This is a trial class for learners to try flex version of my flex courses.
1)  Chinese Mandarin School (Flex Class - Semester Course) - Level 2.  We will cover Topic 1 & 2.
2)  Writing & Reading Chinese Is Easy: Learn Chinese Radicals (Flex). We will cover Lesson 1 & 2. 

There are NO live meetings for this class.  The Flex Class is designed for learners who want to build solid Mandarin foundation. Students with no past experience or 1 year part time experience. This class is a good option for new leaners or beginner who want to get comfortable with the basics of the Mandarin language.    

The material will be posted every week and you can view it during the weeks at your convenience. Students will be guided through video, slides, games, songs, a variety of dialogues, vocabularies, sentence patterns, flashcards, and much more.   I will also send learners questions/learning point(s).  Learners are encouraged to submit their video/voice recording, and questions to the classroom.

I will review all the posts and provide feedback.  Learning a foreign language is challenging but I will help you to reach your goal.

**  Chinese Mandarin School (Flex Class - Semester Course) (Level 2)  **
 We will focus on learning basic common sentence patterns in an effective way.  This will help learners to start asking / responding questions in the correct way.  There are 12 levels in my Mandarin Chinese School.  Learners can learn Mandarin from the pre-foundation level all the way to high school level. 
Week 1. Topic 1: Hello: greetings, names, introductions.
Week 2. Topic 2: Family: use quantifiers, number 1~5, learn to use "how many"

Every topic, learners will learn: 
* Sentences: 2~4 sentences. (We will start with 2 sentences each week and add more sentences slowly.)
* Vocabulary words / phrases 
* Writing Chinese characters
* Sentence patterns 
* Ask / respond questions
* Review of all the sentences 

Learners should post:
- Listening:  listen to the sentences and select your answer.  
- Speaking:  record the sentences based on questions I post. 
- Conversation: use the vocabulary words/phrases and sentence patterns to create sentences.  
Optional activities: 
- Reading: learners will receive sentences from me and they should select answers based on the questions. 
- Writing: write the Chinese characters.
- Games



***  Writing & Reading Chinese Is Easy: Learn Chinese Radicals (FLEX) ***
Week 3: Topic 1: eye related characters
Week 4: Topic 2: hand related characters

Each week, learners will learn: 
- Meaning of the characters (3~7 characters per lessons)
- Pronunciation and tones
- How was the character formed over time (from oracle to nowadays)
- Writing: How to write the characters (learners can annotate on the screen, on their own paper with pen/penal or pen brush…)
- Games: search for the characters to help learners remember them. 
- Make sentences (post on Outschool classroom).
- Sing/dance alone videos
- Chinese culture

Learners should post:
- Writing: write the Chinese characters.
optional activities: 
- Speaking: Learners will use the Chinese character(s) to create your own sentence(s).  (Examples will be provided.) 
- Reading: read the sentences together.
Optional activities: 
- Learner's thoughts about the stories of characters in a few words or draw a picture. 
- Games.