Chinese course A2.1 NS

Chinese Language Level A2/1^st Phase for Native Speakers

Development of the first of three phases of language level A2, based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and a review of Chinese characters and grammar for native speakers.

Required prior knowledge: Completion of Level A1.3

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.

To successfully complete the course (minimum 70% attendance, active participation, and possible final exam), you will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the course level.

Communication situations:

• Confirming that something has happened
• Commenting on actions and behavior
• Exchanging money at the bank
• Describing a place you’ve visited
• Filling out a form
• Borrowing books
• Returning books
• Getting to know new friends
• Excusing yourself briefly
• Making comparisons
• Buying clothes
• At the post office
• Reminding someone of something

+ Intercultural communication supplement:
Improved understanding of cultural, economic, and sociological aspects of China.

Grammar:

• Approx. 350 new characters
• Pronunciation and intonation (advanced practice)
• Improving listening comprehension
• Verb reduplication
• Numbers from 100 to 1000
• Principles of character formation
• The simple directional complement
• The complement of time duration
• The “de” phrase
• Comparisons using the preposition bi
• The complement of quantity
• The result complement
• The particle le
• The ba-construction
• Sentences with shi
• Character formation principles (Part 4)

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