Adult Mandarin Communication Course (Level 1)

Pronunciation is not related to the writing of Chinese words (characters). Pinyin is a special system, created for people to learn Mandarin pronunciation. Pinyin transcribes the Chinese characters so people can pronounce it. The writing of Pinyin is similar to the English alphabet. You can pronounce every single sound out in Chinese using pinyin. Students in this course focus on learning essential vocabulary, practicing pronunciation, and understanding simple grammatical structures. This knowledge prepares students to effectively communicate in Mandarin on a limited range of topics related to everyday situations. This course is a 12 weeks course that is suitable to those who have interested to learn Mandarin with ZERO or minimal basic.
Objectives:
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. Speak words, phrases, and sentences in Mandarin with the proper pronunciation and intonation;
2. Use appropriate words and phrases in various social situations;
3. Read elementary texts in pinyin.
Topics:
The basic content will include pronunciation and intonation, basic grammar, Hanyu pinyin Romanization, elementary conversational skills for various social situations, and basic phrases and vocabulary.
Lesson 1: Intro to Pinyin-Chinese phonetics system
Lesson 2: Important verbs
Lesson 3: Numbering, time & date
Lesson 4: Greetings
Lesson 5: Meeting someone
Lesson 6: Making a phone call
Lesson 7: Asking the way
Lesson 8: In the classroom
Lesson 9: At the clothing store
Lesson 10: Shopping for foods
Lesson 11: At the restaurant
Lesson 12: Short test
Method of Instruction:
After the first day of class, the instructor will have an hour of online learning through team viewer or zoom. The following lessons will have tutor video to facilitate the student’s learning process. Start from the fourth lesson, there will have an exercise for students at the end of each lesson and a short test at the end of the course.
Course Features
- Lectures 32
- Quizzes 1
- Duration 24 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 10
- Assessments Yes
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Lesson 1: Intro to Pinyin-Chinese phonetics system
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Lesson 2: Important verbs
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Lesson 3: Numbering, time & date
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Lesson 4: Greetings
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Lesson 5: Meeting someone
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Lesson 6: Making a phone call
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Lesson 7: Asking the way
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Lesson 8: In the classroom
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Lesson 9: At the clothing store
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Lesson 10: Shopping for foods
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Lesson 11: At restaurant
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Lesson 12: Short test
This test covers 50 multiple choice questions and please select only ONE answer for each question. Please do the test without referring to the notes. Duration given to complete the test is 2 hours.