| Contents | Unit 1, Lesson 1
1. Red book p. 1 - 3. 2. Blue book p. 34, 35. 3. Yellow Book p. 1 - 5. 4. Supplementary materials: Unit 1 Lesson 1: grammar part. |
| Important Words | 1. Pronouns: wo3, ni3, wo3men, ni3men, za2men
2. gui4xing4. xing4, ming2zi, jiao4. 3. gen1. 4. hai2shi. |
| Important Grammar | 1. The verb shi4.
2. Three ways of asking general questions: ma, shi4bu2shi4, shi4 ... bu2shi4. (red p. 4:9) 3. Places of adverbs like ye3, dou1, bu4, in sentence. (red p. 6:10) 4. Measure words. (red p. 6:11) |
| Assignments
(not to submitbut the red parts will be tested in weekly quiz) |
1. To memorize the text (blue
p.35) by listening to the tape and
reading with the tape.
2. To read the Red Book's grammar and culture notes (p. 3 - 8). 3. To memorize the 25 characters of the week (Yellow p. 1 - 5), their meanings, stroke orders, etc. 4. To read the sentences and the dialogues of the Yellow Book (p. 2 - 5) |
| Assignments
(to submit) |
1. Translation of the Red Book (p. 13). 33%
2. This week's 25 characters (Yellow, p. 1 - 5). 33% 3. Yellow Book's exercises (p. 2 - 5). 34% |
| Web Assignments | 1. This week's web Chinese exercises:
(1) Listening comprehension. (2) This week's Children's song. (3) This week's difficult characters. (4) Find yourself a Chinese name. 2. Download and preview the next week's syllabus. |