CHN 102 First Year Chinese 2

1. Transcribe dictated phrases and sentences. 
2. Respond to spoken phrases, sentences and questions supported by context and redundancy. 
3. Pronounce Chinese words and sentences accurately and with correct tone. 
4. Engage in simple conversation: ask and answer questions, make plans, discuss daily activities. 
5. Interpret main ideas and some details from simple text. 
6. Interpret main ideas from short written texts, such as diaries or public transit information. 
7. Transcribe dictated phrases and sentences. 
8. Compose short written sentences, messages and simple letters.
9. Describe selected aspects of geography, history, artistic heritage, and cultural practices in the Chinese world.
10. Explain and use several behaviors and basic nonverbal cues in limited situations.

• Lesson 6 Making Appointments
  • Answer a phone call and initiate a phone conversation
  • Set up an appointment
  • Ask someone to do things
  • Time expressions
  • Use the preposition ~ gěi, the modal verb ~ yào, dé, and the adverb ~bié
  • Directional compliments
• Lesson 7 Studying Chinese
  • Discuss taking an exam and the performance of an exam
  • Discuss the Chinese learning experience
  • Discuss study habits
  • Descriptive complements
  • Use the adverbs ~tài, zhēn, hěn, jiù
  • Double objects
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Use expression words
  • The structure of ~de
  • Connect sentences in continuous discourse
• Lesson 8 School Life
  • Describe a student’s daily routine in a diary and a letter
  • The position of time-when expressions
  • Use the adverb ~ jiù, the particle ~de
  • Use ~ yībiān … yībiān to describe simultaneity
  • The ~zhèngzài structure
  • Use ~chúle … yǐwài, hái/ yě to indicate inclusiveness
  • Compare ~néng and ~huì
  • Use the conjunction word ~yàoshi and ~yīnwèi with adverb ~ jiù to convey a condition.
• Lesson 9 Shopping
  • Describe the color, size, and price of merchandise
  • Recognize Chinese currency
  • Understand the denominations of Chinese currency
  • Pay in cash or with a credit card and determine the proper change for a cash purchase
  • Use the adverb ~duō in an interrogative sentence
  • Ask for or exchange merchandise in a different size or color
  • Use the measure word for an object
  • Use the comparing words ~gēn, hé, bù yīyàng
  • Use the conjunctions ~suīrán, kěshì, or ~dànshì to express although…yet…
• Lesson 10 Transportation
  • Discuss different means of transportation
  • Explain how to transfer from one subway or bus line to another
  • Navigate public transit
  • Express gratitude and use words ~nǎlǐ nǎlǐ to respond
  • Topic - comment sentences
  • Indicate an alternative and sequence
  • Use the adverb ~měi and ~dōu to indicate the meaning of totality
  • Use the structure of ~yào and ~le to indicate the imminence of an action
  • Use common words in conversation, such as ~wèi, méi wèntí