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Across 18 lessons, work on listening, articulation, tones and sound combinations while connecting pronunciation with recognition of Chinese characters.
The sounds-and-characters course is an option, but understanding a Mandarin lesson can still be challenging. Discuss your child’s experience before arranging the trial.
Chinese lesson titles are shown with translations for parents. Materials can use Simplified or Traditional Chinese according to need.
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- Listen, notice and connect
Notice mouth position and sound differences; connect familiar meanings with their Chinese characters.
- Combine sounds and recognise words
Use pinyin and tone marks to practise new combinations, alongside the characters and words they represent.
- Try it with less support
Read new syllables and practise recognising taught characters in short words or contexts.
Pronunciation and Pinyin
18 lessons · 25 minutes eachUnit 017 lessons ＋
- a、o、e與四聲a, o, e and the Four Tones
- i、u、ü：嘴形與標調i, u, ü: Mouth Positions and Tone Marks
- y、w與零聲母音節y, w and Syllables Without Initial Consonants
- b、p、m、f：聽辨與兩拼b, p, m, f: Listening and Two-Part Blending
- d、t、n、l：舌尖與鼻音d, t, n, l: Tongue Tip and Nasal Sounds
- g、k、h與三拼起步g, k, h and an Introduction to Three-Part Blending
- 單元一複習：音形與獨立拼讀Unit 1 Review: Sounds, Forms, and Independent Pinyin Reading
Unit 026 lessons ＋
- j、q、x與ü省點j, q, x and Omitting the Dots on ü
- z、c、s與zi、ci、siz, c, s and zi, ci, si
- zh、ch、sh、r與zhi、chi、shi、rizh, ch, sh, r and zhi, chi, shi, ri
- ai、ei、ui：複韻母與標調ai, ei, ui: Compound Finals and Tone Marks
- ao、ou、iu：複韻母與省寫ao, ou, iu: Compound Finals and Shortened Spellings
- 單元二複習：聽辨、標調與變調Unit 2 Review: Listening, Tone Marks, and Tone Changes
Unit 035 lessons ＋
- ie、üe、er與ye、yueie, üe, er and ye, yue
- an、en、in：前鼻韻母與yinan, en, in: Front Nasal Finals and yin
- un、ün與拼寫規則un, ün and Spelling Rules
- ang、eng、ing、ong與yingang, eng, ing, ong and ying
- 綜合拼讀與正音：新音節也能讀Pinyin Blending and Pronunciation: Reading New Syllables
