Mandarin - Intermediate 2

Course Description

This is a standard class that meets once per week for 8 consecutive weeks: April 22 – June 10. This level is perfect for students who have completed the Intermediate 1 program or who have a strong understanding of basic grammar and knowledge of 200 characters or more. This course continues the intermediate level (CEFR A2/HSK2), focusing on expressing possibilities and handling more complex actions. Students learn to use result and potential complements to indicate whether something can be done (for example, “can we still get tickets?” or “I can’t understand it”). The important “把” structure is introduced to describe actions involving objects (like opening a suitcase or parking a car). Learners also practice talking about likely future events (using “会” to say what might happen) and describing past experiences in more detail. By the end of this course, students can confidently ask for permission, describe outcomes, and discuss plans or possibilities in Chinese. Level: HSK2 / CEFR: A2 Topics: Watching films, security check, contests, talking about studies, making comments Objectives: Verbs indicating direction, uses of the interrogatives “what” & “where”, pivotal sentences, and comparisons (comparatives and superlatives), verb + “ 得 / 不 ’ + verb / adjective indicating ability,“什么 / 谁 / 哪⼉” indicating all, prepositions Textbook: New Concept Chinese 2, Chapter 11 – 20