Fri, Apr 14
|Toronto Mandari School
#18 The Myth of Chinese Tones: Why Does "I Ask You" Sound Like "I Kiss You"? (Hybrid)
Mandarin Chinese is a tone language. We'll lead you to decode the mystery of the five tones. You'll be surprised that each tone have their corresponding pronunciation pairs in English. After this session, you'll be able to read Chinese characters based on their Pinyin.
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2023, 7:00 p.m. EDT – Apr 15, 2023, 8:30 p.m. EDT
Toronto Mandari School, 200 Consumers Rd, North York, ON M2J 4R4, Canada
About the event
Appetizer (30 mins) - Introduction to New Words & Phrases
First, we will learn about the tones. Our teacher will explain and teach you how to pronouce and differentiate the tones. You will nail the easy six finals in several mintues. After that, we will move forward to the finals. You will be amazed that you will be able to read a Chinese paragraph with the help of Pinyin (pronounication system of Mandarin Chinese)
Main Course (30 mins) - Now, Let's Practice
In this part, we will practice how to prononuce the tones, initals and finals by reading numbers in Mandarin. Here're what you will learn:
- How to say numbers from 0-99 in Mandarin
- How to ask and say phone numbers
- How to use the numbers to tell time
Dessert (30 mins) - Open Discussions
Let's do something more challenging! We will first learn a fun tongue twister and make a recording together. After that, we will take time to make conversations and test each other's listening and speaking skills in Mandarin Chinese.
Tickets
Weekly Pass
$15.00+$0.38 service feeSale ended
Total
$0.00