Intermediate Mandarin

Mandarin 4 or 60-80 hours of prior study. Knowledge of 50-60 characters

Topics:

• Character revision
• Revision of expressing past experiences
• Revision of ‘ba’ sentences
• Sports and leisure
• Entertainment
• Describing daily life
• Weather and climate
• Discussing takeaway food
• Talking about lost properties
• Describing a car accident

Grammar:

• More and most+adj
• Complex sentences with ‘danshi’ and ‘buguo’
• Complex sentences with ‘chule…hai’
• More adverbs
• Verb+duration complement
• Verb+degree complement
• More on present tense
• Verb+zhe
• Comparison sentences with ‘bi’
• Negative comparison sentences
• Passive voice
• ‘Shi…de’ sentences
• When sentences
• Verb+result complement
• More character study

Outcomes:

You will be able to:

• Talk about sports and leisure
• Discuss someone’s hobbies
• Describe daily life
• Make comparisons
• Talk more on weather and climate
• Describe accidents
• Use complex sentences
• Read 90-120 characters

Mandarin 5 or 100 hours of prior study.

Knowledge of 100-150 characters

Topics:

• Revision of comparison
• Revision of complex sentences
• Revision of passive voice
• Job interview
• Teaching English in China
• Talking about work experiences
• Online shopping
• Renting an apartment
• Talking about hair dressing
• Going to the gym

Grammar:

• Verb + object + verb + ‘de’ (得) + complement
• Verb+result complement
• More complex sentences with ‘erqie’
• ‘Hui’+verb
• If sentences with ‘ruguo’ and ‘yaoshi’
• Ordinal numbers
• Complex sentences ‘bushi…ershi…’
• ‘Shenme’ as ‘whatever’
• Verbs+de change into nouns
• Both with ‘you…you…’
• Complex sentences with ‘yinwei…suoyi…’
• Sentences with ‘zhenghao’
• Verb +zhe
• Verb+potential complement
• Frequency with ‘ci’
• Verb+duration complement+object
• Read 120-150 characters

Outcomes:

You will be able to:

• Discuss your language learning experience
• Describe job interview experience
• Discuss online shopping
• Describe house facilities
• Rent an apartment or house
• Talk about hair dressing
• Talk about your gym experiences and fitness plans
• Read 150-200 characters

Mandarin 6 or 120 hours of prior study

Knowledge of 150-200 characters

Topics:

• Revision of complex sentences
• Revision of Verb+potential complement
• Discussing job interview
• Job recruitment
• Giving presents
• Describing a birthday party
• Sending and receiving express delivery
• Requesting for a refund
• Dragon Boat Festival
• Chinese culture and traditions

Grammar:

• Passive voice with ‘bei’ II
• More of complex sentences with ‘suiran…danshi…’
• Hao+verb
• Future tense with ‘jiang’
• Complex sentences with ‘budan…erqie…’
• A shi A, keshi…
• Adverb ‘jiu’ and ‘cai’
• ‘Rang’ sentences
• Verb+directional complement
• Complex sentences with ‘jiran…jiu…’
• Complex sentences with ‘zhihao…’
• Complex sentences with ‘bushi…jiushi…’
• A he B yiyang/bu yiyang
• Read 200-250 characters

Outcomes:

You will be able to:

• Understand job recruitment requirements
• Attend job interview
• Arrange a party and presents
• Send and receive express delivery
• Request for a refund
• Describe Dragon Boat Festival activities
• Understand Chinese traditional festivals
• Read 200-250 characters

Mandarin 7 or 120-150 hours of prior study

Knowledge of 250 characters

Topics:

• Revision of complex sentences
• Revision of verb+directional complement
• Talk about dating experiences
• Describe personal appearances
• Marriage and wedding
• Taking a job overseas
• Talking about business plans
• Character study

Grammar:

• Verb+directional complement with ‘qilai’, ‘chulai’,’xialai’ and ‘xiaqu’
• Adjectives+’si le’, ‘ji le’ and ‘huai le’
• Complex sentences with ‘budan… erqie/hai…’
• Complex sentences with ‘zhiyao…jiu/dou…’
• Complex sentences with ‘wulun…dou…’
• Complex sentences with ‘zhiyou… cai…’
• Even, ‘lian…ye…’ sentences
• However ‘er’
• Complex sentences with ‘ningke…ye bu…’
• Complex sentences with ‘zhiyou…cai…’
• Complex sentences with ‘yi Vi…jiu V2…’
• Even if, ‘jishi… ye…’ sentences
• Adverb ‘shenzhi’
• Read 300 characters

Outcomes:

You will be able to:

• Talk about dating experiences and romance
• Describe personal appearances
• Talk about Chinese and Western style weddings
• Discuss plans of studying and working overseas
• Discuss business plans
• Read 300 characters