weekly schedule

Learning Outcomes:

Week 1

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

• read and write in Hanyu Pinyin

• greet others appropriately

• use modal particle “ma” and adjectival verb “hGn”

• ask for the name and give name

• make yes or no tag questions

Activities/Tasks

• pronunciation exercises on Hanyu Pinyin

Learning Outcomes:

Week 2

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

• identify a person

• make question with “shFi”

• use adjunct “de”, adverb of negation “bX”

Activities/Tasks

• listening exercises

Learning Outcomes:

Week 3

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· introduce family members – kinship terms

· tell someone’s age

• make question with “jK suL” and “le ma”

Activities/Tasks

• Q & A

• Listening exercises

Learning Outcomes:

Week 4

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· describe someone’s personality

· ask for someone’s job

• use verbal aspects “le”and “hBi mFiyou”

Activities/Tasks

• writing exercises

• speaking and listening exercises

Learning Outcomes:

Week 5

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· count numbers

· ask for a person’s living place

· ask for the phone numbers

• give telephone numbers

· use interrogative “jK”

Activities/Tasks

• language games

• speaking and listening exercises

Learning Outcomes:

Week 6

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

• tell someone’s address

• ask whether someone is in the house or office

• know the polite way to treat people when they come to your house

Activities/Tasks

• speaking and listening exercises

• language activities

Learning Outcomes:

Week 7

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

• tell the time

• ask question what is the time now

· tell someone where he/she study

· tell someone about his/her learning life

Activities/Tasks

• language activities

Learning Outcomes:

Week 8

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

• tell someone about the homework, examination.

• tell about day of the week

• make questions with when and what day is today.

Activities/Tasks

• writing exercises

• listening exercises

Learning Outcomes:

Week 9

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· tell someone about daily activities

· tell about date

• make questions with what date and which year.

• ask about how to get to some place(what kind of transportation is used)

• ask a person’s birthday

Activities/Tasks

• writing exercises

• listening exercises

Learning Outcomes:

Week 10

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

• tell about online, facebook, tweeter, e-mail, chatting.

• make questions with what do you do.

• tell about year

Activities/Tasks

• writing exercises

• listening exercises

Learning Outcomes:

Week 11

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· tell someone about hobby and sports

· ask about someone’s hobby and sports

· make question with “zuR shFnme”

Activities/Tasks

• script writing

• speaking practice

• language activities

Learning Outcomes:

Week 12

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· tell someone about indoor and outdoor activities

· tell someone about travelling

· differencite between “zhHge yuH” and “xiDge yuH”

Activities/Tasks

• script writing

• speaking practice

• language activities

Learning Outcomes:

Week 13

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· develop oral proficiency

Activities/Tasks

• Oral Test (10%) (L1-L6) (5-10 minutes)

• Language Project (30%) (3-5 students in a group)

Learning Outcomes:

Week 14

At the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

· develop oral proficiency

· acquire basic Mandarin level 1 listening skills

Activities/Tasks

• Listening test (10%) (20~30 minutes)

• Written test (20%)