UlearnChinese Pack 2 (Hanban Approved Version) for YCT 1
ULearnChinese Packs 1 and 2 are designed to help teachers deliver a complete YCT 1 course to a wide range of ages and abilities. The text books and work books have been designed by foreign language teachers and the Chinese advisory team, including the Confucius Institute at the University of Wales Trinity St David, have endeavoured to make the language as accessible as possible. The author, a trained teacher, has spent many years in China, and has a true love of Chinese language and culture. The pack is also a break through in its combination of print and electronic publishing by including in the master set CDs so the organisation can print and copy materials as required.
The pack also contains unique resources for teaching Chinese, an interactive language lab where learners can listen and record their own voice, software that enables a learner to improve and achieve accuracy in Chinese tones and the Hanban virtual keyboard that enables a user to type any pinyin tone for use within any application.
The attractive package contains everything that is needed by a teacher and can be picked up and taken to any teaching location.
ULearnChinese Packs 1 and 2 are designed to cover the vocabulary and grammar needed for YCT level 1 although there are additional words and phrases included that help to build understanding. Some additional words are also included that may be found in the YCT level 1 exam. PDFs of the text book and work book are also provided so they can be printed locally. The ULearnChinese Toolbox contains all the audio files, animated gifs and worksheets for almost every Chinese character used.
Contents
• Student's Book 2
o This contains five units based around a topic with a formal structure introducing specific vocabulary which is then re-enforced. Additional books can be purchased or pages printed from the supplied PDFs.
• Student's Workbook 2
o Students complete activities in the workbook according to the intentions of the teacher. Pages can be printed as required by a teacher to provide a personalised course or additional workbooks can be purchased.
• Teacher's Guide 2
o The Teacher's Guide contains a summary of the objectives and key vocabulary for each unit with detailed teaching notes and suggestions for additional activities.
• ULearnChinese Soundbooth 2
o A unique interactive language lab for installation on any Windows PC, XP SP2 upwards, which can also be installed by students on their home computers. This enables students to look at graphics from the text book, listen to original recorded audio and record their own voice. The mp3 files are saved and can be assessed by a teacher. There is also text input in English and Pinyin using the in-built virtual keyboard.
• ULearnChinese Voice 2
o For installation on any Windows PC, XP SP 2 and upwards, this software enables students to improve and achieve Chinese tone accuracy. Students listen to the original audio recording and then record their own voice. The recording is then analysed and their actual tones are superimposed over the correct tones.
• ULearnChinese Toolbox 2
o Audio files: mp3 files of all the recorded audio, using male and female voices, are provided for each unit. These can be replayed by teachers using any compatible media player.
o Animated gifs: Where writing characters forms an important part of the course these animated gifs can be used to show the stroke order to be followed. Animated gifs are provided for every character used in the book.
o Worksheets: These are provided, as PDFs, for every character. These can be printed as required. Radicals are shown in red if colour printing is available.
o PowerPoint presentations: The ULearnChinese Soundbooth lessons can be used with a whole class using a data projector but these have also been provided as interactive PowerPoint presentations for use on interactive whiteboards. Each unit is a self contained presentation.
• Virtual pinyin keyboard
o A personalised Hanban Virtual Keyboard, which can be installed on any Windows PC, contains all the pinyin tones in an on-screen keyboard. This keyboard is used in parallel with the normal keyboard to type in pinyin. The resulting text can be copied and used in any application where Unicode fonts are available. Other major European keyboards with accents are also included.
