Fall breaks can be very boring. To make sure that you have something exciting to do we have decided to make you watch six videos to really pound the Pinyin system into your heads. Remember, you don't have to watch all of them at one time. Classes resume on 10/14/17.
Enjoy your break. 再见！
2017年9月23日 星期六
Chinese Class Review 9/23/17
Basic Chinese - Pinyin 11 & 12. Tone Pairs and the compound finals U group and ü group
Homework for this week is to seek out Chinese phrases from the JW Language app, the Pinyin Watchtower, and the Pinyin Life & Ministry Workbook to fill in your own tone pairs sheet. Practice tone pairs on your own. We noticed that many of you have problem with 2-3, 3-2, and some 4th tones combos.
The second homework is to review the six Yoyo Chinese Comprehensive Review videos on the next post. The Pinyin portion of the class is concluded. Please regularly review the different videos as needed.
JW Language - Useful Words & Phrases About the Bible; Using the Bible
Homework for this week is to look for a phrase in each previous JW Language lessons to make a presentation. After you're done you should record it on WeChat.
2017年9月19日 星期二
Classes on 9/23/17
9:00 AM Basic Chinese - Pinyin 11 Instructor: Larry Wong
We are going to learn the finals in U group: u, ua, uai, uan, uang, uei, uen, ueng, uo. 9:30 AM Break
9:40 AM JW Language - Useful Words & Phrases about the Bible Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang
We are going to cover Useful Words & Phrases about the Bible under Words & Phrases.
10:10 AM Break
10:20 AM Basic Chinese - Pinyin 12 Instructor: Larry Wong
We are going to learn the finals in ü group: ü, üan, üe, ün.
10:50 AM Break
11:00 AM JW Language - Presenting a Topic 2 Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang
We are going to cover Using the Bible under Words & Phrases.
2017年9月17日 星期日
Chinese Class Review 9/16/17
Basic Chinese - Pinyin 9 & 10. Tone Pairs and the compound finals I group and O group
Homework for this week is to practice tone pairs selected from the JW Language app. We noticed that many of you have problem with 2-3, 3-2, and some 4th tones combos. Please review the 2nd tone video and 3rd tone video. Be sure that your 3rd tone doesn't rise up as the 2nd tone does. We also noticed that for some reason many of you allow the first part of the tone pair affect the second part of the tone pair. For instance, many of you pronounce 2-3 as 2-2 or pronounce 2-2 as 1-2. Try to avoid it.
JW Language - Asking Questions
We learned about the question format of affirmative/negative such as 有没有，要不要，知不知道. We also learned about different kinds of questions in the JW Language app. This week's homework is to pick phrases out from the sections Have you ever wondered... and Did you know... . Also, write ten questions in Chinese in the form of affirmative/negative format. Please provide English translation for your homework.
2017年9月10日 星期日
Classes on 9/16/17
Reminder: Classes begin at 3 PM this week.
3:00 PM Basic Chinese - Pinyin 9 Instructor: Larry Wong
We are going to learn the finals in i group: i, ia (ya), iao (yao), ian (yan), iang, (yang), ie (ye), in (yin) ing (ying), iong (yong), iou (you). 3:30 PM Break
3:40 PM JW Language - Presenting a Topic 1 Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang
We are going to cover the first half of the unit Asking Questions under Words & Phrases.
4:10 PM Break
4:20 PM Basic Chinese - Pinyin 10 Instructor: Larry Wong
We are going to learn the finals in o group: o, ong, ou.
4:50 PM Break
5:00 PM JW Language - Presenting a Topic 2 Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang
We are going to cover the second half of the unit Asking Questions under Words & Phrases.
2017年9月9日 星期六
Chinese Class Review 9/9/17
Basic Chinese - Pinyin 7 & 8. Tone Pairs and the compound finals A group and E group
Homework for this week is to practice tone pairs selected from the JW Language app. We noticed that many of you have problem with 2-3, 3-2, and some 4th tones combos. Please review the 2nd tone video and 3rd tone video. Be sure that your 3rd tone doesn't rise up as the 2nd tone does. We also noticed that for some reason many of you allow the first part of the tone pair affect the second part of the tone pair. For instance, many of you pronounce 2-3 as 2-2 or pronounce 2-2 as 1-2. Try to avoid it.
If it makes it easier you can substitute the Chinese words in the Tone Pairs charts with the English tone words. For instance, use "What?", "Uh" for 2-3 combos.
We also learned about the compound finals from the A group and E group. You can review the videos below.
One very important note I hope you picked up is that every final IS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT from each other. Don't pronounce the A the same way in all finals in the A group.
One side note is that when you record yourselves on WeChat, do just one tone at a time. That makes it easier for sister Chiang to listen to you. Thanks folks!
JW Language - Meeting Invitiation and Presenting a Topic
Your homework this week is to practice the meeting invitation with two other classmates.
2017年9月4日 星期一
Classes on 9/9/17
Reminder: We are meeting in Kingdom Hall 2's conference room this week.
9:00 AM Basic Chinese - Pinyin 7 Instructor: Larry Wong
We are going to learn the finals in a group: a, ai, an, ang, ao. 9:30 AM Break
9:40 AM JW Language - Presenting a Topic 1 Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang
We are going to cover the first half of the unit Presenting a Topic under Words & Phrases.
10:10 AM Break
10:20 AM Basic Chinese - Pinyin 8 Instructor: Larry Wong
We are going to learn the finals in e group: e, ei, en, eng, er.
10:50 AM Break
11:00 AM JW Language - Presenting a Topic 2 Instructor: Gary Ishisaka, Ann Chiang
We are going to cover the second half of the unit Presenting a Topic under Words & Phrases.
2017年9月2日 星期六
Chinese Class Review 9/2/17
Basic Chinese - Pinyin 5 & 6. Tone Pairs and the initials zhi, chi, shi, ri, z, c, s
Homework for this week is to continue practice the tone pairs. Please review the videos below. Go slow. Accuracy is key. We noticed that many of you have trouble with the 2nd tone and 3rd tone. Please review videos of these two tones from Class Review two weeks ago.
We also learned the Special 7, the seven Pinyin initials zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, and s. Here are the videos for you to review.
JW Language - After the Greeting
We touched on the two ways of asking Yes/No questions. The first is to attach the character 吗 at the end of a statement. The second is to use the "affirmative/negative" within the statement such as 是不是 , 要不要, or 有没有. We also covered the phrases found in After the Greeting in the JW Language app.
Reminder: We are meeting at the other conference room next Saturday.
