Search over 10,000 free study notes

Firstly I would have a short conversation in mandarin with the student in order to gage where their speaking level is at, as I understand each student will not be at the same level. If the student's speak...

Let's have a look at the structure of the word first. Pick apart the sections of the characters, and how this makes a similar sound to the character as a whole.

The "ü" sound is not as hard as you think. Start saying "i" (ee) and slowing round up your lips to make the "oo" sound. Make sure you don't change the position of your tongue...

The Chinese script is not an alphabet like in English; instead, it uses characters to represent whole words, often based on their meaning rather than their pronunciation. For example, the character 木 mean...

Although both characters have the 'horse' component, the first also has the 'mouth' key, suggesting it is a form of interrogation we use at the end of a sentence, while the second has the 'woman' key, poi...