More Chinese for Beginners

About this course: This is an advanced course for Chinese for beginners. Learners will expand vocabularies about personal information, daily life, food and drink, healthy, and expressions about greeting, suggestion, agreement, comparison, complaint, prohibition, experience, plan, recommendation, etc. Learners can improve their listening and speaking and know much more about Chinese social cultures. As the same as Chinese for beginners, the course doesn’t ask the learners to know Chinese characters. Recommended Background: For learners with certain English language ability and better have attended Chinese for beginners.

Created by:  Peking University

• Taught by:  Xiaoyu Liu, Associate Professor

  School of Chinese as A Second Language, Peking University

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


What do you know about him/her?
You’re going to learn how to welcome, introduce, exchange greeting, talk about job, tell phone number and address in this module.


5 videos, 8 readings expand

1. Video: Welcome To ' Chinese For Beginners'
2. Video: Pleased to meet you.
3. Reading: New words list
4. Reading: Additional Information: Appellation
5. Video: Long time no see.
6. Reading: New words list
7. Reading: Additional Information: Greetings
8. Video: They are both teachers.
9. Reading: New words list
10. Discussion Prompt: 3.Translation
11. Reading: Additional Information:Cartoon
12. Video: May I have your phone number, please?
13. Reading: New words list
14. Reading: Additional Information:Address and Date
15. Discussion Prompt: Review

Graded: 1.Please give the correct addressing according to the information given.There is a new word in the 5th one. Can you guess the meaning?
Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 2.Choose the correct response.
Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 2.Choose the correct position(among (A)(B)(C)(D)) of the given word.
Graded: 1.Choose the correct expression accordingly
Graded: 2.Choose the correct answer according to what you hear

WEEK 2


I’m very busy!
How about your life? Are you busy at working, learning, cooking? Or you are quite relaxed to enjoy sport and art? Let’s talk about the life arrangement in this module.


4 videos, 8 readings, 2 practice quizzes expand

1. Video: I’m working.
2. Reading: New words list
3. Practice Quiz: 2. Tell what he/she/they are doing according to the pictures.（You can type in Pinyin or Chinese characters）
4. Practice Quiz: 3.Ask for some help with the words given（you can type in Pinyin or characters）
5. Reading: Additional Information:Work Overtime and Homework
6. Video: When are you going to get off the work?
7. Reading: New words list
8. Reading: Additional Information:Breakfast
9. Video: Do you have time on Saturday?
10. Reading: New words list
11. Discussion Prompt: 2.Translation
12. Reading: Additional Information:Folk Music
13. Video: What are you doing?
14. Reading: New words list
15. Discussion Prompt: 2.Translation
16. Reading: Additional Information:Chinese Calligraphy
17. Discussion Prompt: Review

Graded: 1.Tell true or false according to the video
Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 2.Tell true or false according to the video
Graded: 3.Fill in the blank with the appropriate word
Graded: 1.Tell true or false according to the video.
Graded: 1.Give the response accordingly

WEEK 3


It’s so delicious!
What Chinese drink and food have you heard? Have you ever tried some? You’re going to learn some name of them in this module and try to describe the taste, and compare them.


4 videos, 8 readings, 1 practice quiz expand

1. Video: Do you like spicy food?
2. Reading: New words list
3. Reading: Additional Information:Chinese cuisine
4. Video: Coffee or tea?
5. Reading: New words list
6. Discussion Prompt: 1.Ask questions according to the pictures.
7. Reading: Additional Information:Tea and Tea Set
8. Video: I eat a lot!
9. Reading: New words list
10. Discussion Prompt: 1.Try to ask questions and give the answers according to the picture.
11. Discussion Prompt: 2.Try to arrange some activities with “xiān……，zài……，zuìhòu……”and appropriate verbs.
12. Reading: Additional Information:Spring Festival
13. Video: This is much better than that.
14. Reading: New words list
15. Discussion Prompt: 1. Describe the pictures
16. Discussion Prompt: 2. Translation
17. Practice Quiz: 3.Describe one of the pictures that you like most with “zuì(the most)” and the word given.(You can type in Pinyin or Chinese characters)
18. Reading: Additional Information:Mid-Autumn Festival
19. Discussion Prompt: Review

Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 2.Fill in the blank with the appropriate word

WEEK 4


What’s the matter?
In this module, you are going to learn how to worry, comfort, complain, prohibit in Chinese.


4 videos, 7 readings, 1 practice quiz expand

1. Video: What can we do?
2. Reading: New words list
3. Discussion Prompt: 2. Translation
4. Reading: Additional Information:Chinese Films
5. Video: You can’t buy anymore!
6. Reading: New words list
7. Discussion Prompt: 2. Translation
8. Reading: Additional Information:National Dress
9. Video: May I exchange?
10. Reading: New words list
11. Discussion Prompt: 1.Translation
12. Video: Be quiet, please.
13. Reading: New words list
14. Practice Quiz: 1.Please tell the meaning of following signs（you can type in Pinyin or characters）
15. Reading: Additional Information:Chinese painting
16. Discussion Prompt: Review

Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 1.Match

WEEK 5


I’m not feeling well.
You’re going to talk about healthy including slight illness, environment, sports exercise in this module.


4 videos, 6 readings expand

1. Video: I feel headache!
2. Reading: New words list
3. Discussion Prompt: 2.Give the expression according to the pictures
4. Video: You should go to the hospital.
5. Reading: New words list
6. Discussion Prompt: 3. Translation
7. Reading: Additional Information:Traditional Chinese Medicine
8. Video: I think riding bike is better for your healthy.
9. Reading: New words list
10. Discussion Prompt: 1.Do you like to drive or ride bike? Can you list at least 3 advantages and disadvantages?
11. Video: I go running every day.
12. Reading: New words list
13. Discussion Prompt: 1.Please talk about your sport exercise with the following suggesting expressions
14. Reading: Additional Information:Exercise
15. Discussion Prompt: Review

Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 2.Fill in the blank with correct phrase.

WEEK 6


When will be the next holiday?
Do you have a lot of holidays? How do you spend them? Let’s talk about transportation, plan, experiences about holiday and travelling. And you can also know some famous site of China.


4 videos, 6 readings expand

1. Video: How about your holiday?
2. Reading: New words list
3. Discussion Prompt: 3.What did you do yesterday? Can you list at least 3 items?
4. Reading: Additional Information:Vacation and traffic
5. Video: What’s your plan for the coming weekend?
6. Reading: New words list
7. Discussion Prompt: 2.Talk about your plan for today or tomorrow or this weekend
8. Video: Have you been to Beijing?
9. Reading: New words list
10. Discussion Prompt: 1.Try to ask someone if he/she has some experiences for your country with the words given
11. Discussion Prompt: 2.Try to tell if you’re interested in the following things
12. Reading: Additional Information:Beijing
13. Video: If you like cities, then go to the east.
14. Reading: New words list
15. Discussion Prompt: 2.Recommend some famous sites in your country with following expressions
16. Discussion Prompt: Review

Graded: 1.Match
Graded: 2.Rearrange the following words accordingly(Please answer with 'abc')
Graded: 1.Choose the correct questions for the answers.(not according to the video.)
Graded: 1.Choose the correct direction in Chinese