Chinese course A2.1
Chinese Language Level A2/1st Phase
Development of the first of three phases of the A2 language level, with an intercultural perspective in accordance with recognized global standards such as the Standards for Chinese Language Proficiency as a Foreign Language, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), and the Chinese Proficiency Test Syllabus.
Required prior knowledge: Level A1.3
This is not a university course with ECTS credits! To take part in our accredited courses, you must be a student at the University of Graz or a co-registered student and register through the UNIGRAZonline system.
Upon successful completion of the course (70% attendance, active participation, and possibly a final exam), participants will receive a certificate of participation confirming the course level.
Communication situations:
- Confirming that something has taken place
- Commenting on actions and behavior
- Exchanging money at the bank
- Describing a place you visited
- Filling out a form
- Borrowing books
- Returning books
- Getting to know new friends
- Apologizing briefly
- Making comparisons
- Buying clothes
- At the post office
- Reminding someone of something
- Bonus: Intercultural Communication
- Better understanding of China’s cultural, economic, and sociological context
Grammar:
- Approx. 350 additional Chinese characters
- Pronunciation and intonation (advanced)
- Improved listening comprehension
- Reduplication of verbs
- Numbers from 100 to 1000
- Principles of character formation
- Simple directional complements
- Duration complements
- The de phrase
- Comparison with the preposition bi
- Quantity complements
- Result complements
- The particle le
- The ba construction
- Sentences with shi
- Principles of Chinese character formation (4 types)
