Beginner Chinese 2

Beginner Mandarin Chinese class 2

This online Mandarin Chinese course for beginners Level 2 will last 10 weeks and consist of 10 lessons (2 hours each). The course is tutor led in small groups of up to 5 people. 

T

opics & Vocabulary

• Knowing how to say the days, dates, months and year.
• Ordering drinks/food in a restaurant.
• Asking about nationality and the town/city you are from.
• Describing the things of your choice.
• Asking for information about public transport.
• Ordering food in a restaurant (from entering a restaurant to paying the bill).
• Arranging to meet.
• Shopping: asking about the size, colour of clothes.
• What to say at a table, for instance, how to toast or give a compliment.

Grammar

• Chinese sentence order (Time+Location+Action)
• Measure words (一杯，一个，difference between 一星期 and 一个星期)
• Talking about the past and future with the time words “zuo tian昨天” & “ming tian明天”
• Question words: ma, shenme, nar, shenme defang, shenme shihou, zenme, ji, duoshao.
• Chinese sentences with two words (Subject + verb1+verb2).
• How the possessive word ‘de’ is used.
• Learn a large variety of sentence patterns according to textbook.
• Focus on sentence patterns instead of grammar (the importance of memorising sentence patterns)

Cultural Content

• Chinese dishes and staple food/ 讲一讲菜和饭的区别
• Various celebrations, e.g. Chinese New Year, Mooncake and Dragon Boat Festivals;
• Distinguishing between the major dialects in Mandarin Chinese language