Topics

• Introducing Name with Jiào
• Introducing Family name with xìng
• Expressing Age with suì
• Using Particle ne
• Compared with èr and liÇŽng 
• Understanding yÇ’u
• Telling the Time
• Saying and Writing the Date
• Different Ways of Saying “Days of the Week”

Grammar

• wÇ’
• nǐ
• tā
• tā
• wÇ’men
• zhè/zhèr
• nà/nàr

Topics

• Master Pinyin and the Mandarin phonetic system
• Develop a speaking vocabulary of 200 of the most commonly used words.
• Be able to write 150 Chinese characters
• Exchange everyday greetings
• Ask and respond to simple questions including dates, age, nationality, locations, and weather.
• Develop knowledge of 50 basic grammar points.
• Understand simple Chinese etiquette and customs

Grammar

• Xiànzài
• JÄ«ntiān
• Míngtiān
• Zuótiān
• ZÇŽoshàng
• ShàngwÇ”
• zhōngwÇ”

Topics 

• Develop a speaking and listening vocabulary of approximately 600 words.
• Understand a passage of about 300 words with 80% comprehension.
• Talk about hobbies, habits, experiences, travel, etc,
• Use the future, present, and past tenses (speaking)
• Read an article of about 400 words with 75% comprehension.
• Write a composition of about 180 words with reasonable accuracy (writing)
• Understand basic Chinese etiquette
• Customs related to the course content (culture)

Grammar

• XiàwÇ”
• WÇŽnshàng
• DiÇŽn
• XiÇŽoshí
• FÄ“nzhōng
• Nián
• Yuè
• hào

Topics 

• Develop a speaking and listening vocabulary of approximately 1000 words (vocabulary)
• Understand a passage of about 500 words with 80% comprehension (listening)
• Learning how to do a presentation (speaking)
• Read articles of about 800 words with 85% comprehension (reading)
• Understand more Chinese etiquette and customs related to the course content (culture)