“What is the first thing that a baby does when it comes into the world?”Sarah Lu asks in one of the beginning lessons of her new language manual entitled Mandarin Hip Hop.The baby cries.And with that very first cry,the newborn begins to communicate and establishes bonds with the people who are nearby rejoicing at that piercing squeal.And,soon to follow that cry will be the baby’S first giggle and laugh.an expansion of its sound repertoire with which it expressesits needs,fears and happiness.With more giggles and cries,a child mimics the adults,experi.mentmg with various strange sounds and associating them with things and deeds jn the sound.ing world.A mother tongue begins as a foreign language,a speech that a child learns through im.itations and repetitions.The learning is never short of challenges,but each challenge is surely to come with fun and appreciation.Fun invites participation and fun promises gratification.No fun,no gain.Fun is indeed the key that characterizes Sarah’S philosophy in teaching and learning Chinese.a language whose graphic and tonal complexities are often found to be an ultimate chal.1enge to linguistic sophistication.
As her book title indicates,Sarah teaches through chants and songs in the language manual.Children have a natural inclination for music.With its rhythmic flow from word to word,language readily translates into music.Sarah makes a special effort to evoke that musicality inspeech and turns it into a source of motivation and enjoyment in language learning.
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致谢Acknowledgements
录音目录Contents of the audio CD
课程概览Curr iculum Overview
序Preface 1:张洪年序
序Preface 2:陆俭明序
序Preface 3:金圣华序
推荐序Endorsement
作者序Author’s Preface
Lesson 1 My name
Lesson 2 Nothing to fear
Lesson 3 You ask and 1 wilI answer
Lesson 4 Stop!Look!Listen!
Lesson 5 Just right
Lesson 6 Little sta rs
Lesson 7 Cou nti ng frogs
Lesson 8 Song of measure words
Lesson 9 May I please?
Lesson 10 Scissors,rock and paper
Lesson 11 My friends are here
Lesson 12 The global person
Lesson 13 Where do you live?
Lesson 14 East,west,south and north
Lesson 15 Poinf and show
Lesson 16 Stroke order song
Lesson 17 A strong sailor
Lesson 18 Good manners
Lesson 19 Eat healthily
Lesson 20 Time is up
Vocabulary