📖 Student Resources for Duolingo Classes with Trevor Kafka 康明 |
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Hello! I'm your teacher, Trevor Kafka 康明.
你好！我是你的老师！ 👨🏻🏫 English/Chinese teacher in Boston with 7 years of high school teaching experience and online teaching experience since 2019. I'm a native English speaker born and raised in the United States, long-time Chinese learner, and overall language enthusiast! 住在美国波士顿的英语和汉语老师，七年的高中教授经验，2019年以来的网上教学经验。母语是英语，很长时间学习汉语，很热情的语言爱好者。 Resources on this page are always free. 💸 Tips are encouraged (not required) for free classes. |
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✏️ Demystifying Chinese Pinyin 弄懂拼音
In order to effectively review the slide content from class, I strongly recommend using a pinyin table to hear audio for each syllable's pronunciation. Some of my recommended resources for this purpose are the following, but of course there are way more resources on the internet that serve this purpose than just these few.
(1) The ArchChinese pinyin table.
(2) The Purple Culture pinyin table.
(3) The Hanping Chinese app soundboard. You can find the soundboard on the left-hand side menu. This one is my personal favorite, but it is unfortunately only available on Android.
(1) The ArchChinese pinyin table.
(2) The Purple Culture pinyin table.
(3) The Hanping Chinese app soundboard. You can find the soundboard on the left-hand side menu. This one is my personal favorite, but it is unfortunately only available on Android.
📚 HSK1 reading and pronunciation 汉语水平考试第一级：初级阅读练习
Class notes from are updated on an annotated Powerpoint file. Please open the class PPT file with powerpoint to view the slides and handwritten annotations. 🙂
Class Schedule
Each week, a different story will be read in class. If this class is hosted multiple times in a week, the same story will be read for all classes in the same week. Reading materials are graciously sourced from hskreading.com. Some links include audio recorded by native speakers and reading comprehension questions for your own practice and review.
Week of July 24, 2022 https://hskreading.com/what-job-do-you-want/
Week of July 31, 2022 https://hskreading.com/baidu/
Week of August 7, 2022 https://hskreading.com/lets-go-to-the-park/
Week of August 14, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of August 21, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of August 28, 2022 https://hskreading.com/the-chinese-flag/
Week of September 4, 2022 https://hskreading.com/china/
Week of September 11, 2022 https://hskreading.com/favourite-animals/
Week of September 18, 2022 https://hskreading.com/going-to-the-hospital/
Week of September 25, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of October 2, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of October 9, 2022 https://hskreading.com/what-do-you-do-at-home/
Week of October 16, 2022 https://hskreading.com/talking-about-weather/
Week of October 23, 2022
Week of October 30, 2022
Week of November 6, 2022
Week of November 13, 2022
Week of November 20, 2022
Week of November 27, 2022
Week of December 4, 2022
Week of December 11, 2022
Week of December 18, 2022
Week of December 25, 2022
Each week, a different story will be read in class. If this class is hosted multiple times in a week, the same story will be read for all classes in the same week. Reading materials are graciously sourced from hskreading.com. Some links include audio recorded by native speakers and reading comprehension questions for your own practice and review.
Week of July 24, 2022 https://hskreading.com/what-job-do-you-want/
Week of July 31, 2022 https://hskreading.com/baidu/
Week of August 7, 2022 https://hskreading.com/lets-go-to-the-park/
Week of August 14, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of August 21, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of August 28, 2022 https://hskreading.com/the-chinese-flag/
Week of September 4, 2022 https://hskreading.com/china/
Week of September 11, 2022 https://hskreading.com/favourite-animals/
Week of September 18, 2022 https://hskreading.com/going-to-the-hospital/
Week of September 25, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of October 2, 2022 - no class 没有课
Week of October 9, 2022 https://hskreading.com/what-do-you-do-at-home/
Week of October 16, 2022 https://hskreading.com/talking-about-weather/
Week of October 23, 2022
Week of October 30, 2022
Week of November 6, 2022
Week of November 13, 2022
Week of November 20, 2022
Week of November 27, 2022
Week of December 4, 2022
Week of December 11, 2022
Week of December 18, 2022
Week of December 25, 2022
📢 English Grammar: "speak," "talk," "say," "tell."
🗣 Thematic English conversation practice
🤔 Game: "20 Questions" in English
🎧 Bonus video: listen to me speak Chinese! 听我说中文！
