
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese.
Practice 1 sharpens cafe and coffee vocabulary for core chinese 2, through lively phrases about cafes, cafe chains, and coffee culture, with references to beijing, the fountain, and local coffee interactions.
Practice 1 (2/2) in Core Chinese 2 guides learners through Beijing travel phrases and pronunciation, with repeated dialogue practice and phonetic variations to build basic conversational skills.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Practice 2 (2/2) advances Core Chinese 2 with practical dialogues in Beijing, covering shopping for clothes and shoes, buying a house, cafe conversations, and mentions of cell phones and photos.
Practice a sequence of phonics sounds and syllables from the caption, including mo, sure, yeah, hool, layal, leel, neil, zeer, CNN, and sierre, to build pronunciation fluency.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Practice 3-1 exposes learners to a mosaic of English phrases from pop culture, patriotism, and megachurch references, sharpening pronunciation and sound-alike distinctions.
Practice session explores recurring phrases around Tony, patriotism, and international topics, including Beijing and Taipei, while examining duties and type 18 references to build conversational Chinese skills.
Practice contemporary Chinese through pop culture topics, tempo, and sound in Beijing contexts. Engage in guided drills and examples from pop culture discussions.
Practice 3-1 (4/8) engages learners in dialogue-driven Chinese language practice, exploring references to wall, war, and pop culture to build intermediate-level language skills.
Practice discussing cafes and coffee in Chinese, focusing on popular cafes, top cafe lists, and expressing favorites. Explore cafe culture phrases and time for coffee in lively dialogues.
Engage with a live or sound portrait of Beijing through practice 3-1, exploring dialogues about people, places, and everyday activities referenced across Beijing, Portugal, and various names.
Practice 3-1 (7/8) guides learners through cafe and local coffee vocabulary, weaving parts hunting, selling pot hunting, and Beijing references while tracking tempo and dialogue flow.
Practice 3-1 (8/8) in core chinese 2 sharpens intermediate vocabulary, focusing on pot hunting phrases, proper names like Dynan and Toensing, and related terms such as hunting and tax hunting.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Practice 3-2 uses prompts like what's your point? to drive spoken Chinese through dialogues about cafes, phones, and Beijing.
Practice 3-2 (2/11) in Core Chinese 2 emphasizes recognizing and using phrases about patriotism, youth, selling, and various items outside Beijing to build intermediate speaking skills.
Explore themes of young patriotism and promotion as young adults in Beijing debate personal doubts and pop songs and related social topics.
Learn to express tempo and watch duties through garbled dialogue, exploring phrases about shields, phones, and funds in Core Chinese 2 practice 3-2.
Practice 3-2 guides learners through Chinese conversations about cafes, coffee, and daily topics, teaching how to ask for and share comments and preferences in social settings.
Practice 3-2 (9/11) moves Core Chinese 2 learners to an intermediate level with topics like Gaza, war, indictments, and everyday scenes such as cafes and fountains from the caption.
Practice 3-2 (10/11) drills learners through repeated phrase patterns with was and young, featuring patriot prompts and varied names from the caption.
Practice 3-2 (11/11) assembles a long sequence of phrases and names to be studied in Core Chinese 2: advance to intermediate level.
Develop phonics skills by focusing on the s sound and recognizing words like see, one, well, and Wang.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Explore practice 4 in core chinese 2 to advance to intermediate level through phrases such as cafe, church in town, Canton, and fountain.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Practice cafe dialogue and travel phrases in Core Chinese 2, focusing on cafe names such as Fountain Hall Cafe, coffee ordering, discussing phones, and locating places like Beijing.
Practice 5 (3/3) guides learners through Beijing trip dialogues, time questions, and related phrases to express plans, duties, and outcomes in advanced Chinese.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Advance to intermediate level Chinese in core chinese 2 by engaging with practice 6 (1/9), presenting a sequence of dialogue prompts and varied phrases to develop core conversational skills.
Practice 6 guides learners through simulated conversations about calling on the phone, discussing places and actions, with repeated Beijing references and social interactions.
Practice 6 centers on cafe conversations in Chinese, naming coffee shops, ordering drinks, describing people, and discussing café etiquette and common faux pas.
Practice 6 guides learners through deciding between going full time or waiting, using phrases about participation, war, and faux pas to rehearse dialogues and choices.
