College Spoken Chinese Fast Class Intermediate 2

The quickest way of learning conversational Chinese

Created byHong Zeng

Last updated 6/2017

English

What you'll learn

learn intermediate level of Chinese vocabularies and grammar
learn to converse and write on the topics such as residence, Chinese cuisine, buying goods, choosing major, dating, the benefits and harm of computer
Be able to function in China moderately well
Learn Chinese culture at daily level

Course content

4 sections • 41 lectures • 4h 10m total length

Introduction of the Course4:51
Embark on a fast spoken Chinese program using a mouth-to-mouth approach across four 4-hour courses totaling 16 hours to build daily life conversation with emphasis on pronunciation and tone.

lesson 22 dialogue 1 part 1 Better to live in New York or Minnesota9:26
This dialogue compares living in New York and Minnesota, highlighting cultural diversity, safety, traffic, and lifestyle choices as a family weighs where to settle.
lesson 22 dialogue 1 part 2-1 Better to live in New York or Minnesota10:20
Weigh safety, traffic, and culture when deciding between New York and Minnesota; New York offers festive energy, while Minnesota offers lower crime and lighter traffic.
Lesson 22 dialogue 1 part 2-22:34
This lesson compares living in Beijing and Chengdu, showing Beijing's festive, culturally diverse atmosphere, while Chengdu offers lower costs and less traffic, and is not desolate or boring.
lesson 22 dialogue 1 acting video Better to Live in New York or Minnesota1:15
Participate in college spoken Chinese fast class intermediate 2, lesson 22 dialogue 1 acting video, to strengthen practical listening and speaking while exploring living choices like New York or Minnesota.
lesson 23 dialogue 1 part 1 My Dorm10:07
Learn college dorm Chinese vocabulary and basic location patterns to describe where objects are, using furniture like chair, table, bookshelf, wardrobe, and appliances such as washer and dryer.
lesson 23 dialogue 1 part 29:05
Describe my dorm, its close proximity to the school and five-minute walk, and list furniture such as table, chair, bookshelf, bed, wardrobe, air conditioner, and a washer and dryer.
Lesson 23 dialogue acting video My Dorm0:47
Practice spoken Chinese through lesson 23 dialogue acting video set in my dorm, exploring social interactions and cultural cues in everyday campus life.

lesson 24 dialogue 1 part 1Chinese schools of cuisines10:21
Experience a Chinese restaurant dialogue where students discuss regional cuisines—Sichuan, Shanghai, Cantonese—and practice ordering, reading menus, and dining conversation.
lesson 24 dialogue 1 part 2-1 Chinese Schools of Cuisine9:20
Explore Chinese regional cuisines and schools of cuisine—from Sichuan to Shanghai and Cantonese—through a campus dining dialogue, ordering dishes like steamed fish and spinach tofu soup.
lesson 24 dialogue 1 part 2-2 Chinese Schools of Cuisine2:16
Explore Chinese schools of cuisine through a dialogue on cooking instructions, including how to adjust salt and flavors to avoid bland dishes, and practice phrases for communicating with a cook.
lesson 24 dialogue 1 acting video Chinese Schools of Cuisine1:22
Practice dialogue and acting in Chinese through a video focused on the schools of cuisine, building spoken Chinese skills for intermediate learners in a fast class setting.
lesson 24 dialogue 2 part 1 Chinese Schools of Cuisine8:38
Explore different schools of Chinese cuisine, including Shanghai, Cantonese, and Shandong, with notes on regional tastes like sweet, spicy, and bland; learn how to compare dishes and order across cuisines.
lesson 24 dialogue 2 part 2 Chinese Schools of Cuisine8:40
Explore Chinese schools of cuisine through a dialogue on taste preferences, comparing Cantonese and Shanghai styles, noting that Sichuan is very spicy, and discussing trying different foods at a restaurant.
Lesson 24 dialogue 2 acting video Chinese Schools of Cuisine0:58
Practice spoken Chinese through lesson 24 dialogue 2 acting video, focusing on Chinese schools of cuisine, in the college spoken Chinese fast class intermediate 2.
lesson 25 dialogue 1 part 1 Criteria for Purchasing Goods8:16
Discuss criteria for purchasing goods, emphasizing price, quality, and fabric like cotton, weighing brand against value, seeking discounts, and learning to walk away when not needed.
Lesson 25 dialogue 1 part 2 Criteria for Purchasing Goods9:46
Learn to weigh price, quality, and brands when buying daily necessities, clothes, and durable goods in practical shopping dialogues.
lesson 25 dialogue 1 acting video Criteria for Purchasing Goods0:59
Watch an acting video in this intermediate Chinese lesson that demonstrates the criteria for purchasing goods through dialogue, including discussion of meat pies and kosher options.
lesson 25 dialogue 2 part 1-110:12
Explore how shoppers evaluate clothing purchases by comfort, beauty, price, and brand. The dialogue contrasts famous brands with affordable options, noting quality, practicality, vanity, and the influence of family income.
lesson 25 dialogue 2 part 1-2 Criteria for Purchasing Goods2:45
Explore criteria for purchasing goods on a budget by comparing ordinary shirts to a famous brand, showing how price and value guide shopping decisions.
lesson 25 dialogue 2 part 2-1 Criteria for Purchasing Goods9:30
Explore criteria for purchasing goods in a clothes dialogue, weighing comfort and quality against brand prestige, price, discounts, and family budget considerations.
Lesson 25 dialogue 2 part 2-2 Criteria for Purchasing Goods3:57
Explore how college spoken chinese learners discuss criteria for purchasing goods, balancing brand fame, price, quality, and after-sale service.
Lesson 25 dialogue 2 acting video Criteria for Purchasing Goods1:23
Explore a dialogue about criteria for purchasing goods through an acting video in the college spoken Chinese fast class, intermediate 2.

