The details of today’s movements are almost identical to Monday’s. But, after thermo and economics (which there is already a dislike for among those students), there is ASI 341: Chinese Language from 15:00 to 16:15.
The teacher introduced herself, spent five minutes on the three PowerPoint slides that comprised her “syllabus”, and started off. We went straight to basics, learning the three basic components of Chinese words. Each word is composed of an initial (of which there are 21), a final (of which there are 36), and a tone mark (of which there are four). We learned these and went over them again and again in great detail. We learned the initials and finals using the first tone, and the tones using the first final. We used the first final because the finals are the ones that get the tone mark. This activity took the entirety of the 75 minutes, and to anyone outside listening it might have sounded like an introductory singing class. Afterwards, we went home, did our homework, and hung out.
The teacher introduced herself, spent five minutes on the three PowerPoint slides that comprised her “syllabus”, and started off. We went straight to basics, learning the three basic components of Chinese words. Each word is composed of an initial (of which there are 21), a final (of which there are 36), and a tone mark (of which there are four). We learned these and went over them again and again in great detail. We learned the initials and finals using the first tone, and the tones using the first final. We used the first final because the finals are the ones that get the tone mark. This activity took the entirety of the 75 minutes, and to anyone outside listening it might have sounded like an introductory singing class. Afterwards, we went home, did our homework, and hung out.