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Curriculum Conversation Mandarin

Conversation Mandarin

Course Overview

Cultivate students' oral and communication skills in Chinese, specifically enhancing their "speaking" skills. It includes 360 high-frequency standard expressions/ sentences used in daily conversations and covers 30 topics, 60 functions, 90 grammatical points and 1000 commonly used words starting from ground zero. Each lesson is made up of standard sentences, conversations, vocabulary development, grammar, alternative expressions, class activities, phonetics, and culture, aimed at effectively improving students’ oral communication skills in a short time. During the learning process, students will be taught comprehensively, not just limited to studying the theory, students will be invited to interact directly using Mandarin. So students can get used to speaking and hearing Mandarin gradually, and grow students' confidence to communicate using Mandarin in everyday life.

Levels

Beginner 1

Equals to HSKK Beginner

At this level, Students will master Chinese pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar rules, and the order and structure of expressions, with a focus on knowing how to use sentence forms for effective communication in everyday life.

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  1. Understand the basic knowledge of Chinese phonetics.
  2. Learn and master simple daily greetings and farewells.
  3. Understand the basic structure of Chinese and be able to introduce one’s name.
  1. Understand the basic syllables of Chinese.
  2. Learn and master how to describe features and states with an adjective.
  3. Understand the basic structure of interrogative sentences in Chinese, and be able to express gratitude.
  1. Understand and practice more complex pronunciation and syllables.
  2. Learn and master how to introduce, asking for someone’s name and further information like phone number, nationality, etc.
  3. Understand the use of the interrogative pronoun in interrogative sentences, and be able to introduce someone’s
  1. Understand and practice pronunciation, syllables, and retroflex finals.
  2. Learn and master how to express a date, asking and talking about the date
  3. Understand the use of noun-predicate sentences, and be able to ask and talking about someone’s birthday

Beginner 2

Equals to HSKK Beginner

At this level, students will learn everyday topics such as ordering food and drinks at a restaurant, describing what happened or what they did on the weekends, making appointments with friends, or colleagues, etc.

Lesson Materials Preview Total of 8 materials
  1. Be able to discuss what to eat and drink, and order meals in Chinese
  2. Able to discuss or explain what ones want
  3. Mastering the language points of this lesson: 选择疑问句; Volitive auxiliary“想”.
  1. Be able to describe and comment on the appearance and situation of someone or something.
  2. Able to change the subject of conversation.
  3. Mastering the language points of this lesson: S-P predicate sentence; Affirmative-negative question.
  1. Be able to talk about hobbies and skills.
  2. Able to show appreciation.
  3. Mastering the language points of this lesson: Degree Complement; Volitive auxiliary“会”.
  1. Be able to ask and explain their experiences (places and restaurants they have visited).
  2. Able to show willingness or unwillingness.
  3. Mastering the language points of this lesson: Aspec particle“过”; Verb reduplication.
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