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Teacher:
Candi Yang
or Lin Dai
or Maria Ye
Course Outline
The basic course starts from the most
basic elements of Chinese – the four tones, initials and finals in
pinyin which constitute its phonetic system. Students then learn the
basic strokes of Chinese characters and build up a simple awareness of
how its phonetic system is related to its writing one. While gaining
strength in their language foundation, students will learn to use
Chinese from the very beginning, e.g. greetings and partings, asking for
directions, eating out in restaurants, bargaining, inviting and
declining, etc. Upon finishing the course, learners may grasp some 500
basic words and a considerable number of sentence patterns so that they
will effectively communicate with Chinese people in day-to-day
situations. With cultural elements embedded, the course will enable
students to build their communicative skill not only upon learning
authentic Chinese, but also, to a certain extent, understanding Chinese
society and culture.
The following outline is subject to flexible reschedule and reorder
as well as additions as the specific course progressing.
Unit 1
(Period 1-4)
Learn typical greetings (1)
Phonetics: Initials b p m n l h ; finals a o e i u ü
Oral Practice: Pronunciation drills & Conversations
Listening Practice: from supplementary materials
Basic strokes of Chinese characters: 6 of them
Cultural Notes: “Have you eaten?” VS. “Hi! / Hello!” in Passing
Greetings |
Unit 2
(Period 5-8)
Learn typical greetings (2)
Phonetics: the four tones;
Initials: l h Finals: ao en ie in ing uo
Oral and Listening Practice
Grammar: word order in Chinese sentences
Learn and write basic Chinese characters
Cultural Notes: Hanyu and Putonghua |
Unit 3
(Period 9-12)
Learn the basic way to ask what someone wants Phonetics:
Initials: d t g k f;
Finals: ei ou an ang eng iao iou(-iu)
Oral Practice: Pronunciation drills & Conversations
Listening Practice: from supplementary materials
Grammar: Adjective Predicate & “Yes-no” questions
Sing a Chinese Folk Song: The Jasmine Flowers |
Unit 4
(Period 14-16)
A Summary made in the form of oral and Listening practices.
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Unit 5
(Period 17-20)
Learn how to ask about sb’s nationality and how to identify
people
Phonetics: Neutral tone; Initials: zh ch sh r
Finals: -i ai uai ong
Oral Practice: Pronunciation drills & Conversations
Listening Practice: from supplementary materials
Cultural Notes: Safe Questions to ask in Chinese vs English
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Unit 6
(Period 21-24)
Learn how to introduce your friends to each other
phonetics: Half third tone: combination of tones
Oral Practice: Pronunciation drills & Conversations
Listening Practice: from supplementary materials
Learn and write basic Chinese characters
Cultural Notes: Stories behind the pictographic Chinese
characters. |
Unit 7
(Period 25-28)
Learn asking for permission and asking for sb’s name
Phonetics: Initials: j q x
Finals: ia ian iang uei(-ui) uen(-un) üe üan
Oral Practice: Pronunciation drills & Conversations
Listening Practice: from supplementary materials
Cultural Notes: Quotations from Confucius (1) |
Unit 8
(Period 29-32)
Learn the basic way to tell the time
Subsidiary Listening and Speaking practice - Time
Grammar: Sentences with “是”
Cultural Notes:Stories behind the pictographic Chinese
characters. |
Unit 9
(Period 33-36)
Learn asking for directions and looking for someone
Phonetics: Initials: z c s
Finals: -i er iong ua uan uang ün
Final “er” and retroflex ending
Oral Practice: Pronunciation drills & Conversations
Listening Practice: from supplementary materials
Cultural Notes: Quotations from Confucius (2) |
Unit 10
(Period 37-40)
Learn making an apology and asking about sb’s occupation
Subsidiary Listening and Speaking practice – Asking the way
Grammar: Questions with an interrogative pronoun
Cultural Notes: Stories behind the pictographic Chinese
characters.
