Curriculum for Adult Group Classes
Topics, Objectives, and Goals of Each Level
Beginner Level I-III
(20 hrs/level)
Topics
- At the restaurant
- Numbers & amounts
- Money
- Time & dates
- Shopping & bargaining
- Seeing a doctor
- Expressing thanks
- Making friends
- Asking directions
Goals
- Recognize about 600 basic words & 200 sentence patterns
- Express oneself and communicate in a simple and efficient way
- Able to survive in daily communication
Intermediate Level I-III
(20 hrs/level)
Topics
- Describing work and family
- The weather
- Hobbies
- Arts and culture
- Locations and directions
- Traveling and transportation
- At the post office
- Making appointments
- Making suggestions
- Making complaints
- Expressing opinions
Goals
- Recognize up to 1,600 words
- Can communicate comfortably
- More about routine needs
- Begin to understand native conversation
- Learn more sophisticated expressions
- Start simple characters writing
Advanced Level III
(30 hrs/level)
Topics
- Discussing issues
- Health & medical services
- Trade & business
- Joining an exhibition
- Negotiating price
- Entertainment
- Comic dialogue
- Current affairs in China
- Places names & others
Goals
- Recognize up to 2,000 words
- Learn more idiomatic & sophisticated language patterns
- Explore in depth a wide range of social, business and cultural topics