CSLIO1
Text Book: Integrated Chinese-Level 1 Part 1, 3rd. Ed. ISBN 978-0-88727-638-5
Workbook: Integrated Chinese-Level 1 Part 1, 3rd. Ed. ISBN 978-0-88727-640-8
CSLIOral-1 is an intermediate –level oral course in Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) for students who have finished “My first Chinese Readers 1-4” or equivalent level. The emphasis will be on the spoken language. Pronunciation, listening comprehension, recognizing Chinese characters, sentence structures, grammar, reading and writing will also be included.
By the end of the school year, students are expected to acquire the following competencies:
1) Exchange basic greetings; request a person’s last name and full name and provide your own; determine whether someone is a teacher or a student and ascertain someone’s nationality.
2) Employ basic kinship terms; describe a family photo; ask about someone’s profession and say some common profession.
3) Tell and speak about time and dates; talk about one’s age and birthday; invite someone to dinner and arrange a dinner date.
4) Say and write the terms for basic personal hobbies; ask about someone’s hobbies; ask friend out to see a movie and set up plans for the weekend.
5) Welcome a visitor; introduce one person to another; compliment someone on his/her house; ask for beverages as a guest at someone else’s place; offer beverages to a visitor and briefly describe a visit to a friend’s place.
6) Answer a phone call and initiate a phone conversation; ask for a favor and ask someone to return your call.
7) Comment on one’s performance in an exam; comment on one’s character writing; talk about one’s experience in learning Chinese vocabulary and grammar; talk about one’s study habits and remark on typical scenes from one’s language class.
8) Describe the routine of a student’s life on campus; write a simple diary entry; write a brief letter in the proper format; express your modesty in terms of your foreign language ability and invite friends to go on an outing.
9) Speak about the color, size and price of a purchase; recognize Chinese currency; pay bills in cash or with a credit card; determine the proper change you should receive; ask for a different size and/or color of merchandise and exchange merchandise.
10) Comment about several means of transportation; explain how to travel from one station to another; describe a traffic route; express your gratitude after a personal favor and offer New Year’s wishes.