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2: Pre-Unit 2

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Learning Objectives

Once I have mastered this unit, I will:

  • understand the four tones and neutral tone and their tone marks;
  • be able to identify the tones and pronounce the rehearsed words using the appropriate tone;
  • understand the basic concepts of the Mandarin writing system: strokes, radicals and phonetic components, and character composition;
  • be able to identify strokes and composition, and to trace characters using appropriate stroke order;
  • have memorized some survival expressions; and
  • have a basic overview of the Chinese language, including formation of Chinese characters, grammar features, and vocabulary.


This page titled 2: Pre-Unit 2 is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Lin Hong (洪琳).

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