I’ve recently discovered this YouTube channel aimed at supporting children with learning Chinese in an immersive way. It’s great immersion for beginners + pre-intermediates and a good way to expose yourself to other Mandarin accents (they speak with a southern accent). For beginners: Listen for key words e.g. like / is / what / have / good etc. Learn some words from the list below, then listen again. For upper beginners/pre-intermediates: Listen to see how much you understand. Listen to see how many words from the list you can hear. Learn the words from the list. Listen again to see if you can understand more. Practice shadowing with some key words/phrases to practice intonation + tones. ……… This video shows a mum and her daughter creating a volcano experiment 🌋 at home and narrating the process to the audience. ………. That said, there are no subtitles to support listening and the characters are in traditional Chinese. So, I have prepared a list of key words for you with pinyin, English + simplified characters. This way you can learn some key words and enjoy some brilliant Mandarin immersion! 😊🎧📝. Leave a comment/like to let me know if you liked it and I’ll post more in the future! 妈妈 mā ma - mum 老师 lăo shī - teacher 同学 tóng xué - classmate 火山 huǒ shān - volcano 实验 shí yàn - experiment 一起 yī qǐ - together 学习 xué xí - to study 大家好 dà jiā hǎo - hi everyone 今天 jīn tiān - today 做一个实验 zuò yī gè shí yàn - do an experiment 很好玩 hěn hǎo wán - very fun 小朋友 xiǎo péng you - child / children 什么 shén me - what 是 shì - is 很特别 hěn tè bié - very special 不一样 bù yī yàng - different / not the same 有的 yǒu de - some 海 hǎi - sea 危险 wēi xiǎn - dangerous 想象力 xiǎng xiàng lì - imagination 东西 dōng xi - thing(s) 用 yòng - to use 我们的 wǒ men de - our 不放弃 bú fàng qì - not give up 一点 yī diǎn - a little (Bit) 准备 zhǔn bèi - to prepare 里面 lǐ miàn - inside 水 shuǐ - water 红色 hóng sè - red 然后 rán hòu - and then / next 非常好 fēi cháng hǎo - excellent 太小了 tài xiǎo le - too small 大 dà - big

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Step 1: Learn a new word (written + spoken). Step 2: See it applied in an example sentence. (Context). Step 3: Choose a skill to practice: A. Write your own sentence using the key word + submit for feedback. B. Listen + repeat the example sentence for pronunciation practice (shadowing) + submit for feedback. C. Write the example sentence to practice characters + submit for feedback. 生词 New word: 生气 shēng qì - angry / to get angry E.g. 我很生气。 - I’m (very) angry. Wǒ hěn shēng qì. 他 生 我的 气。 He is angry with me. Tā shēng wǒ de qì. 你 让我 很生气。 - You make me (very) angry. Nǐ ràng wǒ hěn shēng qì.

Step 1: Learn a new word (written + spoken). Step 2: See it applied in an example sentence. (Context). Step 3: Choose a skill to practice: A. Write your own sentence using the key word + submit for feedback. B. Listen + repeat the example sentence for pronunciation practice (shadowing) + submit for feedback. C. Write the example sentence to practice characters + submit for feedback. 生词 New word: 忙 máng - busy E.g. 我今天很忙。= I’m (very) busy today. Wǒ jīn tiān hěn máng 你今天忙不忙？ = Are you busy today? Nǐ jīn tiān máng bù máng

Step 1: Learn a new word (written + spoken). Step 2: See it applied in an example sentence. (Context). Step 3: Choose a skill to practice: A. Write your own sentence using the key word + submit for feedback. B. Listen + repeat the example sentence for pronunciation practice (shadowing) + submit for feedback. C. Write the example sentence to practice characters + submit for feedback. 生词 New word: 上网 shàng wǎng - to go online / surf the internet (verb) + 在网上 zài wǎng shàng - online (preposition/location) E.g. 我每天上网。 Wǒ měi tiān shàng wǎng = I go online everyday. 我喜欢在网上买东西，因为很方便。 Wǒ xǐ huan zài wǎng shàng mǎi dōng xi, yīn wèi hěn fāng biàn. = I like to go shopping online because it’s very convenient.