Chinese Level 1 : To learn > 150 essential phrases & words, and learn the basics of Mandarin Chinese
What you will learn
Confident in introducing yourself and greeting others in Mandarin
Acquire the basic components of Hanyu Pinyin Chinese Pronunciation, which helps in reading and typing Chinese characters
Understand essential day-to-day vocabularies to ease communication in Mandarin
Gain confidence by learning from dialogues of different situations
Description
A structured and content-rich curriculum that get you to learn the basics of the language such as welcome notes and greetings, numbering, family members, clothings and daily phrases. Gramatical elements are also taught as you start to learn Chinese language. Mandarin pronunciation, self-introduction, prepositions, sentences will be introduced in this course.
No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Introduce yourself personally and ask about the names of others
- The pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese, give insights of Han Yu Pinyin through vocalising 4 basic tones and initial sounds.
- Reading and comprehending short conversation which is constructed using vocabularies learnt in the chapters.
- The preposition, opposites and adjectives in Mandarin Chinese.
- Learn more than 100 vocabularies that used in daily life such as body parts, transportation, colours, foods, and phrases used in daily conversation.
- Able to engage communicate in common and basic conversation with others in Mandarin Chinese.
- Prepare you to Chinese 102 (Level 2) ** coming soon **
Contents
- Welcome Notes and Greetings
- Self-Introduction I
- Standard Mandarin Pronunciation
- Body Parts
- Chinese Sentences
- Family Members
- Opposites
- Numbers
- Clothings
- Possessive Suffix “de” and Adjective
- Foods and Verbs of ‘Eat’, ‘Drink’ and Adjective ‘Tasty’
- Colours
- Daily Phrases and Short Conversation
- Transportation
- Weather
- Introduction, tips and advices from the teacher
Intended Audience
Suitable for beginner-level students who want to learn basic Mandarin Chinese
Prerequisites
English language will be used for teaching in this course.
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