Welcome to
 Chinese 1 B, SFVCCA, Spring 04
Teacher: Li-Bu Larson
    (to Li-Bu Larson's Home Page click here)
E-mail: libu.larson@csun.edu URL: http://www.csun.edu/~ll51106/libu.html

Required Text-books:

Ni Hao I  text-book & workbook (traditional character edition) , by Shumang Fredlein & Paul Fredlein, Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston in 2001

Course Description and Objectives:

Chinese 1 B is a course of elementary Chinese for young children with little or no background in Chinese. The training focuses on Hanyu Pinyin, pronunciation, tones, speaking and listening comprehension, daily dialogues, basic Chinese characters and phrases. The class activities make  learning enjoyable and aim at helping students to develop further communication in Chinese, as well as demonstrate the possibilities of using simple language to communicate more meaningfully and extensively with others.
Students are encouraged to practice speaking and listening Chinese online. You can check the homework through our web site (microsoft explore can support it or you may need the Chinese fonts - BIG5 in your computer to read in Chinese.)

Tentative Course Schedule:
 
Week & Date
 Teaching Schedule Assignment
1. 1/31 - Lesson 6 (1)  Introduction; L 6 (1) My family; New words; Read along & sing along <My Family> HW1: 1. Read along & sing along <My Family>-TB pg. 43; 2. Answer the questions orally; writing practice- WB pg. 84-85
2. 2/7 - Lesson 6 (2 & 3) L. 6 (2) Lanlan's family; (3) David's family; Quiz 1; Introduce new words; Chinese New Year celebration - lion dance & dragon dance HW2:
3. 2/14  - Lesson 6 (4) Quiz 2; L. 6 (4) Do you have any brothers or sisters?; Class activities " A Survey";  HW3:
4.2/21 - Lesson 6 Quiz 3; Introduce your family to the class; Conversational practice - TB pg. 46; Reading practice -TB pg. 51 HW4:
5. 2/28 - Lesson 7 (2) Quiz 4; L 6.Not what it seems; Two poems: "Family" & "When you fall down, pick yourself off"; Reading practice - WB pg. 40 HW5:
6. 3/6 - Lesson 7 (1) (2) Quiz 5; L 7 New words; (1) What pets do you have? (2) Opposites;  HW6:
7. 3/13 - Lesson 7 (3) Quiz 6; L 7 New words; L 7 (3) A cute dog; Song: The pets at my home HW7:
8. 3/20 - Review Quiz 7; L 7 A family portrait; Chinese zodiac; Review for Midterm  HW8:
9. 3/27 - Mid-Term (L6-L7) Mid-Term (Lesson 6 - Lesson 7)
Oral midterm-A family portrait, TB pg.61; Lesson 8		 HW9:
10. 4/3 - Lesson 8 (1 )
( 4/10 Spring Recess)		 Quiz 8; New Words; L 8 (1) Countries  HW10:
11.4/17 - Lesson 8 (2) (3)
(4/24- Track & Field Meet)		 Quiz 9; L 8(2) Where are you from? (3) I am not American HW11:
12. 5/1 Lesson 8 (4) Quiz 10; L 8 (4) Can you speak Chinese?  A personal profile HW12: 
13. 5/8 Lesson 8(4)  Quiz 11; L 8 The bird's words(3) What grade are you in? HW13:
14.  5/15 Lesson 12 Review Quiz 12; Lesson 12 Review  HW14:
15. 5/22 Final 
     (5/29 Memorial Day weekend)		   Written Final and oral Final (L 6 - 8) HW15: 
16. 6/5 Last day of Semester Report card; assembly Homework Free

Practice Online:
 

  • Pinyin Guide by Harvard University with audio clips -- excellent, now available again.
  • Practice Your Pinyin (Univ. of Iowa)
  • How to Write Chinese Characters - Basic Stroke Types and Stroke Orders, by Li-Bu Larson
  • Conversational Mandarin Chinese Online  (Level I, big 5 version) (Fifteen Units in Pinyin, English, Characters and Exercises with sound), by Dr. Tim Xie, CSULB
  • Learn Pinyin
  • The Collection of Chinese Songs & Poems (Coming soon)
  • Relatives, Relatives' Pictures and Proper Address, (new) by Li-Bu Larson
  • Educational Websites for Pre-K and Elementary
  • Theme: Characters, by China Sprout
  • Chinese Stories online
  • The Monkey Wore Gloves
  • Jasmine Flower Song, (you may need BIG 5 to view it) by Li-Bu Larson
  • Spring Festival Activities 1
  • Spring Festival Activities 2
  • Spring Festival
  • Animated characters Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10 by Dr. Tianwei Xie, CSULB
  • Some Chinese Characters, a few randomly chosen Chinese words are here just for you to look at.
  • A is for Love, a set of Flash Cards for learning Chinese
  • Games for Pinyin or Chinese Characters, by Dr. Tianwei Xie, CSULB
  • Beyond Class Activities, by Li-Bu Larson
  • Year 02-03 Chinese class pictures, by Li-Bu Larson
  • Year 03-04 Chinese class pictures, (new) by Li-Bu Larson

    •  Created & updated by Li-Bu Larson
    May 22, 2004