English & Chinese
Tch & Lrn 401
Spelling
Unlike the English spelling
patterns, the Chinese writing
system is non-alphabetic. This
means that Chinese learners
have a harder difficulty in
learning English because of the
differences in systems.
For example, the word dinner
could be misspelled as diner or
doctor as docter because of the
complex spelling conventions
the English language has.
Mandarin Phonemes
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Grammar
The sentence structure in a
Chinese sentence often starts
with a ‘topicalised’ subject
which it often does not transfer
into English and often causes
confusion.
For Example: That boy- i’m
going to kill him one of these
Mandarin Alphabet
days.
In the Chinese language, time
Han Language is expressed in different ways
The Chinese language can be and can become frustrating to
referred to as the Han learners. A common error is ‘i
Language and has eight dialect have seen her two days ago.’
groups (sometimes referred to
as different languages):
Northern Chinese (Mandarin),
Wu, Hsian, Hakka, Northern
Min, Southern Min, and Yueh
(catnonese). Northern Chinese
is accepted for all written
languages and is recognized as
the national language.
Mandarin Pronunciation Tones
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