Chinese Beginners 1 (30 hours)
Outline Syllabus
Week 1
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General Introduction to Chinese
Pinyin and Tones
Introduction to the Writing System
Week 2
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Numbers
Greetings
Introducing Yourself
Week 3
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Xing and Jiao
Negative Sentences and Interrogative Sentences
Asking for Personal Information
Week 4
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The Verb shi and Basic Sentence Structures
Answering an Affirmative-negative Question
Adverbs bu, jiu and dou
Week 5
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Verb-absent Sentences
Jisui and duoda Questions
Days of the Week, Months of the Year
Week 6
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S+V+O Construction
Routines and Daily Activities
Haishi Questions
Week 7
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Modal Verbs
Hobbies and Habits
Making Suggestions with haoma
Week 8
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Ordering Food and Drink
Talking about Likes and Dislikes
Measurement Words in Chinese
Week 9
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Talking about Your Family
The Negative Form and Question Form of an S+Adj. Speech Pattern
Offering Someone Something to Eat or Drink
Week 10
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Review of Basic Sentence Structures
Speaking and Writing Practice
Overall Consolidation