A structured and content-rich curriculum that get you to learn the basics of the language such as greetings, numbering, family members, clothing and daily phrases. Grammatical elements are also taught as you start to learn Chinese language. Mandarin pronunciation, self-introduction, prepositions, sentences will be introduced in this course.

No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

· Introduce yourself personally and ask about the names of others

· The pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese, give insights of Han Yu Pinyin through vocalising 4 basic tones and initial sounds.

· Reading and comprehending short conversation which is constructed using vocabularies learnt in the chapters.

· The preposition, opposites and adjectives in Mandarin Chinese.

· Learn more than 100 vocabularies that used in daily life such as body parts, transportation, colours, foods, and phrases used in daily conversation.

· Able to engage communicate in common and basic conversation with others in Mandarin Chinese.

· Prepare you to Chinese 102 (Level 2) ** coming soon **

Contents

• Welcome Notes and Greetings

• Self-Introduction I, II, III and IV

• Standard Mandarin Pronunciation I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII

• Body Parts

• Chinese Sentences

• Family Members

• Opposites

• Numbers I, II, III, IV and V

• Clothings

• Possessive Suffix “de” and Adjective

• Foods and Verbs of ‘Eat’, ‘Drink’ and Adjective ‘Tasty’

• Colours

• Daily Phrases and Short Conversation I, II, III

• Transportation

• Weather

• Introduction, tips and advices from the teacher

Intended Audience

Suitable for beginner-level students who want to learn basic Mandarin Chinese

Prerequisites

English language will be used for teaching in this course.