Language Improv to improve your french!

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Speak Up Mandarin Improv is a great way to start learning mandarin phrases used in daily interactions!
Want to get an internship or a job in China but don’t know where to start? Mandarin Improv is the perfect class for you!

The class is grammar and scenario based: each week will teach you basics of the language and you will apply it to a scenario conversation!

The cost is only $10 for the winter semester ($5 for MCSS members!)

WHEN:1pm every Sunday,
WHERE: McLennan Library, M5-37 (5th floor)
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Lesson Plans

Lesson 1
Grammar and basic knowledge
• The four tones, simple and conjugate consonants
• Theme: Greeting people, introducing yourself
Lesson 2
Singular and plural expression
• Counting
• Expressing plural forms of different subjects
• Theme: Restaurant and food
Lesson 3
Asking questions
• Different ways of asking a question
• Tones involved in turning a sentence into a question
• Theme: Asking for directions and location
Lesson 4
Expressing possession
• Indicating possession of objects and property
• Theme: Shopping
Lesson 5
Negation words, inclusive words
• How to say ‘no’ – there are many ways!
• Putting multiple ideas into one sentence
• Theme: Doctor’s visit
Lesson 6
Past, present and future tenses
• How to indicate different tenses in a conversation
• Theme: Vacation, such as booking hotels and locations of visit
Lesson 7
Time
• Days of the week, telling the hour
• Theme: Time, seasons and date
• Interesting fact? The character for moon is the same as the one for month
Lesson 8
Talking on the phone
• Greeting over a phone conversation
• Differences between a normal conversation and a phone conversation
• Theme: Phone calls, rendezvous
Lesson 9
Comparing things, emphasizing a sentence/idea
• Theme: Watching movies
Lesson 10
TBA: Give us your feedback and decide what you want to learn!

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Jeff Shiao