外語教學(xué)與研究出版社江南大學(xué)LearningChineseasasecondlanguageFromthetext,welearnthateachlanguagehasitsuniquefeatureswhichwillprobablypresentmanychallengestoitsnon-nativelearners.Tosomedegree,havingknowledgeofthefeaturesofalanguageandsomevaluablelessonsfromsuccessfullearnersmayhelppeoplelearnthelanguagemoreefficiently.AssomeoverseasstudentshavecometoyourschooltolearntheChineselanguage,youareinvitedtogiveapresentationatthegreetingceremony.Youplantointroducesomefeaturesofthelanguageandyourideasaboutlearningiteffectively.WhatfeaturesdoestheChineselanguagehavecomparedwithEnglish?WhatfeaturesmayUNIT2Givingapresentationcauseproblemsfortheseoverseasstudents?Whatsuggestionswouldyougivethem?Thefollowingstepsmayhelpyouwiththeproject.UNIT2GivingapresentationSTEP1BrainstormfeaturesoftheChineselanguage

WorkingroupsandbrainstormfeaturesoftheChineselanguagecomparedwithEnglish.Youmayconsiderthefollowingpoints:?Pinyinandpronunciation?Tonesandmeanings?Charactersandstrokes?Grammar(e.g.nochangeinverbsforperson,tense,andnumber)UNIT2SelectthefeaturestotalkaboutSelecttwoorthreepeculiarfeaturesthatyouthinkmaymostlikelycausechallengesfornon-nativelearners.Discussandlistwhatchallengesthesefeaturesmaypresent.Remembertogivesomeexamplestoexplainyourideas.STEP2Challenge1:_________________________________________Challenge2:_________________________________________Challenge3:_________________________________________UNIT2WorkonthesuggestionsDiscussandlistwhatsuggestionsyouwouldgiveinresponsetothechallengeslistedinStep2.YoumayrefertothevideoclipsiniExplore1forideas.STEP3STEP4Writeadraftofyourpresentation

Writeadraftofyourpresentationwiththehelpofthefollowingtips.UNIT2TipsHowtostartyourpresentation:Brieflyintroduceyourself.Clearlystatethepurposeofyourpresentation.Startwithaninterestingfact,aquestion,orabriefstoryrelatedtoyourtopic.Howtoendyourpresentation:Encouragetheaudiencetotakeaction.Thanktheaudiencefortheirtimeandattention.Endwithanencouragingstatement(e.g.“IwishyouallthebestinyourjourneyoflearningChinese”).YoucansubmityourwritingtoUcampusandreceivereal-timefeedbackforimprovement.UNIT2RehearseandgiveyourpresentationMemorizeyourdraftandrehearseyourpresentation.Youmayusethechecklisttohelpmakeyourpresentationbetter.Then,presenttoyourclassmatesandaskthemforadvice.STEP5ChecklistOKNeedimprovement1Theopeningofmypresentationisinteresting.2Thebodyofmypresentationislogicallydevelopedwithclearexamples.3Myvoiceisloudenough.4Ihavemaintainedeyecontactwiththeaudience.5Ihavemadeproperuseofgestures.UNIT2Goodafternoon,friends!I’mdelightedtowelcomeyoutodayasyoubeginyourjourneyoflearningChinese,alanguagewithahistoryspanningthousandsofyearsandusedbyover200millionpeopleoutsideChina.Chinesehasuniquefeatures,whichmaypresentchallengestolearners.Chineseisatonallanguage.Thismeansthesamesyllablewithdifferenttonescarriesdifferentmeanings.Forinstance,thesyllable“ba”canmean“eight”(八,bā),“pull”(拔,bá),“target”(靶,bǎ),or“father”(爸,bà),dependingonthetone.ThisaspectofChineseoftensurpriseslearnerswhosenativelanguages,likeEnglish,don’trelyontonesformeaning.UNIT2AnotherkeyfeatureisChinesegrammar,whichlacksthecomplexverbconjugationsfoundinmanyotherlanguages.Verbsremainthesameregardlessoftense,number,orgender.Instead,characterslike了and過indicatepastactions,while將and要signalfutureevents.Forexample,“我去了學(xué)?！?Iwenttoschool)and“我要去學(xué)?！?Iamgoingtoschool).Inthisway,Chinesegrammarcanbesurprisinglystraightforwardonceyougraspitslogic.Withoutdoubt,learningChinesehasitschallenges.Thetonescanbetrickytomaster,andthelackoffamiliargrammarstructuresmightfeelconfusingatfirst.SomelearnersevenjokethatwrittenChineselookslikeaRorschachtestandspokenUNIT2Chinesesoundslikeadrawerofsilverwarebeingdumpeddownstairs.Butdon’tbediscouraged–thesechallengescanbeovercomewiththerightapproach.Here’smyadvice.Startbymasteringthebasicsofpronunciation.Chinesehasonlyabout60phonemes,andgettingthemrightearlyiscrucial,asbadhabitsarehardtocorrectlater.Next,practicedaily.Listentonativespeakers,repeatphrasesaloud,anddon’tshyawayfrommakingmistakes.Immersingyourselfinthelanguagethroughmusic,films,orconversationswillhelpyoulearnmorequickly.Finally,setsmall,achievablegoals,likelearning30charactersaweekordedicating30minutesdailytolisteningpractice.Mostimportantly,bepatientwithyourself.Languagelearningisamarathon,notasprint.UNIT2IhopethesetipswillmakeyourChineselear