CORE CHINESE 1: Build Up Chinese Foundations by Practice
What you'll learn
- Speak Chinese at a basic level
- Make your own variations of the Chinese expressions
- Understand the significant differences from English contained in the Chinese language
- Get used to Chinese structure, verb and sentence automatically
Requirements
- Some privacy to practice speaking loud
Description
That you have foundations in some foreign languages actually means that you should be able to make expressions with basic words and speak them on your own This course has been designed to help you have sufficient practice through an organized and systematic approach so that you can make and speak the most of basic Chinese expressions covered in an English grammar.
Build up Chinese Foundations through the Organized Practices
- 52 Lectures, 86 Practices plus Phonics
- Practice Audio files Provided
- 90% of Talking Head and 10% of Screen Cast Videos
- Practice with Only a Few Carefully Selected Words
- No Dialogue Based
Contents and Overview
This course has been designed to simplify your learning process as much as possible. The goal of this course is to make you practice to make and speak Chinese expressions on your own with only a few selected basic words. You'll learn how to make Chinese expressions with some selected words which include 12 verbs, 5 nouns, 6 pronouns, 6 adjectives, 37 adverbs and 6 conjunctions. After each lecture dealing with grammatical stuff, you'll practice every possible variation based on what you learn. By the end of this course, you will be able to make and speak the most of Chinese expressions covered in an English grammar.
What is different from other Chinese courses
- A grammar oriented Chinese class
- You will be able to automatically remember structure, verb and sentence through the organized practice activities
- Simple break down. Easy to find parts that you want to review.
- The combination of Chinese characters and Engish is great
- How the language hang together to express various gradations of meaning
- Optimization of learning with the utilization of a small group of terms. Teaches very simple sentences with all details.
- Helping English-language speakers understand the significant differences contained in the Chinese language
- Balance of theory and practice
Who this course is for:
- People who want to learn speaking Chinese
- English-language speakers who want to understand the significant differences contained in the Chinese language
- People who want to start learning Chinese without frustration
- People who want to automatically remember Chinese structure, verb and sentence
- People who wants to tie together much of what they have already learned
Instructors
Summary
I am a life mentor and instruction designer. I believe education should be kind to students. They shouldn't be frustrated while learning. Whether learning can be fun or frustrating depends on how it is designed.
Experience
I started my career as a software engineer in Samsung Electronics. Then I got interested in education because I felt it was the most productive among any other fields. Then I decided to be an educator for my whole life. I am very skillful at creating a good learning experience for students. Now I am running Nuts & Bolts, an organization providing e-Learning contents.
Education
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering at Ajou University
- Master Degree in Education Technology at Seoul National University
I am a Chinese language instructor. I went to China when I was 6 years old and graduated a Chinese local elementary and secondary school. I am majoring in contents production and vidio editing at Jiao Tong University, one of the prestigious universites in China.
I speak Chinese at a native level and have a very standard Chinese pronunciation. I find it rewarding to help people learn Chinese.
Summary
I am a language instructor and web designer. At first I taught private classes to students in person, but then switched to teaching students online. Currently, I produce online learning content at Nuts & Bolts, and focus on creating engaging learning videos for students.
Skills
To produce online content I use tools such as Adobe Premier, After Effects, Photoshop, PowerPoint, and Prezi.