UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
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Mandarin Level 2+
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Mandarin syllabus level 2 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 strengthen students’ basic knowledge of Mandarin to reach an
intermediate level and to communicate in and understand Mandarin on many practical
everyday matters related to various aspects Chinese culture. Students are encouraged to
express their ideas in discussions of a limited range of topics and expected to be able to read
text without pinyin.
Functions
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Describing people's appearance and personality
Talking about a past experience
Identifying natural beauty
Asking and answering about sending package
Talking about plans and making suggestions
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Appearance & personality
recipe
Shop for souvenir
Bargaining
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
不& 一
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Tone sandhi of
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The neutral tone
Difference between "en& eng", "ian& uan", "j&z", "s&sh"
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Grammar
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把 sentences
Noun phrase "shi..de"
The more...the more ...
越越
除了...以外, 还...apart from
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Expressing percentages
Exclamatory construction duo..a!
Expressing immediate actions with
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The auxiliary words
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Notional passive
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的/得/地
就...了
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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