Course Summary
This course is a continuation of Intermediate Step 2. Students continue to develop all four skills, slowly closing the gap between their receptive and productive skills. The development of listening and speaking skills will remain a focus of the course, and teachers will, at the same time, encourage students to rely less on pinyin. Compared to lower levels of courses, slightly more emphasis will be attached to the recognition and writing of characters. Students are encouraged to reflect and internalise grammatical devices and structures that they have studied and actively use them in conversations and writing.
Duration:
10 weeks, 20 hours
Learning Objectives
Unit | Functions | Language Points | Cultural Content |
1. Meaning of Work | talk about the meaning of work; report survey statistics | omission in comparative sentences; use of 干吗; phrases formed by 有+nouns; the suffix -化, etc. | the Chinese tradition of hard work |
2. Human Problem | talk about relationships at work; use emphasis and negation to express a viewpoint | the prefix 同-; the suffix -际; the directional complement 起来; the difference between 忽然 and 突然, etc. | human relationships in China |
3. The Sandwich Generation | talk about inter-generational relationships in families; tell a story in chronological order | X着也是X着; 无所谓X不X; the suffix -方, etc. | China’s families |
Note: This course includes three units, each unit including conversational and narrative text. The teacher may adjust the content by adding or reducing certain content based on the students’ language proficiency levels. The course teacher will select the teaching content from what is presented above.
Teaching Methods
The teaching method is student-centred, emphasising interactivity and practicality. It enhances students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translating skills through discussions and role-playing in contextualised settings. Additionally, multimedia resources and tools are integrated with language and culture, helping students understand relevant cultural contexts while learning the language. This approach enhances the learning experience and meets the needs of diverse learners.
Learning Materials
Textbook: New Contemporary Chinese (Book 4, Lesson 1-3)
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