Welcome to the Mandarin Chinese lesson Learning Objectives

Welcome to the Mandarin Chinese lesson

Learning Objectives n Sentence patterns: Hello/exchange greeting What’s your name? Saying who you are and asking who other people are Describing people n n Vocabulary on greeting and parts of the body Culture: Chinese name

Do you know? n n n How do Chinese people greet each other? How do you say “hello” in Mandarin Chinese? Do you have a special meaning in your name? ?

Chinese Names n n Surname + first name for example: John Smith John Special and good meanings girls’ names: mei, zhen, li, yun, feng, yan, yu boys’ names: hai, shan, tian, wei, hang, long

Wǒ n Nǐ n Tā n Jiào n shēn me n 我你他叫什么 I You He/she/It to call What

Can you say? • nǐ hǎo! Nǐjiào shēn me 你好! • 你叫什么? (What’s your name? ) wǒ jiào míng 我叫明明. ( My name is Mingming. ) How to ask who other people are? • tā jiào shēn me? 他叫什么? • tā jiào … 他叫Jack

tā jiào shēn mē ? tā jiào …

Today we shall study the face – in Mandarin Chinese!

How do you say…? Let’s play a game!

What have you learnt today? Hello What’s your name? My name is… n Describe people: parts of the body and adjectives n Culture: Chinese name n