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Chinese for Absolute Beginners (Autumn 2019)

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    Course description:
    This is a course for absolute beginners of Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required. The course is taught in English.
    Materials:
    Textbook: To be assigned in class.
    Course Objectives
    After the course, students will be able to:
    • identify and comprehend conversation situations and reproduce conversation schemes in basic conversation situations given by the textbook,
    • apply the conversation schemes and acquired vocabulary to other interactive conversation situations,
    • read and write basic conversation texts given in the textbook, and
    • apply acquired grammar, vocabulary and increase necessary reading and writing comprehension.
    Tentative Schedule
    1. Lesson 1 Greetings: Chinese phonetics.
    2. Lesson 1 Greetings: Grammar of shì, Chinese phonetics.
    3. Lesson 1 Greetings: Grammar of yě, Chinese phonetics.
    4. Lesson 1 Greetings: Grammar of ma, Chinese phonetics.
    5. Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of you, Chinese phonetics.
    6. Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of shéi, Chinese phonetics.
    7. Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of liăng, Chinese classifiers, Chinese phonetics.
    8. Lesson 2 Family: Grammar of shénme, Chinese classifiers, Chinese phonetics.
    9. Lesson 3 Invitation: Numbers, how to express time in Chinese.
    10. Lesson 3 Invitation: How to express dates in Chinese.
    11. Lesson 3 Invitation: How to talk about place and activities.
    12. Lesson 3 Invitation: How to make an invitation.
    WHEN:
    23. 9. – 9. 12. 2019
    DURATION:
    12 weeks, 2 x 45 min per class
    TIME:
    Monday 17:45 – 19:15
    WHERE:
    MU Language Centre, Komenského náměstí 2, 602 00, Brno
    PARTICIPANTS:
    Students, MU employees, public
    LECTOR:
    Native speaker
    CONTACT:
    koordinator@cjv.muni.cz

Total: 1 200 CZK incl. VAT