FORELAN: Foreign Language

Mandarin/Putonghua:
An Introduction
Intro to FORELAN
Course overview
 Familiarize oneself with the
FORELAN subject and its requirements
Chinese Lessons with
Zhang Laoshi
Course Overview
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FORELAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE 3
PREREQUISITE None

FORELAN is an introductory course in learning Mandarin that equips

the FEU IT/Computer Science/Animation/Engineering students with
the necessary basics to communicate orally using Mandarin. The
COURSE DESCRIPTION course offers learners Mandarin for beginners and concentrates on
Chinese phonetic knowledge, practice and exercises with the learning
of Chinese pronunciation through pinyin as well as an introduction to
some aspects of Chinese culture.
INSTITUTION VISION STATEMENT
FEU Institute of Technology aims to be one of the top five technology educational institutions in the Philippines
INSTITUTION MISSION STATEMENT
FEU Institute of Technology is dedicated to provide quality, relevant, innovative and industry-based education producing
competent and principled professionals with greater sense of responsibility, social awareness and high competitiveness
contributing significantly to the betterment of the society.
DEPARTMENT VISION STATEMENT
HSC is the leading center of human development of FEU Institute of Technology.
DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT
The HSC Department commits to:
 deliver excellent general education instruction and services;
 develop communicatively competent engineering and IT professionals with strength of character;
 promote proactive community involvement and partnership in nation building.
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Main Topic 1: Mandarin/Putonghua: An Introduction
Subtopic 1
Familiarize oneself with the FORELAN subject and its requirements Intro to FORELAN
Course overview
Subtopic 2
1 Intro to Mandarin/ Putonghua
Familiarize oneself with the Chinese word for Mandarin, the
teacher’s Chinese name and basic greeting in class Greet the teacher properly in Mandarin
Understand the background and history of Mandarin Ni hao.
Da jia hao.
Enumerate the importance of learning Mandarin
Zhang Laoshi hao.
Zhang Laoshi wu an.
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Main Topic 1: Mandarin/Putonghua: An Introduction

Subtopic 1
Familiarize oneself with the FORELAN subject
Intro to FORELAN
and its requirements
Course overview

1 Familiarize oneself with the Chinese word for Subtopic 2

Mandarin, the teacher’s Chinese name and Intro to Mandarin/ Putonghua
basic greeting in class Greet the teacher properly in Mandarin
Understand the background and history of Ni hao.
Mandarin Da jia hao.
Enumerate the importance of learning Zhang Laoshi hao.
Mandarin Zhang Laoshi wu an.
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Main Topic 2: Pinyin (Initials)
Explain briefly what pinyin is and the reasons
Subtopic 1
why learning pinyin is important
Give the three components of pinyin
Intro to Pinyin
Realize that learning Mandarin is not difficult
Subtopic 2
Say some classroom expressions
Initials
2 Pronounce the first 11 initials correctly bpmfdtnlgkh
Appreciate Chinese version of “Let It Go!” Classroom expressions:
Qing ting. Qing kan. Qing shuo.
Subtopic 3

Say some classroom expressions Initials

Pronounce the next 10 initials correctly j q x zh ch sh r z c s
Classroom expressions:
Huan ying. Zai shuo yi bian. Da jia zhu yi.
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Main Topic 3: Pinyin (Finals)

Subtopic 1
Review all initials
Learn new classroom expressions and Finals
greetings a o e i u ü ai ei ao ou an en ang eng
Pronounce first 15 finals correctly
Pronounce combined initials and finals Classroom expressions/greetings:
3 Zao an. Wu an.

Subtopic 2
Review all expressions and greetings taken up
Pronounce all initials
Finals
Pronounce first 15 finals
ia ie iu iao ian in ing
Pronounce remaining 21 finals correctly
ua uo uai ui uan un
Pronounce combined initials and finals
iang uang ung ong
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Main Topic 4: Tones

Subtopic 1
Appreciate some Chinese
trivia
Trivia 1 and 2
Realize the importance of tones in learning Mandarin
Intro to Tones
Realize that Mandarin is a tonal language
Importance of Tones
4

