Bilingual Learning Blog

1. Pinyin

We are about to finish learning the sixteen individual syllables (16 个整体认读音节). The students will take a basic assessment to review what they’ve learned.

The assessment has two parts:

Write down all 16 individual syllables by their memory.
Pinyin dictation of words that include whole syllables – students will write the pinyin for the words while the teacher reads out these words.

Please note: the Chinese words will be given. Students do not need to know how to write the words. Tone marks will be counted as bonus points.

Assessment Date: Oct. 22

Practice sheet:zhichishiri zicisi yiwuyu yeyueyuan yinyunying. Please note that the students have done these worksheet in class time.

Audio resources: please refer to the second post.

2. Radicals
Radical list will be handed out soon.
List:human-related radicals Set Two
Practice sheet:P1 P2 P3

Radical dictation date：Oct. 29 ( planned. For exact date , please refer to the next post. )

3. Pinyin Syllables Table with audio

https://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-pinyin-chart/

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 预祝中秋节快乐！

The Second Post in Term One

Radical Dictation

Radicals are parts of Chinese characters and are like roots in English words. They give specific meaning to characters. For example, Radical 木 means tree or wooden. Therefore, you can always find radical 木 in names of trees, like 枫maple，松Pinetree，杉fir.
Students will systematically learn commonly used radicals this term, which will help them understand new characters.
1. Radical dictation date: Oct. 8th
2. Radical dictation list: Radical-Dictation-List-set 4 human
You can also find the list in your child’s planner. The English meaning and Pinyin will be provided in dictation. Students are required to write the radicals that match the English meaning.
The radicals with * are foundation ones, which are usually about ten radicals. Everyone should memorize them. For those students who want to challenge themselves, they can choose to memorize all radicals ( about fifteen radicals). Please allow your child to make their choice.
3. Practice worksheet偏旁

Some Radical Worksheet with Audio Barcode

Students are encouraged to bring radical duotang back home. You can find a barcode on some radical worksheet. Use a mobile phone or ipad to scan it and your child can listen to Mandarin audio, which helps students pronounce Mandarin words correctly. Please note that students don’t need to memorize all words. 10-20 minutes practice is enough. Please minimize the screen time of children.