Sing a Chinese Folk Song: |
Unit 11(Period 41-44)
Phonetics: Pronunciation Review
Grammar: Review Sentences with a verbal predicate
Characters: Combination of strokes
Cultural Notes: Read and learn a Chinese classical poem |
Unit 12 (Period 45-48)
Learn making suggestions, comments and asking sb to repeat
something
Subsidiary Listening and Speaking practice – Eating out in a
restaurant
Summary: third tone change; tone change of “不” and“一”
Cultural Notes: Beijing Opera, Shanghai Opera and Yue Opera |
Unit 13 (Period 49-52)
Learn how to describe the symptoms of illness and buy
medicine in the pharmacy
Subsidiary Listening and Speaking practice – Seeing doctors
Grammar: “ 一下”
Pattern drills & Making sentences by pictures
Cultural Notes: Quotations from Confucius (3) |
Unit 14 (Period 53-56)
Learn how to leave addresses; Learn talking about one’s major
Reading and Paraphrasing
Grammar: Attributives expressing possession
Cultural Notes: Stories behind the pictographic Chinese
characters. |
Unit 15 (Period 57-60)
Learn how to talk about one’s major, occupation
Grammar: V/A – not – V/A questions; abbreviated questions with
“呢” ; The position of adverbs “也” and “都”
Learn a line from Analects of Confucius |
Unit 16
(Period 61-64)
Learn how to talk about one’s family members
Subsidiary Listening and Speaking practice – Chinese families
Grammar: “还”，”太”, “二” or “两”
Cultural Notes: Personal Names |
Unit 17 (Period 65-78)
Learn how to talk about hobbies
Numbers from 11 to 100 and solving math problems verbally
Grammar: Numeral-measure words as attributives: “几 ” or “多少”;
The position of question words in Chinese
Learn a Chinese folk song |
Unit 18 (Period 69-72)
Learn how to extend one’s good wishes
Listening and speaking practice
Cultural Notes: Address Terms in Chinese and English |
Unit 19 (Period 73-76)
Learn how to celebrate sb’s birthday; asking about sb’s age and
birthplace
Reading and Paraphrasing
Grammar: Sentence with a nominal predicate; “好吗?” in a question
Cultural Notes: customs in designating each year to one of the
12 animals; “Longevity noodles” ; birth of place, etc |
Unit
20 (Period 77-80)
How to make an appointment
Learn how to say the days of the week
Grammar: Words expressing time as adverbials
Structure of Chinese Characters (2)
Cultural Notes: The Layout of the Chinese dialects |
Unit 21 (Period 81-84)
Shopping expressions: Learn how to talk about money & ask the
price and bargain; the unit measurements of daily commodities
Grammar: Prepositional phrase “在” “跟”
Sentences with double objects (1) 给 送
The adverb “很”
Cultural Notes; Currency RMB |
Unit 22 (Period 85-88)
Learn expressing permission or prohibition;
expressing ty
Learn reading and writing note “便条”
Grammar: Sentences with “会” “能” “可以” “应该”
Cultural Notes: Loanwords in Chinese |
Unit 23 (Period 89-92)
Learn how to talk about one’s health, desire and express need or
necessity
Grammar: subject-predicate structure as predicate, alternative
questions, modal verbs 要，想，愿意
Cultural Notes: Learn a line from Analects of Confucius |
Unit 24 (Period 93-96)
Talking about sth that has happened, renting a flat, asking for
suggestions, making a phone call and invitations
Grammar: “多” and “少” as attributives, “Pr/N+ 这儿/那儿“ to indicate
location, verb phrases as attributives; Particle “了”；Modal
verbs: 可能， 会
Cultural Notes: telephone etiquette and accept or refuse
invitations |
Unit 25 (Period 97-100)
Review, Summary and suggestions for further learning
Pinyin, Grammar, Oral and Listening practice |
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Hours: 120 periods (45 minutes, 30
lessons)
Tuition Fee: RMB 6500
Chinese
Beginner 2010
Autumn
Session:
3 mornings
section; Monday, Wednesday and Friday 09:30 – 12:30
10 weeks
Sep
13th – Nov 29th 2010
¥6,500
CIM135
Evening
Section;
Monday, Thursday
evenings 18:30-21:30 15
weeks Sep 27th 2010 – Jan 17th 2011
¥6,500 CIE13
Weekend Section; Saturday whole
day
09:30-16:30
15 weeks
Sep
18th 2010 - Jan 15th 2011
¥6,500 CIW6
Chinese
Beginner 2010
Summer
Session:
3 Mornings section;
Mon,
Wed & Fri mornings 09:30 -12:30 4 weeks
July 5th
2010– July 30th 2010 ¥4,500 CIM135
Mon,
Wed & Fri mornings 09:30 -12:30 4 weeks
Aug 2nd 2010– Aug 27th
2010
¥4,500
CIM135
5
Mornings section; Monday-Friday
mornings 09:30
-12:30
4 weeks July
5th 2010–July 30th 2010
¥4,500
CIM135
Monday-Friday mornings 09:30 -12:30
4
weeks Aug 2nd 2010– Aug 27th
2010
¥4,500
CIM135
Chinese
Beginner
2010 Spring Session:
Morning Section: Mon, Wed
& Fri mornings
09:30-12:30
10
weeks
Mar 22nd 2010- May 28th 2010
¥6,500
CIM135
ANNUAL HOLIDAYS *
There will be no lectures
on scheduled Public Holidays
2010
National Day Holidays 1-5 October
Christmas Holidays 20 Dec- 9 Jan 2011
2011
Spring Festival Holidays 30 Jan-10 Feb
Labour day Holiday 1 May-6 May
Tomb sweeping day tba
Dragon Boat festival tba
Moon cake festival tba
National Day Holiday 1 October-7 October
Christmas Holidays 18 December-10 January 2012
* Subject to confirmation and change
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Tuition fees may be submitted by cash, bank card or
credit card. With the original receipt, a refund in full can be made if
the prospective student notifies us in writing of his/her withdrawal
from the course one week before the commencement date. If using a
foreign bank card, a non-refundable charge of approximately 3.1% of the
tuition fee (about RMB140) will be deducted by the bank to cover
transaction costs.
For
inquiry, please contact us at (86 21)6448 1768 or 64480011*1065, or send
email to
shclasses@yahoo.com.
Address: Room 106, No. 2088 Kaixuan Road, Shanghai (close to Panyu Rd.
and Wuzhong Rd), 5 minutes walk from Yishan Rd. Station (Exit 4) or
Hongqiao Rd. Station (Exit 2) of Metro Line 3 and Line 4. |
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