Hello friends,
Fall season is here. It is a season of harvest. I am so proud of you learned so much in the past. Now let’s harvest and plant some for future.
Focus:
1. Computer Engineer Chinese: Pin Yin IME (Input Method Editor); Language Pack for OS, Language Pack for other applications;
2. Reading – we will finish 1 to 2 Chinese 3rd grade articles together in this 8 sessions
3. Radicals: combine with the reading above we will learn the common used radicals and characters
4. Exercises – we will find some exercises associate with current class for you to exercise and memorize what we learned in the class
5. Share the learning experience – we have Mike Friedman; Mike Hedley; Matthew Bucher and other students volunteer to share their learning experience, give us a talk on the topic they are mastered at in each session
Structure
20-30 min read the articles together and learn the characters, grammar and radicals.
20-30 min exercises, practice with classmates or native speakers who I invited to our classroom, share experiences.
10 min wrap up
Session1:
Article1: Fall (秋天)
Radicals: 火, 木
grammar: de 的
Session2:
Article1: Fall (秋天) continue
Radicals: 禾, 草
Grammar: de地
Session3:
IME
Students share the learning tool and experience
Session4:
Language Pack
Students share the learning tool and experience
Session5:
Article 2: 秋天
秋天到, 秋天到
田里庄稼长得好
棉花朵朵白
大豆粒粒饱
高粱涨红了脸
稻子笑弯了腰
秋天到,秋天到
园里果子长得好
枝头接柿子
架上挂葡萄
黄橙橙的是梨
红通通的是枣
秋天到, 秋天到
地理蔬菜长得好
冬瓜披白纱
茄子穿紫袍
白菜一片绿油油
又青又红是辣椒
Grammar: color and得
Session 6 Prepare vocabulary for next session
Session 7 trip to local Chinese church for their Chinese service
Session 8 wrap up