Subtopic 2
Appreciate Chinese trivia
Produce the four tones correctly
Trivia 3
Tones 1 to 4
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Main Topic 5: Rules on Tone Change
Produce the neutral tone correctly
Produce the third tone correctly when it is Subtopic 1
followed by another third tone
Produce the third tone correctly when it is Rules on Tone Change Part 1
followed by other tones

5 Subtopic 2
Produce the tones of ‘yi’ and ‘bu’ correctly
Rules on Tone Change Part 2

Subtopic 3
Call people by their Chinese names and titles
Place tone marks in their proper places Trivia 4
Basic Rules for Placing the Tone Marks
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Main Topic 6: Twenty Essential Pairs

Pronounce the words with combined tones Subtopic 1

correctly Twenty Essential Pairs
Give the meaning of each combined pair Part 1
6

Pronounce the words with combined tones

Subtopic 2
correctly
Twenty Essential Pairs
Give the meaning of each
Part 2
combined pair
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Main Topic 7: Basic Greetings/Leave-takings
Subtopic 1

Appreciate Chinese culture Trivia 5 (Part 1): 10 Things You Need to Know about Chinese
Practice basic greetings through conversations Culture 1-5
Basic Greetings
Conversation 1 to 4
Subtopic 2
7
Appreciate Chinese culture
Practice basic greetings and leavetakings Trivia 5 (Part 2): 10 Things You Need to Know about Chinese
through conversations Culture 6-10
Conversation 5
Subtopic 3
Use ‘bu’ to negate ordinary and adjectival verbs
in sentences correctly
Negate ordinary and adjectival verbs with the adverb ‘bu’
Use ‘bu’ and ‘hen’ correctly Use Chinese word order and adverbs ‘bu’ and ‘hen’
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Main Topic 8: Daily Life Expressions (Part 1)
Subtopic 1
Use ‘ma” in yes-no questions
Use simple possessives
The Questions Particle ‘Ma’ and Simple Possessives

Use ‘de’ to show possession Subtopic 2

Use ‘dou’ and ‘ye’ correctly
The Marker ‘de’
8 Give meanings of new vocabulary words “Dou” and ‘Ye

Subtopic 3
Give first name and last name
Give nationality First Name and Last Name
Use ‘qing wen’ correctly Nationality
Give meanings and use new words Use of ‘qing wen’
Conversations 6 and 7
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Main Topic 9: Daily Life Expressions (Part 2)
Subtopic 1
Appreciate Chinese culture Trivia 6: Lucky and Unlucky Numbers
Count from zero to one hundred Trivia 7: The Myth of Chinese Zodiac Signs
Tell one’s age Numbers 0 – 100
Tell one’s mobile number Telling Age and Mobile Number
Conversation 8
Appreciate Chinese culture Subtopic 2
Trivia 8: Song “Peng You”
Tell one’s Chinese zodiac sign
9 Zhe shi and Na shi
Use’ zhe shi’ and ‘ na shi’ Zhe ge and Na ge
Use ‘zhe ge’ and ‘na ge’
Use courtesy words correctly
Ask and answer about where one lives Subtopic 3
Thank You and Other Courtesy Expressions
Say Far Eastern University in Mandarin
Ni Zhu Zai Nar?
Understand that ‘ba’ means a suggestion is
being made or to encourage someone to do Conversations 10 and 11
something
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Main Topic 10: Daily Life Expressions (Part 3)
Appreciate Chinese culture
Tell the date, day and birthday correctly
10
Appreciate Chinese culture
Tell the members of the family
Express have or not have correctly
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Subtopic 1
Trivia 9: Chinese Birthday Celebrations and Birthday Song
What is the Date Today/Yesterday?
What is the Day Today/Yesterday?
When is Your Birthday?
Subtopic 2
Trivia 10:
The Traditional Chinese Family
How Many People Are There in Your Family?
Members of the Family
Use of Have and Not Have and Also/In Addition
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Main Topic 11: Self-Introduction

Appreciate Chinese culture Subtopic 1

enumerate some common food and beverages
express one’s favorite food/beverages correctly Trivia 11 : Chinese Food/Beverages and Kinds of Chopsticks
11

Subtopic 2
Appreciate Chinese culture
Write and practice an introduction of oneself Trivia 12: Fu(Luck)
Introducing Oneself
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Summative Assessment 75%

Final Exam 25%

Total 100%
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