Jim, Bob, Linda, Henry, Emma, Stanley, Tom, Alice

• Subjects for substitution: xué Fǎyǔ (study French), xué Rìyǔ (study Japanese), dǎ lánqiú (play basketball), dǎ wǎngqiú (play tennis)

Learn to Write

• Structure of Chinese characters

  • 都, 汉, 法, 语, 啊, 有

• Stroke order of Chinese characters

  • Middle precedes the two sides

  • Inside precedes the sealing stroke

Dialogue: How many Chinese CDs do you have?

• Characters: Jiaming, Dawei, Jieke

• Dialogue:

  • Jiaming: $Dawei, ni you ji zhang Zhongwen guangpan?$ (Dawei, how many Chinese CDs do you have?)

  • Dawei: $Wo you san zhang Zhongwen guangpan.$ (I have three Chinese CDs.)

  • Jiaming: $Jieke, ni you ji zhang?$ (Jieke, how many do you have?)

  • Jieke: $Wo meiyou Zhongwen guangpan.$ (I don't have Chinese CDs.)

New Words

• $jǐ$ (几): how many (pron.)

• $zhāng$ (张): measure word (m.) - used for disks, paper, tickets, etc.

• $Zhōngwén$ (中文): Chinese (n.)

• $guāngpán$ (光盘): disks; CDs (n.)

• $méiyou$ (没有): not to have; don't have (v.)

Classroom Chinese

• $Qǐng jǔ shǒu$: Please raise your hand.

• $Shǒu fàng xià$: Please put down your hand.

Can you count to ten on one hand?

• 1: yī

• 2: èr

• 3: sān

• 4: sì

• 5: wǔ

• 6: liù

• 7: qī

• 8: bā

• 9: jiǔ

• 10: shí

On Your Own

• Look at the example and make conversations according to the pictures:

  • $Nǐ yǒu jǐ zhāng zhǐ?$ (How many pieces of paper do you have?)

  • $Yǒu liǎng zhāng zhǐ$ (I have two pieces of paper)

• Who has more? Give the results of the comparison (using provided examples of items people have).

Class Activity

• Telephone book: Make a list of names and phone numbers of classmates.

• Flying chess of Chinese (see the appendix).