SCHEME OF WORK
Term:
Name of Course:
Session length:
90mins
Number of sessions:
12
Mandarin Beginner
Name of Tutor:
Crystal Cheng
Aims of the course:
Date
22/04/2015
1
Session content/ topic
Brief Introduction of
Mandarin
Language structure/
grammar points
Learning outcomes
Greetings,
Be able to greet others for the first time
Nihao, ni hao ma? wo de
ming zi shi…
Asking people’s name
Greetings
Ni hao! Hello!
Wo xing… wo jiao …
Ni ne?
2
3
29/04/2015
Introduction of Pin Yin, tones
and number 1-10
Pin yin and numbers
06/05/2015
Ni shi na li ren
Countries
Na li, na
Be able to understand how does pinyin connect with
character and count number 1-10
Know how to ask questions with “na li”,”na” able to
answer own’s countries name and some other main
countries
13/05/2015
Ni shi na li ren
4
Negative adverb
不 bu
20/05/2015
Ni zuo shen me gong zuo
5
Know how to use negative adverb 不, and able to
describe people that where are they come from
Occupations
Asking and answering questions about occupations
Adverb 也/都, word order
Know how to use/add 的
Pronouns as modifier (+的)
6
27/05/2015
Social event
Cultural understanding
Identifying information about family members
7
03/06/2015
Ni zuo shen me gong zuo
Family members
Asking and answering questions about family members
Describing one’s family members and their occupations
Ta zhen gao
8
10/06/2015
People’s appearances
Describing people’s appearances
Interrogative pronoun 谁
Know how to use interrogative pronoun 谁
Numbers in Chinese
9
10
11
17/06/2015
24/06/2015
01/07/205
Ta zhen gao
Zhe shi wo de dian hua hao
ma
Zhe shi wo de dian hua hao
Favourites, ages
Addresses
Contact number
Question word 多少
Describing people’s favourites
Asking the questions about the age
Asking for and giving information about contact
numbers and addresses
Asking for and giving information about contact
12
08/07/2015
ma
Word order of Chinese
addresses
numbers and addresses
Jin tian ji hao
Months and dates
Asking for and saying dates and days
请
Making invitations