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2.1 Reading for Fluency
Mandarin Chinese · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Read polite greetings with speed after the tones sit: 您好, 您贵姓, 你姓什么, 早上好, 下午好, 晚上好, 老师好, 很高兴认识您
- Read short introductions: name, age, origin with 来自, residence with 住在, languages with 会说
- Match language names to English: 英语, 法语, 德语, 斯瓦西里语, 汉语
- Rearrange jumbled formal introductions; compare Kenya and China greeting customs
What you will be able to do
- list key words, phrases and expressions from a greeting text
- read simple introduction sentences with appropriate speed
- recognise that effective articulation is what makes fluency
Key questions
“How can reading fluency be achieved?”
Lessons
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Read 您好 before you speed up
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizEcho polite greetings from flashcards, keep 您 and the time-of-day 好, then reread at walking speed.
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Read the five-fact introduction, then the language
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead a Kisumu–Nairobi introduction with 来自, 住在 and 会说, then match 英语, 斯瓦西里语 and 汉语.