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Mandarin Level 2
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Mandarin syllabus level 1+ at UCL Language Centre or a low GCSE
grade (or equivalent).
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The course aims to give students the opportunity to revise their knowledge of Mandarin
Chinese and to acquire more sophisticated ways of dealing with practical matters. By the
end of the course, students should be able to master in writing 150-200 Chinese characters
and recognise a total of 300 characters. This includes revision and consolidation of Chinese
characters, vocabulary, sentence structure and pronunciation. Cultural awareness will be
developed.
Functions
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Understanding information about weather report
Understanding daily routines
Asking and giving directions
Accommodation reservation
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Expressing opinions, feelings and possibility
Practical matter (bookings, accommodation, getting around)
Travelling
Talking about weather and what clothes to wear
Home visit
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Tone sandhi :3rd+ 3rd tone
Differences between "z&zh", "c&ch", "uo&e", "zh, ch, sh", "ü&üe"
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Grammar
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差不多 the same 一样
Revision of modal verbs 要&会
from A to B 从...到
Expressing action in progressing 正在
Sequences 先...然后
The auxiliary word 得
Quality and size 多大/多宽/多长
Passive 被
both and 又...又
Comparison A and B similar
Learning Resources
Books
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Discover China: Student's Book Two, edited by Chen Xin, Jing Lili , Macmillan.
Bilingual Dictionaries
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Langenscheidt dictionary
Oxford Beginners’ dictionary
Macmillan-FLTRP Chinese Character Dictionary
In addition there are supplementary materials for self-study in the Self-Access Centre
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