lesson book
TRANSCRIPT
SlowChinese.com Lesson BookFriday 2009 September 11 13:09
This is the lesson book for the SlowChinese.com website. SlowChinese.com provides a complete Chinese language self-learning course.
Why SlowChinese.com?• SlowChinese is free (donations requested).
• The SlowChinese main idea is to go slow, do not hurry. Learning a language is never quick. Therefore, you need to pace yourself.
• The SlowChinese lesson book and movies guide you step-by-step as you learn Chinese. Each lesson builds on the previous lessons and presents new words and grammar in context.
AuthorsThe authors of this site are Terry and Daisy.
Terry Taylor, [email protected]
I have taught myself German and Russian, and speak both fluently. I am currently teaching myself Chinese (with the help of Daisy). I previously could speak passable Japanese and Hebrew. I have a great deal of experience learning languages as an adult, and I put this experience to work for you in this website.
I live in Nanjing, China.
Daisy, [email protected]
xxx
DonationsPlease support us. A donation of $25 to the PayPal account slowchinese.com would be greatly ap-preciated.
The SlowChinese.com methodSlowChinese lessons are organized by weeks. You, the student, can go at any pace you want, but organizing lessons this way makes it easy to pace yourself.
• Sunday INTRO. The Sunday lesson does not teach you Chinese, but instead
1. Provides an overview of the Chinese lessons (Monday - Friday) for that week.2. Introduces topics related to learning Chinese. For example, on one Sunday you might learn
about a new software translation program, and the next might focus on a chinese online news service.
• Monday-Friday LESSONS.
• Saturday REVIEW. The Saturday movie puts the Monday-Friday movies together.
1
2
3
Table of Contents (lessons)
Week 1 ................................................4 • Week 1 Intro: Downloading and playing movies ..... 5 • Week 1 Lesson 1: Breakfast at home ..................... 6 • Week 1 Lesson 2: xxxx ........................................... 8 • Week 1 Lesson 3: xxx ............................................. 9 • Week 1 Lesson 4: xxx ........................................... 10 • Week 1 Lesson 5: xxx ........................................... 11 • Week 1: REVIEW .................................................. 12
Week 2 ..............................................13
4
Week 1This is your first week on SlowChinese.com.
• Week 1 Intro: Downloading and playing movies . Shows you how to get started: how to download and play movies.
• Week 1 Lesson 1: Breakfast at home . Your first very simple lesson.• Week 1 Lesson 2: xxxx • Week 1 Lesson 3: xxx • Week 1 Lesson 4: xxx • Week 1 Lesson 5: xxx • Week 1: REVIEW
5
Week 1 Intro: Downloading and playing movies
screenshots showing how to download and install realplayer.
then download movie and play.
also for portables?
Click here to open the list of movies on slowchinese.com. Right-click on Movie1.1 and select “Save as” to save to your PC.
Then start the movie.
6
Week 1 Lesson 1: Breakfast at homeToday’s lesson is your very first, and is very short. is breakfast at home.
The following explains the movie contents (if some kind of action, then also show video)
早 = early.
上 = on (something). its like the start of the morning.
好 = good.
7
8
Week 1 Lesson 2: xxxxSlowChinese lessons are located in Nanjing, China. Each lesson is located somewhere in Nanjing, and will slowly introduce you to this great city and the culture and lifestyle.
xxx
9
Week 1 Lesson 3: xxxxxx
10
Week 1 Lesson 4: xxxxxx
11
Week 1 Lesson 5: xxxxxx
12
Week 1: REVIEWxxx
13
Week 2xxxx
14