Mandarin Level 1 is a Beginners Mandarin course for students who have never studied the Mandarin language before. 

 

Our Online Mandarin language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.

 

 

Course Content

 

 Communication Points

– Classroom expressions

– Introductions: surnames, names and titles

– Greetings, expressions and farewells

– Nationalities

– Talk about others

– Family and ages

 

Grammar Points

– Initials and finals of Chinese pinyin

– Four tones & the neutral tone

– Strokes and stroke order of Chinese characters

– Chinese radicals

– The 是 sentence

– The structural particle 的

– Interrogative sentences with 吗

– The interrogative particle 呢

– Indicating a change with 了

– Loanwords

 

Examples

(1) 你好！

(2) 谢谢，不客气。

(3) 对不起，没关系。

(4) 我姓李。

(5) 我叫李月。

(6) 我是老师，我不是学生。

(7) 我不是中国人，我是美国人。

(8) 她是我的汉语老师。

(9) 我家有三口人。

(10) 她今年50岁了。

 

Cultural Knowledge:

– Ways of asking a Chinese person’s age

 

Vocabulary

– Family names and titles

– Countries and cities

– Family members 

– Numbers 1-100

 

Course Book  

HSK Standard Course 1 Textbook and Workbook, Chapters 1-5

ISBN-978-7561937099

 

What do you need for an online class?

 

To get the most from this course you will need

 

A reliable internet connection

A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone

A web camera on or attached to the device you are using

An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset

The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

 

This language course includes

 

Access to our online platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources 

Support and advice from Mandarin language teachers 

Mandarin language study tips