Chinese course A1.1 + A1.2
Chinese Level A1.1 + A1.2
(Combined 1st and 2nd of 3 phases at A1 level)
Development of the first and second phases of language level A1, with reference to the intercultural perspective of recognized global standards such as the Standards for Chinese Language Proficiency for Foreign Learners, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and the Chinese Proficiency Test Syllabus.
No prior knowledge required!
This is not a university course with ECTS credits! For our credit-bearing courses, you must be a student at the University of Graz or a co-registered student and enroll via the UNIGRAZonline system.
Upon successful completion of the course (70% attendance, active participation, and possible final exam), you will receive a certificate of participation for the course level
Communication situations:
- Greetings
- Introducing yourself
- Talking about family
- Nationality
- Numbers
- Asking for directions
- Asking about needs
- Introducing people
- Nationality and professions
- Looking for someone
- Asking for permission
+ Intercultural communication additions:
- Cultural differences
- Chinese etiquette
- Customs and traditions
- Student interests
- Making suggestions
- Asking for repetition
- Meeting someone for the first time
- Talking about your subject of study
- Talking about school or university
- Talking about your family
- Congratulating someone on their birthday
- Food and drink
- Asking about age and birthplace
- Likes and dislikes
- Getting to know someone
- Shopping
Grammar:
- Pronunciation rules, tone sequences, sound differentiation
- Basic strokes of Chinese characters
- Word order in Chinese sentences
- Yes/no questions with ma
- Sentences with adjectival predicates
- Personal pronouns
- Questions with interrogatives
- Predicative adjectives
- Attribute particle de
- Questions & negation
- Retroflex suffixation
- Tenses (past – present – future)
- Tone changes of certain characters
- Sentences with verbal predicates
- Possessive expressions with attributives
- "V/Adj – Neg – V/Adj" question structure
- Elliptical questions with ne
- Position of the adverbs ye (also), dou (all)
- Numbers and measure words as attributes
- Expressing dates
- Time expressions as adverbials
- Sentences with nominal predicates
- Questions with haoma (number?)
- Prepositional phrases
- Sentences with object markers like gei (to), song (give as a gift)
Schedule:
Classes take place twice a week.
