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

In this lesson we will review the initials , and .

Sometimes the sound is added to the end of another syllable using the character 兒(儿). When 兒 is added in this way the -r merges with the proceeding sound forming one syllable. The example from this lesson is + which becomes .

Read and record the following words and phrases.

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.