Practice 6 (6/9) in core Chinese 2 presents a rapid sequence of dialogue prompts about war, time, and everyday situations, guiding learners to navigate varied Chinese expressions.
Practice 6 navigates faux pas and boukhari mispronunciations, using colorful PowerPoint examples about pipeline, Portugal, and Gulf War to build practical intermediate Chinese skills.
Practice 6 engages a fast-paced pronunciation drill of diverse names and terms, guiding learners through tricky reads and phonetic variations across languages.
Guide learners through basic Chinese phrases for cafe conversations, colors, and travel to Beijing, including public spaces and descriptions of people.
Explore phonics through a sequence of short words and names, such as a, young, Ron, yeah, Lei, Wayne, and Lang, to practice pronunciation and phonemic awareness.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Practice 7 guides learners through practical Chinese dialogues, exploring questions like what's your platform, how to go to Beijing, and everyday topics from salary to moshing and café conversations.
Practice 7 (2/2) in core chinese 2 takes learners through a messy, spoken-like transcript to advance toward the intermediate level, featuring varied phrases and everyday context.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Practice 8 (1/3) navigates a chaotic transcript of coffee talk and global references, teaching intermediate Chinese learners to parse everyday phrases and core vocabulary like coffee, cafe, world, and Beijing.
Explore a stream of phrases in practice 8 (2/3) to reinforce core vocabulary and comprehension in Core Chinese 2: advance to intermediate level.
Practice eight (three of three) introduces leadership and cycle language with terms like caffé and cybercafé, guiding advanced Chinese learners through nuanced vocabulary.
Practice phonics with a focused drill of common sounds and names: in, on, way, ray, john, joe, row, rue, sure, she, jay, geir, yeah, zain, bob, for, cuil.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Advance core chinese 2 to intermediate level through cafe-themed prompts and Warholian references, focusing on coffee and caffé across diverse contexts.
Practice 9 (2/9) weaves dialogues and scenes about cell phones, cafes, and names like Soichi, Soini, and Cynthy Bulkeley to build intermediate Chinese listening and speaking skills.
Practice 9 (4/9) from Core Chinese 2 presents a sequence of phrases about cell phones in school and other settings, focusing on basic vocabulary and English usage.
Practice 9 builds cafe conversation in core chinese 2, teaching coffee ordering and enjoyment, with related food vocabulary such as soy, curry, and halal options.
Advance to intermediate Core Chinese 2 with Practice 9 (7/9), featuring cafe-themed dialogues centered on coffee interactions and a diverse set of proper nouns.
Practice 9 immerses learners in Beijing-centered scenarios, from travel and daily life to cultural faux pas, golf references, and cross-city mentions like Washington, D.C. and Kuala Lumpur.
Explore how a marine lieutenant navigates coffee-driven motifs to illustrate policy decisions across war, oil, and international contexts. Trace pathways and choices through recurring one cafe and one coffee motifs.
Master phonics through focused practice of tin tin and tian tian, strengthening pronunciation and sound recognition in core Chinese 2.
Lecture Goal
You will be able to make and speak the following expressions in Chinese
Practice 10 (1/9) in Core Chinese 2 presents a set of terms and phrases, including population cycle, waterfall, PowerPoint, and pathway, in an intermediate-level context.
Engage with pop culture in practice 10 (2/9) of Core Chinese 2, exploring pop culture references and names like Patricia and Shasha to improve intermediate listening and speaking.
practice 10 (3/9) presents a dialogue-driven activity centered on names, family references, and Tony-focused questions to build intermediate Chinese conversation and listening skills.
Practice 10 (4/9) presents dialogues and prompts in core chinese 2, advancing learners from beginner to intermediate with names like Julie and Nakul and focusing on conversational patterns.
Practice 10 provides mixed dialogues and phrases about Beijing travel, daily topics like coffee, pop culture, and casual conversation, helping learners build intermediate Chinese speaking and listening skills.
Practice vocabulary and dialogue around coffee shops and cafe culture, including terms like caffé, policy for coffee, and various cafe references across scenes.
Practice 10 prompts you to share your thoughts on Beijing, war, March 18, motivation, and related references from the lecture caption.
Practice basic sounds in this phonics lesson by using simple words and names such as Joel, Leo, and Neil.
