CORE CHINESE 2: Advance to Intermediate Level

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 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.

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 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.

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.

Practice 3-2 uses prompts like what's your point? to drive spoken Chinese through dialogues about cafes, phones, and Beijing.

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 (11/11) assembles a long sequence of phrases and names to be studied in Core Chinese 2: advance to intermediate level.

Explore practice 4 in core chinese 2 to advance to intermediate level through phrases such as cafe, church in town, Canton, and fountain.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 vocabulary and dialogue around coffee shops and cafe culture, including terms like caffé, policy for coffee, and various cafe references across scenes.

Practice basic sounds in this phonics lesson by using simple words and names such as Joel, Leo, and Neil.

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 (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.

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.

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.

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'.

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.