Putonghua Course for Foreign Adults

Beginners I
☺ Basic pronunciation:
Learn the Pinyin system
☺ Conversation: Focusing on daily life
How to describe
How to ask
How to answer

☺ Grammar
Simple descriptive sentences
Usual questions
11 kinds of special questions
Choosing question
☺ Listening:
Tone discrimination
Sentence comprehension
☺ Introduction to common Chinese characters
Basic strokes
Structure of Chinese characters
Knowing, reading and writing common Chinese characters

Beginners II

☺ Next level of pronunciation
Tone correction
Pinyin reading drills
☺ Conversation: Focusing on daily life and work
Conversations about the scenery
Expression in paragraphs
☺ Grammar:
60 basic grammatical points
☺ Listening
Listening comprehension for simple, short phrases
☺ Reading
Reading and writing 500 basic Chinese characters
Reading simple paragraphs

Intermediate I

☺ Pronunciation drills
Sentence pauses
Stress drills
☺ Conversation
Social conversation
Discussing problems
☺ Grammar
60 advanced grammatical points
☺ Listening
Listening comprehension of texts
Reiterating after listening
☺ Reading and writing Chinese
Reading comprehension of short texts
Paragraph writing drills
☺ Introduction to Chinese culture

Intermediate II

☺ Pronunciation drills
Natural intonation drills
☺ Conversation
Using colloquial speech in conversations
Basic commercial Chinese

☺ Reading and writing Chinese
Reading comprehension
Writing short, useful pieces
☺ Listening
Integrated listening drills
☺ Learn how to use 138 idioms
☺ Comparison between Chinese and Western culture

Advanced I

☺ Study newspaper articles
Reading comprehension
Discussion of special topics
☺ Chinese composition
☺ Learn how to use idioms, proverbs, two-part allegorical sayings, customary phrases
☺ Learn how to become a China Hand:
Chinese culture
Chinese economy
Chinese customs
Chinese current affairs
☺ Using commercial Chinese

Happy, free talk

☺ Joke about everything under the sun
☺ Chinese language through train
☺ Discussion of hot topics

√ Rich vocabulary, improve expression