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SavvyChatChinese–20QuestionstoBasicFluency20QuestionstoBasicFluency:GuidetoBasicConversationalMandarinbyMattSikoraFirstEdition,2012Editor:SeraphChingContactInformation:://plus.google.com/u/0/117895081310002069781/about:20QuestionstoBasicFluencybyMattSikoraislicensedundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution3.0UnportedLicense.Toviewacopyofthislicense,visit–20QuestionstoBasicFluencyHowtousethisbookConversationistheheartoflanguagelearning.Talkingwithsomeoneinanotherlanguagedevelopsyourlisteningskillswhilegivingyouthespeakingpracticethatyouneed.Butconversinginanotherlanguagecanbehardtomanagewhenyouarefirststartingout.SavvyChatChinese–20QuestionstoBasicFluencyishomebasefordevelopingyourMandarinChinesecommunicationskills.Itisnotonlyaguideforyou,butitisalsoaguideforyourlanguagepartner.Conversationisallaboutimprovisingwithinthelinguisticandculturalrulesofthelanguage.Thisbookallowsyouimprovisewithamanageablenumberofhighfrequencyquestionsandansweranditgivesyourlanguagepartneraguideastohowtohelpyousothatyoucanbothmakethemostofyourtime.BelowaresomesuggestionsonhowtouseSavvyChatChinese–20QuestionstoBasicFluency:1.Readthebook–Readthebookallthewaythrough.Itgivesyouauniqueperspectiveonthegrammaratworkbehindthepatternsandcharactersusedinthequestionsandanswers.2.Personalizethebook–Takesometimetopersonalizethequestionsandanswersinthisbookwithyourowninformation.Ifsomeoneasksyouoneofthesequestionsitisimportantforyoutobeabletocomeupwitharesponsewithyourowninformation.Writeoutyouranswers(oryourlikelyanswers)toeachofthe20questionsandkeepthatlisthandy.3.Chat–Whetheryouarefacetofaceortexting-communicatingwithrealpeopleisstillthebestwaytolearnalanguage.Youneedtousethequestionsandanswersinthisbookasoftenasyoucan.Youdon’tneedtobeperfect.Infact,youabsolutelyhavetomakemistakesinordertolearnlanguages.Noone,nativespeakerorforeigner,youngorold,haseverlearnedMandarinwithoutgoingthroughthesamethingthatyouaregoingthroughrightnow.Ifyouhavealanguagepartner,letthepersonknowthatyouarefocusingonthese20questionsandanswersandgivethepersonacopyofthemsoheorshecanhelpyou.Youwillbeabletomakethemostofyourtimeifbothofyouareusingthesequestionsandanswersinyourconversations.EnrichingyourstudiesThefastestwaytolearnMandarinistogolivewhereMandarinisspokenforayearormore.BesuretoonlyuseMandarinandstayawayfromanyonethatspeakstoyouinanyotherlanguage.Ifyouareinapositioninyourlifetodothis,stopreadingrightnowandgetgoing.Youwon’tregretit.Butchancesarethatyourlearningexperiencehasbeenandwillbeabitmorefragmentedthanwhatwasdescribedabove.ThisbookisgreatforlearninghowtostartcommunicatingwithpeopleinMandarin,butitisnotenough.YouneedtoimmerseyourselfinthelanguageasmuchasyoucanandnobookcanevertaketheplaceoflivingyourlifeintheChineselanguageandculture.Therearetwosimplerulesforlearninglanguagesthatyoushouldtrytokeepinmind:1.Thereisnosubstituteforrepetition.2.Neverletyourselfgetbored.Youcan’tpossiblyusethe20questionsandanswersinthisbooktoomuch.Theymakeupthebasisofdailyconversationandevenafteryouhavemasteredthemyouwillstillusethemallthetime.Butiftheonlythingyoudoisusethese20questionsandanswersyou’llprobablybecomeboredwithitandloseyourmotivationbeforeyoumasterthem.Besuretoseekoutthingsthatinterestyouandallowyourselftogetdistractedeverysooften.Followyourblissandyou’llbeamuchhappierMandarinlearner.Comebacktothe20QuestionstoBasicFluencywheneveryouneedthem,butdon’tputontheblinderstowhatelseisoutthere.Happychatting!BackgroundSavvyChatChinese–20QuestionstoBasicFluencywasdevelopedandwrittenasacommunicationguideforMandarinlanguagelearnerswhoarereadytoputtheirlanguageskillstouse.Thequestionscoversomeofthemosthighfrequencygrammarpatterns,vocabularyandcommunicationsituationsthatyouwillneedtoknowatthebasiclevel.ThisbookisdesignedtoguideyourcommunicationskillstotheNovice-HighProficiencyLevelontheACTFLProficiencyGuidelines.(ACTFL–AmericanCouncilonTeachingForeignLanguages).TheACFTLNovice-HighProficiencyLevelroughlycorrelatestotheA2CEFRProficiencyLevel(CEFR–CommonEuropeanFrameworkofReference-forLanguages).你叫什么名字？我叫马特.你呢？Nǐjiàoshénmemíngzi?Wǒjiàomǎtè.Nǐne?2.Origin你是哪国人？我是美国人.你呢？Nǐshìnǎguórén?Wǒshìměiguórén.Nǐne?3.Profession你做什么工作？我是老师.你呢？Nǐzuòshénmegōngzuò?Wǒshìlǎoshī.Nǐne?4.Freetime你空余时间喜欢做什么?我喜欢学中文。Nǐkòngyúshíjiānxǐhuanzuòshénme?Wǒxǐhuanxuézhōngwén.5.Family你家有几个人？我家有四个人.Nǐjiāyǒujǐgèrén?Wǒjiāyǒusìgèrén.6.P