Integrated Chinese Volume 1 / L1P1 - Teacher Explanation

Learn basic Chinese greetings and how to ask for surnames and given names, including polite forms like please and may I ask. Understand gui as a polite honorific surname usage.

Learn vocabulary and how each Chinese character carries meaning to help you remember words and understand the language. Practice forming questions with ma and saying 'I am a student'.

Decide between learning Chinese characters now or focusing on spoken Chinese, considering HSCA reading demands. Pinyin aids pronunciation and typing, but character recognition remains essential for higher-level texts.

Learn essential Chinese vocabulary for family terms, possessives, and measure words, and practice describing people with modifiers and basic questions.

Explore Chinese family vocabulary, including my father, my mother, elder sister, elder brother, and oldest and younger siblings. Learn how to distinguish male and female children and form possessives.

Learn to form how many questions in Chinese using fixed word order, with family terms like elder brother and younger sister, and practice numbers through lesson 2 dialogue 2.

Master Chinese question formation by swapping words rather than changing declarative order, and use numbers 1–100 to read dates and times in lesson 3 dialogue.

Master basic Chinese time-telling and daily conversations, including expressing hours and quarters, asking about plans, describing busy schedules, and meeting classmates.

Explore a practical dialogue that teaches how to ask about plans, schedule times, and extend invitations in Chinese, using numbers, days, and common question forms.

Learn Chinese vocabulary for hobbies and activities and how to ask about hobbies. Practice planning to watch a movie and use verbs such as like, read, watch, and dance.

Explore basic Chinese dialogue in lesson 4, including greetings like long time no see and discussing likes and activities such as watching ball games.

Learn to welcome a visitor, introduce people, and offer or request drinks in Chinese, using polite endings and common phrases to sound friendly.

Master beginner chinese dialogue skills from lesson 5 dialogue 1, practicing introductions, greetings, offers of tea or water, polite phrases, and color words in everyday conversations.

Learn essential Chinese vocabulary from lesson 5, including past tense using -ed, everyday actions like going to restaurants and playing, and expressions for togetherness, weather, time, and returning home.

Practice past tense and everyday actions in Chinese through lesson 5 dialogue 2, by discussing locations like the library or cafe and ordering drinks.

Learn to use Chinese to answer a phone call, start a phone conversation, and set up appointments with a teacher; practice asking a favor and requesting a return call.

Learn practical Chinese dialogue for everyday interactions, including making a phone call, asking about time, and scheduling with the teacher using polite phrases and time expressions.

Practice the lesson 6 dialogue to master arranging meetings, making polite requests, and confirming plans in Chinese, using invitations, meals, and next week timing.

Learn vocabulary for comments on exam performance, talk about study habits, and master Chinese grammar focus on structure words, adjective placement before slow or fast, and pronunciation practices.

Learn essential Chinese sentence structure and grammar through dialogue practice, focusing on verbs, adjectives, questions, and writing characters in Integrated Chinese Volume One, Lesson Seven.

Explore Chinese time-of-day vocabulary, including morning and early morning, as well as late and evening, with practical examples of talking about class, homework, reading aloud, and listening to recordings.

Learn Chinese sentence structure with verbs and adjectives, time expressions like early and late (four o'clock), and practice reading aloud dialogue to describe people and preferences.

Learn to describe a student's campus daily routine in Chinese, write a diary entry, and draft a brief letter, using daily verbs like get up, eat, and learn.

Learn how Chinese handles time, order, and concurrent actions with before and after. Practice using Arabic numbers, daily routines, and classroom scenarios for speaking.

This lesson introduces Chinese vocabulary for asking about majors, expressing ability, and describing closeness, with time words like recently and semester, and examples such as what's your major.

Learn to discuss color, size, and price in Chinese, recognize currency, pay with cash or credit cards, ask for different size or color, and handle exchanges while shopping.

Learn essential Chinese shopping dialogue by asking for clothing, colors, sizes, and prices, and interacting with shop assistants.

Explore lesson 10 vocabulary in integrated Chinese volume 1, focusing on transportation terms—airplane, taxi, train, subway, bus—and phrases to travel between stations, describe routes, express gratitude, and new year wishes.

Practice dialogue for travel planning and going home, including buying airplane tickets and navigating routes by bus, subway, taxi, with red, green, and blue lines.

Explore the key Chinese dialogue and everyday expressions from lesson 10 dialogue 2 in Integrated Chinese Volume 1, with focus on structure, verbs, and practical conversation.