Lesson 1 Greetings
Pinyin and Tones
Assessment Goal: Listening
Topic: Pinyin and tones
Response Type: Multiple choice
Machine Gradable: Yes
Listen to each word, and then select the word that you heard from the options below.
1. a. hǎo b. hào 2. a. míng b. mìng
3. a. xué b. xuě 4. a. shǒu b. shōu
5. a. yě b. yè 6. a. māo b. miāo
7. a. náng b. liáng 8. a. huǒ b. hǒu
9. a. liǎo b. lǎo 10. a. jiāng b. qiāng
[Audio Script]
1. hǎo 2. míng 3. xué 4. shōu 5. yě
6. māo 7. liáng 8. hǒu 9. lǎo 10. jiāng
Answers:
1. a 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. a
6. a 7. b 8. b 9. b 10. a
,Are You a Teacher or a Student?
Assessment Goal: Listening
Topic: Listen for specific information
Response Type: True or False
Machine Gradable: Yes
Listen to each statement and choose whether it is true or false.
1. They are greeting each other. TRUE FALSE
2. They are both students. TRUE FALSE
3. Both of them are teachers. TRUE FALSE
4. One is a student, and the other is a teacher. TRUE FALSE
[Audio Script]
A: 你好﹗
B: 你好﹗
A: 你是老师吗?
B: 不是,我老师。学生你呢?
A: 我不是老师,也学生。
Answers:
1. True
2. True
,3. False
4. False
Listen and Pinyin
Assessment Goal: Listening
Topic: Pinyin and tone recognition
Response Type: Fill in the blanks
Machine Gradable: Yes
Listen to each statement, and write it out in Pinyin.
1. ________________!
2. ________________!
3. _______________________________________________?
4. ________________.
[Audio Script]
1. Nǐhǎo!
2. Nǐhǎo!
3. Wǒ shì xuésheng, nǐ yě shì xuésheng ma?
4. Bù, wǒ shì lǎoshī.
Answers:
1. Nǐhǎo
, 2. Nǐhǎo
3. Wǒ shì xuésheng, nǐ yě shì xuésheng ma
4. Bù, wǒ shì lǎoshī
Pinyin and Chinese Characters
Assessment Goal: Vocabulary
Topic: Pinyin and characters
Response Type: Fill in the blanks
Machine Gradable: Yes
Write out the Pinyin of their Chinese sentences.
1. 你也不是学生吗? ________________________________
2. 他是学生。你呢? ________________________________
3. 你也是老师吗? ________________________________
Answers:
1. Nǐ yě bú shì xuésheng ma?
2. Tā shì xuésheng. Nǐ ne?
3. Nǐ yě shì lǎoshī ma?
Traditional and Simplified Characters
Assessment Goal: Characters