Spanish 1a, from Thursday (Oct 27th 2011)
Posted in General Info on Oct 31st, 2011
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Mandarin 1A: Week 4
Posted in General Info on Oct 27th, 2011
This week’s presentation: Mandarin 1A: Week 4
你好吗？ （Nǐ hǎo ma?）
我很好！(Wǒ hén hǎo)
我非常好！(Wǒ fēi cháng hǎo)
我挺好的！(Wǒ tíng hǎo de)
我还不错， 你呢？(Wǒ hái bú cùo, nǐ ne?)
For homework:
- Ask Chinese speakers “你是美国人吗 ?/ nǐ shì Měigúorén ma? AND 你是中国人吗?/nǐ shì Zhōngguórén ma？” and take note of their responses. Write the responses down in the best pinyin you can come up with!
- Review stroke order rules, focusing on the 6 we discussed in class. Please take a look at the flashcards and character paper I gave you in class! Please note: these handouts have materials from the next dialogue in them so you can begin to approach these new words!
- IMPORTANT: Focus on one character from the most recent dialogue and explain to the class how you can remember it. If no one has time to do this, we will work together to do this in class next week!
- Continue to look at the following resources:
- ArchChinese Character Dictionary with stroke order explanation and character type explanation.
- Skritter.com for character practice (small monthly fee)
- Animated story for characters 人，大 and 天 at New Concept Mandarin.
- Online Tone Drill program for your own practice!
Hand in your character worksheets next week if you want them looked at for correction and/or advice.
Have you found any other online resources you’d like to share with the class? If so, please post as a comment!
谢谢，
刘老师 （Liu Laoshi）
P.s. As always, e-mail me with questions: sara.a.bernstein@gmail.com
Practice your language at the N.O.W. Language Mixer
Posted in General Info on Oct 23rd, 2011
The networking club at MIIS (N.O.W.) is offering a language mixer this Wednesday evening. It is a great way to practice your language skills in a relaxed, conversational environment. Here are the details:
Wednesday, October 26, 7-9pm
1833 Restaurant (500 Hartnell St.)
The event is located outside on the patio, and light appetizers will be served.
Japanese 1- vocabulary words from last week
Posted in General Info on Oct 18th, 2011
Konnichi wa,
Here’s the link to the Powerpoint presentation that I used last week in the karuta game!
Ja ne, mata kinyoobi! (See you on Friday!)
Kimby and Karen
Mandarin 1A – Week 2: Pinyin Review and Greetings
Posted in General Info on Oct 5th, 2011
Today’s Presentation: Mandarin 1A: Week 2 Click me!
For homework:
- Review Chinese Pinyin Chart from ChinesePod : ChinesePod Pinyin Chart (Click me!)
- Review and practice Dialogue–What do you remember about the Starred* grammar points?
A: Nǐ hǎo!
B: Nǐ hǎo !
A: Qǐng wèn, nǐ (nin) guì xìng?
B: Wǒ xìng* Lǐ. Nǐ ne*?
A: Wǒ xìng Wáng. Lǐ xiǎojiě, nǐ jiào* shénme míngzi?
B: Wǒ jiào Lǐ Yǒu. Wáng xiānsheng, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
A:Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng.
- Begin to look at character worksheets that I handed out in class – Don’t worry about stroke order right now, just become comfortable with the idea of tracing them. Click for: Character Writing Worksheet & Character Flashcards
- Next week we will begin to review this dialogue and talk about character structure!
See you next week,
Liu Laoshi
P.s. As always, e-mail me with questions: sara.a.bernstein@gmail.com
Français 2 jeudi 18h30 a 19h30
Posted in French, General Info on Oct 3rd, 2011
Salut tout le monde!
I would like to extend my gratitude to those students that came to our first BUILD class. I was so happy to see all seven of your faces and I really look forward to the semester to come!
A little recap of last Thursday:
We introduced our selves in an open brise glace with these questions: Build Brise Glace
We also filled this out: BUILD class 1
Considerations for this week’s class (Thursday October 6th at 6:30)
“Real life” Introductions/Discussions:
Think about what ways you would like to know how to introduce yourself to real people. Outside of the classroom, or in “real-life” situations we don’t usually ramble off a list of things we do and or are interested in right off the bat. We usually covertly say these types of things through a conversation: “Oh you like cats? I have two cats! Their names are Rufus and Logan…” This task not only requires listening comprehension but on the spot problem solving. However, we don’t always have to tie connections. The simplest way for someone to get to know you is for them to ask you questions and vice-versa.Possible questions:
- Salut/Bonjour, je m’appelle Kasey.
Yes this is not a question but it implies a response of your own name 🙂 .
- Qu’est que tu/vous fais/faites dans le vie?
This question is seems like it’s open to interpretation but usually means what do you do for a living: work/student etc….
- Qu’est ce que tu/vous fais/faites ici?
This question comes up a lot while abroad since when you’re staying somewhere for an extended period of time its often not just for leisure.
- Qu’est que tu/vous aimes/aimez faire?
- Où est ce que tu/vous as/avez grandi?
Where did you grow up?