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Why Mandarin?

Why Mandarin?. Improving Scottish Education, HMIE, 2006 “ The development of pupils’ understanding… depends greatly on the acquisition of knowledge and critical thinking skills”.

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Why Mandarin?

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  1. Why Mandarin?

  2. Improving Scottish Education, HMIE, 2006 “The development of pupils’ understanding… depends greatly on the acquisition of knowledge and critical thinking skills”

  3. “Provide an external stimulus to challenge assumptions , stimulate ideas and illustrate teaching approaches.”‘Teaching Scotland’s Future’, Donaldson, 2011

  4. 一 二 三

  5. 1 2 3

  6. 十

  7. 10

  8. 十一

  9. 11

  10. 十二

  11. 12

  12. 十三

  13. 13

  14. 月 yuè

  15. Month

  16. 月

  17. 一月

  18. January

  19. 二月

  20. 三月

  21. rì

  22. Day or Sun

  23. 月

  24. Month

  25. míng 明

  26. Month and sun = “ming” Bright – as in the weather Intelligent Enlightened, wise

  27. rén 人

  28. person

  29. dà 大

  30. big

  31. xiǎo 小

  32. small

  33. fēng 风

  34. yǔ 雨

  35. yǔ sǎn 雨伞

  36. xuě 雪

  37. xuě rén 雪人

  38. shàng 上

  39. xià 下

  40. xià xuě 下雪

  41. xià yǔ 下雨

  42. xià dà yǔ 下大雨

  43. shān

  44. huǒ shān 火山

  45. bīng 冰

  46. bīng shān 冰山

  47. gōng 宫

  48. bái gōng 白宫

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