MAGICCHINESE.doc

MAGIC CHINESE TEXTBOOK (First Draft) updated with Lin Yingzhu laoshi Kwan’s new three lessons We need Su-jane laoshi’s WORD document (not PDF) on Reivew ONE. FOUNDATION ONE: LEARNING “B P M F SONG” FROM PETER Students Reading: (Show Peter’s picture with Pinyin saying: Wǒ shì Peter.) Hey, I’m Peter. I moved up here from Taipei, Taiwan with my parents when I was 8 years old. Mom and dad insist I use Chinese at home. Thanks to them, my Chinese is still fluent. My friend, Melissa, wants to learn Chinese from me. After giving it some thought, I believe I can teach her my learning secret. It makes the learning of pronunciation go faster and easier. Trust me! Once you’ve learned my two songs, you’ll be able to say anything in Chinese as long as it is spelled out in this phonic system. You may not be able to read Chinese characters or write them yet, but you can speak it. Please listen to the songs first then follow me to sing. First, we’ll sing the song with ABC tunes. I call it the “b p m f song”. After you remember this one, then we’ll sing the song of “Compound vowels” in the melody of Little Spider song. After you remember both songs by heart, we’ll work on how to write down these sounds in Hanyu pinyin symbols. (Wei-Yun’s note: It is important to let students sing first then look at the symbols. Singing the song without looking at the English letters lets students learn the sound without the influence of their English ability.) b p m f song b p m f d t n l g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh r yi wu yü