Practice Chinese workplace expressions, such as I work in Beijing and I have to work on Saturday, and learn to convey frequency and days of the week.
Practice 11 engages learners in active listening and speaking drills using names, places, and everyday scenarios such as watching tv and references to Obama.
Engage in practice 11 to build Chinese listening and vocabulary by working through garbled phrases about outside Beijing, policy, and political names, guiding learners through translation and comprehension.
Practice 11 covers a range of Beijing-related terms, including inside Beijing or outside Beijing and references to the control board, to build intermediate Chinese skills.
Practice 11 (6/9) for Core Chinese 2 targets intermediate level learners with dialogue prompts and snippets about Beijing time, stories, and daily conversation topics.
Engage with practice 11 to explore Chinese phrases and scenarios across global topics, Beijing and Taipei references, and political terms, building intermediate language skills.
Explore practice 11 of core chinese 2, a collection of fragmented phrases featuring Beijing, mom, hospital, and related terms that illustrate intermediate level language challenges.
Develop phonics skills through repetitive drills of the words sure, Joe, and one to reinforce pronunciation and recognition.
Learn to express Chinese verbs and practice various Chinese expressions using a verb, including time expressions, so you can say I learned Chinese with confidence.
Practice 12 (1/8) for core Chinese 2 advances learners toward intermediate level through repeated phrases and prompts, including variations of 'one', 'call one', and scheduling conversations.
Practice 12 (2/8) engages learners with English chatroom conversations, including topics like selling a yellow shirt and trauma, and explores debates and scenarios set in Beijing and Taipei.
Practice 12 (3/8) introduces Beijing-centered negotiation phrases and everyday Chinese dialogue, guiding learners through varied scenarios and practical language use with focus on tone and clarity.
Core Chinese 2 practice 12 (4/8) explores Beijing phrases and mixed expressions to practice language use and everyday dialogue.
Practice 12 (5/8) guides learners through conversational Chinese prompts and sentence patterns, including chatroom dialogue, time references like Beijing time, and everyday questions, in an advanced intermediate context.
Practice 12 analyzes decision making about Beijing control and responses in a World War II wartime context, using a series of chatroom prompts and dialogue.
Examine water tension, passion, and trauma within youth experiences and digital chatrooms. Trace shifts from one to ten engi toward Beijing, noting references to troops, inventions, and cell phones.
Cheryl says hi, invites the audience to come, and presents a show led by a colonel.
Practice various expressions with the verb read in Chinese, learning sentences like 'I read the book', 'I read a book', 'I didn't read the book', and 'you read a book'.
Practice 13 (1/5) advances core chinese 2 learners to an intermediate level by exploring diverse, educational prompts and high school context discussions.
Advance to intermediate level in core chinese 2 with practice 13 (3/5), exploring everyday phrases, colorful expressions, and questions of control through dialogue fragments.
Practice 13 covers distinguishing 'for' vs 'through', common count phrases, and navigating controversial topic phrases like gun control and knee-jerk reactions in context.
Practice 13 guides learners through colorful dialogues and scenarios, including controversial photo shoots, high school scenes, and talk show style conversations, with practical operational steps.
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That you have foundations in some foreign languages actually means that you should be able to make expressions with basic words and speak them on your own This course has been designed to help you have sufficient practice through an organized and systematic approach so that you can make and speak a lot of basic Chinese expressions covered in an English grammar.
Build up Chinese Foundations through Organized Practices
Contents and Overview
This course has been designed to simplify your learning process as much as possible. The goal of this course is to make you practice to make and speak Chinese expressions on your own with only a few selected basic words. You are going to practice 1,241 variations through 80 practices based on the aspects of grammar covered in Core Chinese Course 1 and 2. After this course you will be able to rightly say that you have a comprehensive understanding on the grammar, how the language hang together to express various gradations of meaning and the significant differences contained in the Chinese language.
What is different from other Chinese courses
- A grammar oriented Chinese class for learning speaking
- You will be able to automatically remember structure, verb and sentence through the organized practice activities
- Simple break down. Easy to find parts that you want to review.
- The combination of Chinese characters and English is great
- How the language hang together to express various gradations of meaning
- Optimization of learning with the utilization of a small group of terms. Teaches very simple sentences with all details.
- Helping English-language speakers understand the significant differences contained in the Chinese language
- Balance of theory and practice