lesson 26 dialogue 1 part 1 Choose a Major12:30
Choose a major and map your semester by selecting courses such as world history, chemistry, economics, and Chinese literature, and plan for engineering, management, or graduate school.
lesson 26 dialogue 1 part 2 choose a major13:07
Explore choosing a college major through student dialogue, weighing literature, history, chemistry, economics, or computer science, and options like engineering or business while considering credits, graduation, and job prospects.
lesson 26 dialogue 1 acting video choose a major1:42
Practice a college-level Chinese dialogue through an acting video focused on choosing a major, with quick prompts and scenarios to build spoken fluency.
lesson 26 dialogue 2 part 1 choose a major5:36
In lesson 26 dialogue 2 part 1, students weigh major options—finance, literature, humanities, philosophy, science and engineering, and business—while navigating parental expectations and the practicality of job prospects.
lesson 26 dialogue 2 part 2 choose a major7:59
Explore how to choose a college major amid parental expectations and personal interests, weighing lucrative career prospects in science and engineering against humanities and philosophy.
lesson 26 dialogue 2 acting video choose a major0:47
Practice college Chinese in an intermediate fast class through lesson 26 dialogue 2, an acting video about choosing a major.
lesson 27 dialogue 1 part 1 Dating9:05
Explore dating dialogue, conflicts with a boyfriend, and discussions of family background and hobbies, including computer games and concerts, through practical conversations.
lesson 27 dialogue 1 part 2 Dating9:36
Practice dating dialogues in intermediate Chinese by talking about shared hobbies, past relationships, and social plans, including concert and cinema outings, to build natural spoken interaction.
lesson 27 dialogue 1 acting video Dating0:59
Practice dating dialogue and role-play in spoken Chinese at an intermediate level. Focus on natural conversation, age questions, and messaging via WhatsApp.
lesson 27 dialogue 2 part 1 Dating6:10
Practice dating dialogues and relationship expressions to convey sincerity and apologize in Chinese conversation. Learn to avoid quarrels and grudges, and to express love and understanding in dating contexts.
lesson 27 dialogue 2 part 2 Dating6:41
Practice dating dialogue in college spoken Chinese, focusing on apologies, understanding, and managing conflicts to maintain a good attitude and relationship.
lesson 27 dialogue 2 acting video Dating0:39
Participate in dating dialogue through an acting video, practice spoken Chinese in realistic social contexts, and reflect on social media dynamics and personal agency.
lesson 28 dialogue 1 part 1 Benefits and Harm of Computer9:00
Assess the benefits and harms of computers in the modern age and how information changes rapidly, including reading electronic books, playing computer games, and shopping.
lesson 28 dialogue 1 part 2 Benefits and harm of computer8:03
Explore the benefits and harms of computers in the computer age, including online shopping, booking tickets, electronic books, and games, while noting information reliability versus trash information.
lesson 28 dialogue 1 acting video Benefits and Harm of Computer0:55
Explore the benefits and harm of computer through dialogue 1 in lesson 28 acting video for an intermediate college spoken Chinese course.
lesson 28 dialogue 2 part 1 Benefits and harm of computer8:35
Discover how the computer can be a useful study tool and support language translation. Discuss strategies to prevent addiction, guide children, and balance online use with learning.
lesson 28 dialogue 2 part 2 Benefits and harm of computer9:16
Explore the benefits and harms of computer use, including its impact on study and health, risks of addiction, and the role of parents in guiding safe, educational use.
lesson 28 dialogue 2 acting video Benefits and Harm of Computer0:59
An acting dialogue video in a college spoken Chinese class explores the benefits and harm of computer, set in a high school, for practicing spoken Chinese.

