Course Syllabus: Listening and Speaking
- Course Title
Chinese Listening and Speaking for Beginner Level - Course Materials
- Far East Everyday Chinese I
- Multimedia materials:
- Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Chinese Words. (OCAC)
- Fun With Chinese Learning (OCAC)
- Rice Culture in Taiwan (Taiwan Panorama Ltd)
- Handout
- Pre-requisite
None - Objectives
- Communication
- Become familiar with the pinyin system, and proper Chinese pronunciation.
- Learn helpful Chinese words and phrases for shopping and asking prices.
- Learn common telephone conversation phrases.
- Be able to give effective directions.
- Be able to describe object placement.
- Learn vocabulary to describe and rent an apartment or house in Taiwan.
- Learn to order dishes in a restaurant, and understand the waiter's questions.
- Grammar
- Learn measure words and their usage.
- Learn the "ba-constituent"
- Culture
- Learn a Chinese song.
- Learn more about Taiwanese cuisines and food.
- Communication
- Teaching Method
- Lecturing
- Class Discussion
- Class Activities
- Multimedia Teaching
Course Syllabus: Reading and Writing
- Course Title
Chinese Reading and Writing for Beginner Level - Course Materials
- Practical Audio-Visual Chinese 2nd Edition 1
- Practical Audio-Visual Chinese 2nd Edition 2
- Multimedia Materials:
- Fun With Chinese Learning (OCAC)
- Stroke Practice
- Pre-requisite
None - Objectives
- Grammer
- Learn the Verb Object Compounds (VO) pattern.
- Learn the present tense, past tense and future tense.
- Learn the degree of comparison.
- Learn the passive voice.
- Learn the usage of particle "了" and its meaning.
- Learn to describe with verbal suffix.
- Writing
- Learn the Chinese characters systematically through the radicals and components.
- Learn the proper stroke order.
- Learn a Chinese congratulatory speech.
- Be able to write a short 150 word essays.
- Grammer
- Teaching Method
- Lecturing
- Class Discussion
- Class Activities
- Multimedia Teaching