LFU:online

Prerequisites: At this level the learner can pronounce Chinese words and sentences by using pinyin and can introduce himself/herself and others.

Goal: The learner can introduce himself/herself and others and answer questions about personal details; he/she can interact in a simple way provided the interlocutor speaks clearly and slowly and is prepared to help. Introduction to Hanzi characters.

Topics:
countries/nations; an invitation; job; the language course; shopping

Linguistic Goals:
to describe your place of living; to find your way in a town; to talk about your profession/learning languages; to thank somebody for something; to talk about preferences; to ask about something

Structural Goals:
basic rules of pronunciation and intonation; characters; onomatopoeia; "de"- phrases - to denote possession; numeral; formal/informal forms of addressing someone; the possessive verb "you" (“haben”) and the verb "gei" (“geben”); "shi bú shi" - to ask yes-no questions

Das Neue Praktische Chinesisch I (Beijing Language and Culture University Press)