Speak Chinese: An Introductory Course to the Chinese Language,
1st Edition

Siew Yoon Lai

ISBN-13: 9789670357218
Copyright 2013 | Published
228 pages | List Price: USD $21.00

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Lesson 1 Hello.

Lesson 2 What is your name?

Lesson 3 Congratulations!

Lesson 4 How many people are there in your family?

Lesson 5 What is today’s date?

Lesson 6 What is the time now?

Lesson 7 I am hungry?

Lesson 8 What are you looking for?

Lesson 9 Hello, who do you want to speak to?

Lesson 10 I am sick.

Lesson 11 Where is his house?

Lesson 12 I lost my calculator.

Lesson 13 I love rabbits most.

Lesson 14 How much is it?

Lesson 15 May I know where the supermarket is?

Lesson 16 We go to Butterworth by train.

Lesson 17 Shall we watch a movie tomorrow?

Lesson 18 What position are you applying for?

Appendices Pinyin Table

Chinese Characters

Federal Territories, States, Cities and Towns of Malaysia

Character Writing Practice

  • Siew Yoon Lai

    Affliation: Universiti Kuala Lumpur Ms Lai Siew Yoon is a Chinese Language lecturer in Universiti Kuala Lumpur. She holds a Master’s degree in Modern Language Studies from Universiti Malaya, a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) majoring in Chinese, from Universiti Putra Malaysia and a teacher training certificate from the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. Ms Lai has been teaching Chinese as a second language to diploma and degree students in Unversiti Kuala Lumpur since 2008. Before joining Universiti Kuala Lumpur, she taught Chinese language in a secondary school for nine years. Ms Lai also has three years’ experience in teaching Chinese studies and methodology in a teacher training college in Seremban, Malaysia. Ms Lai also authored four Chinese workbooks when she teaching Chinese in a secondary school.

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