Chinese Beginners 1 (30 hours) Outline Syllabus Week 1 • • • General Introduction to Chinese Pinyin and Tones Introduction to the Writing System Week 2 • • • Numbers Greetings Introducing Yourself Week 3 • • • Xing and Jiao Negative Sentences and Interrogative Sentences Asking for Personal Information Week 4 • • • The Verb shi and Basic Sentence Structures Answering an Affirmative-negative Question Adverbs bu, jiu and dou Week 5 • • • Verb-absent Sentences Jisui and duoda Questions Days of the Week, Months of the Year Week 6 • • • S+V+O Construction Routines and Daily Activities Haishi Questions Week 7 • • • Modal Verbs Hobbies and Habits Making Suggestions with haoma Week 8 • • • Ordering Food and Drink Talking about Likes and Dislikes Measurement Words in Chinese Week 9 • • • Talking about Your Family The Negative Form and Question Form of an S+Adj. Speech Pattern Offering Someone Something to Eat or Drink Week 10 • • • Review of Basic Sentence Structures Speaking and Writing Practice Overall Consolidation