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• Beginning to Advanced Lesson Plans for Teaching Mandarin Chinese
  Teaching Mandarin Chinese can be a difficult task if you do not have proper resources. This collection of lesson plans for teaching Mandarin Chinese provides Mandarin language teachers and learners with a wealth of information for teaching and learning the Chinese language.
• Welcome in Mandarin Lesson Plan
  Chinese beginners often ask about the usages of Chinese characters for welcome in informal and formal situations. If you are a new teacher, this lesson plan will help you teach 欢迎 【huānyíng】 and 欢迎光临 【huānyíng guānglín】, and explain how they are different.
• Love Characters in Mandarin Lesson Plan
  Chinese beginners often confuse the usages of love character in Chinese: 爱 【ài】and 喜欢 【xǐhuān】, 爱情 【àiqíng】 and 爱心 【àixīn】. They also ask how to say "I love you" in Chinese. If you are a new teacher, this lesson plan will help you teach these words and explain how they are similar and different.
• Cooking Activity to Teach Chinese to Students
  This article presents a Chinese barbecue cooking activity that can be used to teach the language to students. Chinese sentence structures, grammar patterns and vocabulary can be introduced through this game.
• Chinese Language Lesson Plan: The Difference Between 'Zongshì' and 'Laoshi'
  The use of 总是【zǒngshì=always】and 老是【lǎoshi=always】can be confusing to beginner language learners. If you are new in teaching Chinese, try this step-by-step lesson plan.
• Lesson Plan: When to Use ‘Zai’ (Again in the Future) and ‘You’ (Again in the Past)
  The use of adverbs 再【zài=again (in the future) 】and 又【yòu=again (repeated in the past)】often confuse beginners learning Chinese. We explain these concepts with a step-by-step Chinese lesson plan.
• Chinese Adverbs of Frequency Lesson Plan: Similarities & Differences of ‘Chángcháng' , ‘Jingcháng’ and ‘Wangwang’
  The usages of Chinese adverbs of frequency (频率副词的用法【pínlǜfùcí de yòngfǎ】) 常常, 经常, and 往往【chángcháng, jīngcháng and wǎngwǎng】 often confuse beginners. If you are new to teaching Chinese, especially adverbs of frequency (频率副词【pínlǜfùcí】), here is a step-by-step lesson plan on the differences.
• Teach Mandarin Chinese Date Format to Beginners
  If you are a new teacher and don’t know how to teach Chinese Date Formats, here are step-by-step lesson plans on teaching Mandarin to beginning students. Learn how to teach International Date Formats in Mandarin Chinese that is used in Mainland China.
• Teaching Chinese Numbers in the Classroom with Examples
  Usage of Chinese numbers 数目【shùmù】can be confusing while taking Chinese lessons. For those teaching Chinese, here is a step-by-step lesson for teaching Chinese numbers.