Requirements

Intermediate level Chinese students
Students who have taken my college Mandarin Chinese Beginning Level

Description

I am excited to announce to you that here comes the fourth sequel of College Spoken Chinese Fast Class: the quickest way of learning conversation Chinese. I am an award-winning professor of Chinese for 16 years at prestigious American colleges with two PhDs in Chinese and comparative language and literature. The quickest way of acquiring spoken language is the way we learned a language during our childhood: from mouth to mouth, without any written script. While without an explaining medium language, a baby has to figure out the meaning of the sentences from recurring situations, we, as adult learners, can even further enhance the speed by minimal, explaining medium language (here is English). The sequence of "College Spoken Chinese Series: The quickest way of learning conversational Chinese" has four courses. Each course takes you only 4 hours (30-40 minutes each day for the two dialogues of each lesson, you can finish the course in a week), the four courses will allow you to master spoken Chinese included in two year's college Chinese curriculum (without the written character requirement of course) in just 16 hours. You will be able to conduct conversation fluently in all realms of daily life, including greeting, family, time, hobbies, visit friends, make appointment, study Chinese, school life, go shopping, weather, traffic, dining, library, renting apartment, book air ticket, traveling, etc. Not just random teaching of some key sentences in a situation, but full-body real-life conversation that encompasses exactly two year's college Chinese curriculum (based on the same range of vocabulary, grammar and situation dialogues)! This sequence can be for any new-learners of Chinese, but don't mistake it for just new learners! It is immeasurably valuable for those students who have already studied Chinese for years but need to make his pronunciation as accurate, his speech as fluent as native speakers through the teacher's all-talking head videos emphasizing the mouth shape of pronunciation, the correct tone and sentence cadence that you cannot acquire otherwise. This course is the fourth sequel, encompass topics such as ideal location of residence, Chinese schools of cuisine, criteria for purchasing goods, choosing the major, dating and resolution of conflicts, very important topics in daily life.
Each dialogue is taught in three lectures. The first lecture will teach you the meaning of each phrase and sentence in the dialogue with the help of medium language---English, but the main emphasis is to lead you speak after me through the whole dialogue as soon as you understand them. During this lecture, you may glance at the printed out PDF of the text with its pinyin text for identifying the sound with my talk-head pronunciation, particularly students who have never studied pinyin and not familiar with Chinese pronunciation. In the second lecture, I will lead you to speak through the text twice and practice the dialogue with you in a new, invented context where we act as two sides speaking the dialogue. The third lecture is an acting video in which you can review your dialogue and speak after me again. I didn't put in pinyin subtitles in the talking head videos, because I think it will distract you from recalling the full sentence you speak after me, instead, you will just spell out the pinyin one by one mechanically, without being able to duplicate the full sentence language out of your memory when you speak after me. After the first lecture, you should not even look at the PDF while speaking after me, you should speak after me like a child learning his first language---from mouth to mouth, observing the mouth shape in pronunciation, imitate the pronunciation and tones as closely as possible, draw from memory the whole sentence structure after you heard it, on the spot. That is how you can maximize the speed of learn spoken language.
You will see after four hours, you are able to speak, with near native-speaker accuracy and fluency some major situational dialogues, the content of which a college student has to learn in one full semester (without the written requirement), in five months.

Who this course is for:

Students of Chinese at intermediate spoken level
students who have learned my College Spoken Chinese Fast beginning level and intermediate level 1

College Spoken Chinese Fast Class Intermediate 2

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 5min

lesson 22, 23: Is it better to live in New York or Minnesota; My Dorm7 lectures • 44min

lesson 24, 25: Chinese Schools of Cuisine; Criteria for Purchasing Goods15 lectures • 1hr 28min

Lesson 26, 27, 28: Choose a Major: Dating; The Benefits and Harm of Computer18 lectures • 1hr 52min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: