1.1 Active Listening

• Formal versus informal: 你好 nǐ hǎo with a classmate; 您好 nín hǎo with an elder, a visitor or the headteacher
• Time-of-day greetings: 早上好, 下午好, 晚上好; 老师好 to a teacher; 再见 to leave
• Four tones reviewed on greeting syllables; 您 is second tone, 好 is third
• Self and other: 我叫..., 我来自肯尼亚, 我住在..., 我会说英语 / 斯瓦希里语; Kenyan names in characters and pinyin
• Active listening: hear a greeting twice and recover register, name, origin, town and language

• repeat words and phrases from audio and textual sources with the right tone
• articulate sounds and words with proper pronunciation in formal and polite contexts
• acknowledge the importance of proper language usage in formal and polite contexts

“What strategies can you use to improve your pronunciation?”

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1. 您好, not 你好: formal greetings and tones
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Hear and copy 您好, 早上好, 老师好 and 再见, and keep 你好 for classmates.
2. 我来自肯尼亚: name, origin, town, languages
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Introduce yourself with 您好, 我叫, 来自肯尼亚, 住在 and 会说, using Kenyan names in pinyin.
3. 他是我的朋友: listen twice, then 再见
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Introduce a friend with the same five facts, listen twice for name, origin, town and language, and close with 再见.