We all know that practice makes perfect and that we should practice a foreign language as much as we can in order to learn it. Still, many learners feel that it's hard to start speaking a language they don't know. There are few useful things you can say with the limited vocabulary you learn as a beginner. Sure, you can create conversations about your family and tell people who you are, but this only counts as real communication if you're actually telling a stranger about yourself, which is unlikely to be the case in the classroom.
Speak Chinese in the classroom
One thing you should do from day one is to try to speak as much Chinese as you can in the classroom. This ought to be obvious and is indeed common practice in many second language environments (e.g. when you learn Chinese in China), but it's fairly common that teachers don't insist on it if you're learning Chinese at home. One reason might be that if the teacher speaks the language of the students, it's much easier to communicate. However, making things too easy also means that you're not learning as much as you could.
Therefore, whether or not your teacher emphasizes this, you should speak as much Chinese as you can in the classroom. In this article, we will look at some important phrases that are incredibly useful. Learn them as chunks even if you don't understand exactly how the grammar works. You will use them so often that they will become part of your active vocabulary very soon. Learning these phrases will also teach you about basic grammar, word order, pronunciation and so on.
Phrases you can use to speak more Chinese in the classroom
These phrases are all very common even if some of them might sound odd in English. For instance, in Chinese it's normal to greet each teacher the first time you meet him or her that day, using the proper address ?? (??) laoshi. You should also add the teachers family name after ??, so if you want to address me, you can say ???. The following phrases are arranged roughly in the order they might appear during a lesson:
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Conclusion
You have no excuse to not use basic Chinese in the classroom. The earlier you start doing it, the sooner it will become natural. Practice makes perfect, good luck!
Speak Chinese in the classroom
One thing you should do from day one is to try to speak as much Chinese as you can in the classroom. This ought to be obvious and is indeed common practice in many second language environments (e.g. when you learn Chinese in China), but it's fairly common that teachers don't insist on it if you're learning Chinese at home. One reason might be that if the teacher speaks the language of the students, it's much easier to communicate. However, making things too easy also means that you're not learning as much as you could.
Therefore, whether or not your teacher emphasizes this, you should speak as much Chinese as you can in the classroom. In this article, we will look at some important phrases that are incredibly useful. Learn them as chunks even if you don't understand exactly how the grammar works. You will use them so often that they will become part of your active vocabulary very soon. Learning these phrases will also teach you about basic grammar, word order, pronunciation and so on.
Phrases you can use to speak more Chinese in the classroom
These phrases are all very common even if some of them might sound odd in English. For instance, in Chinese it's normal to greet each teacher the first time you meet him or her that day, using the proper address ?? (??) laoshi. You should also add the teachers family name after ??, so if you want to address me, you can say ???. The following phrases are arranged roughly in the order they might appear during a lesson:
| Good morning! |
| ???！ |
| ???！ |
| zaoshanghao！ |
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| Good morning, teacher! |
| ??，???！ |
| ??，???！ |
| laoshi，zaoshanghao！ |
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| Open the book on page X. |
| ??????X?? |
| ??????X? |
| qing dakai shu de dì X yè |
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| Read the text in chapter 4 aloud. |
| ???????????? |
| ???????????? |
| qing dà sheng langdú dìsìzhang de kèwén? |
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| Create sentences with the new words for this chapter. |
| ????????????? |
| ????????????? |
| qing yòng zhèyÃkè xuéguò de xincà zà ojù? |
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| Do the exercises on page X. |
| ????X????? |
| ????X????? |
| qing wánchéng dì X yè de lià nx� |
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| Teacher, I have a question. |
| ??，??????? |
| ??，??????? |
| laoshi，wo you yÃge wèntÃ? |
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| How do I say X in Chinese? |
| X??????？ X??????？ |
| X?????? ？X??????？ |
| X yòng Zhongwén zenmeshuo？ |
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| What does X mean? |
| X?????？ |
| X?????？ |
| X shì shénme yìsi？ |
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| Do I wirte this character the right way? |
| ??????？ |
| ??????？ |
| wo de bihuà duì ma？ |
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| Am I pronouncing this word correctly? |
| ???????？ |
| ???????？ |
| wo de fayin zhèngquè ma？ |
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| What tone is this? |
| ??????？ |
| ??????？ |
| zhè shì shénme shengdià o？ |
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| Can you please say that again. |
| ??????? |
| ??????? |
| qing ni zà ishuo yÃbià n? |
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| Please speak more slowly. |
| ?????? |
| ?????? |
| qing shuo mà n yìdian? |
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| Good, that's right! |
| ??，????? |
| ??，????? |
| henhao，huÃdá zhèngquè? |
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| That's wrong, please try again. |
| ??，?????? |
| ??，?????? |
| búduì，qing zà ilái yÃcì? |
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| Your homework for tomorrow is... |
| ????????.... |
| ????????... |
| nimen mÃngtian de zuòyè shì... |
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| That's all for today, see you tomorrow! |
| ??????，???！ |
| ??????，???！ |
| jintian jiù dà o zhèli，mÃngtianjià n！ |
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Conclusion
You have no excuse to not use basic Chinese in the classroom. The earlier you start doing it, the sooner it will become natural. Practice makes perfect, good luck!
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