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A Course in Contemporary Chinese (Book 1), A Course in Contemporary…
A Course in Contemporary Chinese (Book 1)
Lesson 1: Welcome to Taiwan
-> Introducing myself
Learning Objectives
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1) Simple Greetings
2) Simple phrases to introduce people
3) Simple phrases to discuss likes and dislikes
4) Simple phrases to express gratitude
Grammar :warning:
1) Ways to Ask questions
With A-not-A
With "ma"
2) Answering Questions
Affirmative Answers
Negative replies with "bù"
3) Modification marker with "hěn"
4) Contrastive questions with "ne"
Lesson 2: My family
-> Family Members
Learning Objectives
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1) Talk about people in my family members and their names
2) Describe people, places, and possessions
3) Talk about the number of people in a family
Grammar :warning:
1) "de" possessive
2) Modifier marker "de"
3) "yǒu" possessive
4) "dōu' totality
5) Measures "ge" and "zhāng"
Lesson 3: What are you doing over the weekend?
-> Hobbies
Learning Objectives
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1) Describe likes/dislikes
2) Express what two groupes have in common
3) Politely ask others their opinions and make simple suggestions
4) Form choice questions
Grammar :warning:
1) Placement of Time Words
2) To Go Do Something with "qù"
3) Topic Sentences
4) The word order of adverbs "yě", "dōu" and "cháng"
5) Making suggestions with "ba"
Lesson 4: Excuse me, how much does that cost in total?
-> Shopping
Learning Objectives
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1) Ask and talk about prices
2) Ask for reasons
3) Use simple phrases to describe the size and functions of common objects
Grammar :warning:
1) Measures : kuài, zhī, zhǒng
2) Preposition "bāng" on behalf of
3) De-phrase with the Head Noun Omitted
4) tài.. le > overly
5) néng > capability
6) duō ... > and more
Lesson 5: Beef Noodles are really delicious
-> Food and Drink
Learning Objectives
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1) Names of common foods and describing their taste
2) Express likes for and make simple comments about food
3) Describe what somebody can or can't do and how well one does it
4) Ask for help
Grammar :warning:
1) yǒu yìdiǎn > slightly
2) Complement marker "de"
3) Acquired skills with "huì"
4) Destination marker "dào"
A Course in Contemporary Chinese (Book 2)
Lesson 6: Their school is up in the mountains
-> Locations and Positions
Learning Objectives
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1) Describe locations (e.g. near or far)
2) Talk about place in the vicinity of other places
3) Make simple comments about the appearance of a place
Grammar :warning:
1) Locarion marker "zài"
2) Existential sentence with "yǒu"
3) Softened action V - V
4) búshi - negation
5) Location of an activity
Lesson 7: Going to KTV at 9 O'clock in the Morning
-> Time (Time-When and Time-Duration)
Learning Objectives
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1) Tell and ask about time
2) Describe an activity that takes place at a point in time (time-when) or during a certain frame (time-duration)
3) Make appointments with friends
4) Talk about habitual activities
Grammar :warning:
1) Time and places of events
2) cóng ... dào ... - from A to B
3) Progressive, on-going actions with "zài"
4) "měi" - each and every
5) kěyǐ - permission
Lesson 8: Taking a Train to Tainan
-> Transportation
Learning Objectives
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1) Learning the names of different types of transportation and talking about getting to destinations
2) Talk about someone's plans for their free time
3) Make simple comparisons about various modes of transportation
4) Explain likes and dislikes
Grammar :warning:
1) Companionship with "gēn"
2) Asking how with "zěnme"
3) Implicit comparison with "Bǐjiào"
4) yòu...yòu - both A and B
6) Comparison with bǐ
Lesson 9: Where Will you go for the holidays?
-> Leisure
Learning Objectives
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1) Use time expressions to describe events
2) Discuss travel plans with friends
3) Tallk about hypothetical situations
4) Give suggestions about leisure activities
Grammar :warning:
1) Time-When vs Time-Duration
2) Time-Duration 'for a period of time'
3) de shíhou - when
4) "yǒu shíhou"..."yǒu shíhou" - sometimes...sometimes
5) Conditions and consequence with "yàoshi ..jiù"
Lesson 10: The fruit in taiwan tastes really good
-> The appearance of people and things
Learning Objectives
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1) Give simple descriptions of someone's appearance
2) Describe the color, smell and taste of food
3) Briefly explain and give reasons
4) Describe tentative activites and changeable states
Grammar :warning:
1) kàn - to try and see
2) Intensification with Reduplicated State Verbs
3) Clause as modifiers of nouns
4) Change in situation with sentential 'le"
5) Cause and effect with "Yīnwèi...suǒyǐ"