Mandarin Course – H1

• 4 hours per week
• 6:00pm – 8:00pm
• Duration of each course: 10 weeks
• Class: Every Monday & Wednesday

1. Understand that Chinese is a tonal language and Putonghua has four tones and a neutral tone;
2. Listen to, identify and produce the basic pronunciation of Pinyin;
3. Understand to a limited and brief expressions related to personal and daily life;
   Express simple greetings;
4. Understand and master the Chinese way of appellation: the surname comes before the given name; surname is often followed by titles;
5. Tell ones and enquire other’s nationality;
6. Enquire people’s names and introduce yourself and others;
7. Know the names of major and minor subjects;
8. To speak approximately 150 commonly used Chinese words and phrases.

Topics
Greeting
Introduce name, nationality, occupation.
Daily Expression
Introduction of name and nationality
Recognize and express numbers.
Talk about age, date and time
Ask price and talk about money.
Talk about ability of skills
Ask location.
Ask for agreement