Familiarize yourself with the pinyin spellings for the following sounds. Listen carefully to the differences between the tones. Practice by repeating the sounds aloud.

Remember from your reading that the -i in serves as a place-holder for the tone mark--it has no associated sound.

Notice also that not all spellings for the sound contain the umlaut. Do not use an umlaut for pinyin syllables that begin with an sound (, , , ).

Read and record the following dialog.

When you have finished upload your audio file using the appropriate dropbox assignment. You can record the assignment directly into the dropbox as an alternative to using a separate recording application.