2016年1月19日 星期二

Taking Classroom Experience to Online Video Lessons- Learn Chinese with SMART Mandarin NOW!


你好 Nǐ hǎo
SMART Mandarin has abundant of information about Taiwan of course along with common phrases and vocabulary in the videos.

Also the videos are all so step-by-step starting from pronunciation, basic grammatical structures and conversation practices.

There are also new people to film videos with teacher Katrina Lee in order to let our online students have a chance to hear more Chinese native speakers talking in Chinese.

Our video lessons cover vocabulary practices, grammar practices, audio lessons , pronunciation, daily phrases, situations in Taiwan and China, comparison between China and Taiwan, knowledge of Chinese culture, and Chinese slangs!!
So now let’s take a look at a number of videos from SMART Mandarin that you might be interested in



Learning survival phrases is the most important and the first lesson of each language. In the video lesson, we teach everything you have to know for your first phrase lesson!

People get sick from time to time, so it’s important to tell people when you are under the weather, and tell your colleagues you would like to rest instead of work.

3.       Bargaining in Chinese
Learning about shopping, negotiating, and bargaining in Chinese !!

Do you like coffee? Then you must learn how to order yourself a cup of coffee in Chinese!


Getting lost?! Watch our video and learn how to ask and give directions in Chinese 


So what are you waiting for? Sign up for free and join us now!!
We'll see you in class soon!

SMART Mandarin
www.smartmandarinchinese.com


How to Tell Experience in Chinese?- SMART Mandarin 24/7 Chinese Video Lessons!

How to Tell Experience in Chinese?

In Chinese, there’s a word ”(guo 4) which is widely used in telling people your experience in Chinese.

In our video lesson here (check the link below)
http://www.smartmandarinchinese.com/class_Detail.asp?id=292 , you’ll be able to learn how to use ”(guo 4) and tell those listed below in Chinese

1.    I have been to China.
2.    I’ve eaten stinky tofu.
3.    I’ve seen this movie.

Learning those sentences and the structure in just 5 minutes!

Video Lesson Info.
Video Lesson name: Telling Experience in Chinese
Video Category : lower intermediate – page 3
www.smartmandarinchinese.com



Action Completion in Chinese- SMART Mandarin - 24/7 Chinese Video Lessons



Action Completion in Chinese

If you would like to tell people the things or actions which you completed in the past, you need to use the Chinese word  (le), to tell people something like I drank three cups of coffee this morning.” “I ate already.” in Chinese.

However, you should be aware of where you put the word (le) in your sentence. In our video lessons “Action Completion in Chinese 1-6”, we will guide you through the usage of step by step! 

By the end of the lesson, you’ll be able to express the action or event completed/finished in the past in Chinese.

Watch our video lessons here


(Lesson category – intro to Chinese page 11-12)



Hope to see you all in class!

SMART Mandarin

2016年1月9日 星期六

Chinese Pronunciation Lesson - Pinyin Lessons - SMART Mandarin

Chinese Pronunciation Lesson - Pinyin Lessons 

As most of you might know that we are having a SMART Mandarin YouTube channel for free
Chinese video lessons for a while now, and some of the students are asking if we are offering
video lessons on how to pronounce each sound of pinyin in Chinese.

Well...the answer is YES!
It kind of took us by surprise that some people don't know we have a series of
Pinyin lesson on our website!
Therefore, we put our Pinyin Pronunciation Course outline here below, this will also be posted on our webpage for students.

So here it is !

In our pronunciation lesson, there are 4 focuses
link to pronunciation lesson


1. Tones of Chinese (introducing tones in Chinese), you can find from page 1-2 

2. Tone combinations (practicing tone combinations), you can find from page 2-3

3. Pinyin Initials 
(showing/teaching how to pronounce each initial sound), you can find from page 3-5

4. Pinyin finals (showing/teaching how ot pronounce each final sound), you can find from page 5-8




SMART Mandarin
Katrina Lee
www.smartmandarinchinese.com

2016年1月1日 星期五

HOW TO USE CHINESE MEASURE WORDS? - MEASURE WORD STRUCTURE CURE!! - SMART Mandarin


Measure words have been a big headache for Chinese learners. Not only students have to use the correct measure words to the right nouns, also do you know there are some rules or structures for using measure words

In order to get your thoughts get across and understand a  Chinese native speakers, using the right measure word can be crucial

Because sometimes, we omit the nouns in a sentence and keep the measure word in a sentence which can make it more challenging to understand.


      But don’t worry! Just follow our video lessons and you will be fine! I hope to see you all in class soon!

Click here to see our explanation about measure word structure!
or make a free registration to our website here at 
And go find the lesson 
(Class category - Intro to Chinese - Page 4)