Course starts: 23 Jan 2024
The weekly course schedule below is intended to give an overview of the main topic(s) likely to be covered in each session. Please note that these may sometimes change according to the tutor’s discretion to reflect the interests of course participants.
Week 1: 他真高! (Unit 4/L1)
- Adjectives for describing physical appearance
- Describing appearance and occupations
- Cultural corner: about Chinese New Year (Chinese New Year's Eve & Chinese Zodiac signs)
Week 2: 他真高! (Unit 4/L2)
- A basic Description of people's personal profiles
- Extended vocabulary on Chinese New Year
- Cultural corner: More on Chinese New Year (taboos and activities)
Week 3: 他真高!(Unit 4/L3)
- Communicative activities and unit review
- More radicals and characters
- Creating a simple personal profile
- Cultural corner: more on Chinese New Year (Lantern Festival)
Week 4: 这是我的电话号码。(Unit 5/L1)
- Asking for and giving information about contact numbers and addresses
- Expressions for receiving and ending phone calls
- Continue to learn Pinyin - the tones of 不 and 一
Week 5: 这是我的电话号码。(Unit 5/L2)
- Receiving and responding to simple telephone messages
- Asking for and giving information regarding one's address
- Cultural corner: order of Chinese addresses
Week 6: 这是我的电话号码。(Unit 5/L3)
- Providing further personal information and contact details
- Chinese character writing
- Cultural corner: Chinese way of thinking from large to small
Week 7: 今天几号? (Unit 6/L1)
- Days of the week and dates
- Invitations and discussing related activities
- Chinese corner: Chinese calligraphy
Week 8: 今天几号?(Unit 6/L2)
- Reading a weekly planner
- Creating a personal calendar
- The order of expressing Chinese year, month and date
Week 9: 今天几号?(Unit 6/L3)
- Communicative activities and unit review
- Chinese festivals and their dates
- Continue to learn radicals
Week 10: Overall Revision
Key grammar points:
* Exclamatory Sentence using 真
* Interrogative Sentences using special interrogative words like 谁、多少、多大、几
* Delarative Sentences with adjectives and nouns as predicate
* Sentence with pivotal verbs 请
Key functions:
* Describing physical appearance
* Asking for and giving basic information
* Text messaging
* Offering invitations
* Creating a personal calendar
* Using dates and days of the week