CMN-HI-BEG-2. FIRST part of the three-course long Mandarin High-Beginner 2 sequence.
An all-adults class.
Materials are not included in tuition.
High-Beginner 2 level description: A great course for those who have completed Mandarin High-Beginner 1 level or similar.
Here is a summary of what students will learn by the end of the High-Beginner 2 level:
Objective: To provide students the abilities to actively participate in most informal and limited formal conversations related to work, school, home or leisure activities; to make structured arguments.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this course, students can expect to write paragraphs with ease as well as carry conversations with greater fluency. Students will be able to politely accept and decline an appointment, describe current and ideal living quarters, name common pieces of furniture, discuss and negotiate rent, talk about sports, present vacation plans, describe and compare cities, book airplane tickets, and check in at the airport.
Topics: Verbal complements — descriptive, potential and directional complements, approximate number, question pronouns used in statement sentences, continuation, duration of actions, status particle (zhe), passive-voice sentences, question pronouns as indefinite references (whoever, whenever, etc.).
Next Level: Mandarin High-Beginner 2.2 or greater.