Mandarin Chinese Workshop Programme

Mandarin workshops will be held in CNW seminar room 6 each Wednesday at 1pm and 2pm.

Time 

     

    Level 

1st hour  (1pm-2pm) 

Beginners  

2nd hour (2pm-3pm) 

Intermediate - Advanced 

1 

(2nd Week of Kent Autumn term) 

 

Introduction 1 

Introduction: numbers used in daily life 

  1. 1. Numbers 1-10 - 99 

  1. 2. Lucky/unlucky number and the usage in daily life: 一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、十一、二十 … 九十九  
    (Link to ppt Vol. 1 Lesson 1.1_ Numbers) 

  1. 3. The extensive use of numbers (1-12) in month, week days, dates, birthday  
    (Link to ppt Vol. 1 Lesson 4.1) 

  1. 4. Expressions of date：月、日/号、星期；word orders of a date: year+ month+ date 

  1. 5. Happy birthday song (WL: https://youtu.be/oMEtryL1cLk?si=4WuVXjKXilzatMwm ) 

  1. 1. the units in big numbers: hundreds, thousand, ten-thousand, million, billion 

  1. 2. Check and compare populations in different countries in Chinese 

  1. 3. A lovely ancient 4-line poem which used numbers 1-10 clearly describing the country side landscape 

  1. 4. The most popular Measure Words (MW): 个、口used after the number before the noun. 

  1. 5. how to express “two of …” using 两 

  1. 6. Identify the MWs used in the poem learned.  

 

2 

(3rd Week) 

Introduction 2 

Talk about ages and Zodiac animals 

 

  1. 1. Chinese pronunciations (Pinyin), and the fun tones (games) 

  1. 2. Tongue twister using the numbers: four, ten. 

  1. 3. Strokes/writing system of the Chinese characters 

  1. 4. Simple Pictographs: 人、从、众、大、小、木、林、森、休、口、日、月、明、女、子、好；  
    (Link to ppt Vol. 1: Introduction_Chinese Characters； Quizlet   

  1. 5. Tell each other your (preferred) ages and say who is old/younger in simple comparison sentences: I/you/he/she older, I/you/he/she younger, etc. 

  1. 6. How to address each other properly according to the situations and relationships. 

  1. 1. The summary of when to use “is/are是” in sentences. 

  1. 2. 3 different ways asking people’s ages appropriately, politely: 几岁，多大，多大年纪 
    （Link to ppt Vol.1 Lesson 4.2; Quizlet） 

  1. 3. Traditional way of figuring out other people’s ages: Chinese zodiac (the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals): 你属什么？你在哪年出生？ 

  1. 4. Question sentences using “吗” 

  1. 5. Authentic Question phrases: “是不是 – is or isn’t”、“好不好 – good or not good”, etc.  

 

3 

(4th Week) 

Names and nationalities 

Origins of the Chinese name/surnames, hometown 

  1. 1. The order of a Chinese name: Surname + first name 

  1. 2. Popular Chinese Surnames and characters for 1st names  

  1. 3. What’s your nationalities? (Link to ppt Vol. 1 Lesson 3.2; Quizlet) 

 

Vocab: 什么、名字、李月、中国、英国、法国、美国、德国、哪、哪国人、意大利、西班牙、荷兰、新加坡、日本， etc. 

  1. 1. Characteristics of Chinese people’s names. 

  1. 2. Cities 

  1. 3. Use “come from来自”to ask “Where are you from?” 

  1. 4. Describing your hometown. 
     

(Kent 5th Week) 

Reading Week (no workshop) 

4 

(6th Week) 

Family 

Traditional Chinese family vs nuclear family 

  1. 1. Vocabulary about family member: 姐姐、妹妹、哥哥、弟弟、爷爷、奶奶； 儿子, etc. 

  1. 2. Use “have/there is/are 有”to express, I/he/she/we 有… 

  1. 3. Use “don’t’ have to express “I/you/he/she/we没有… 

  1. 4. Question phrase “有没有” to ask “do you/he/she have …, or is there … 
     

  1. 1. Words used to describe: Big traditional family structure and Nuclear modern family structure: 祖父母、外祖父母；四世同堂、三代同堂、多子多福；核心家庭、单亲家庭、 

  1. 2. the Family planning policies of P.R. China：计划生育政策 

  1. 3. Words useful for the discussions about the pros and cons of the above policies 

  1. 4. Family values and Relationships between Chinese family members：家庭成员、之间、关系， etc. 

 

5 

(7th Week) 

Body parts 

Appearances and personalities 

  1. 1. Vocabulary: head, hair, eye, nose, mouth, ear, shoulders, foot/feet, knees 

(Link to ppt Vol. 1 Lesson 9.3; Quizlet) 

  1. 2. Expressing: my/your/his head (is) big/small 

  1. 3. Song: head shoulders Knees and toes 

 

  1. 1. Describe the appearances of each other/family members using structure: He/she/they look (like) (grow [like]) 长得（像） 

  1. 2. Vocabulary for personalities: 内向、外向、安静、大胆、胆小、热心、善良、富有创意， etc. 

  1. 3. Free discussion (self-reflection on personalities) 

6 

(8th Week) 

Colours 

The symbolic meanings of colours 

 

  1. 1. Vocabulary: colours 

  1. 2. Express：I like/don’t like …我喜欢/不喜欢… 

  1. 3. Usages of colours in China and Chinese societies. 

  1. 4. Song of the colours 

 

  1. 1. Discuss on the significant and symbolic meanings of the colour for people in China using structure: it symbolizes … 象征着…; 象征意义 … 

  1. 2. Talk about your favorite colour(s) using the superlative structure formally and colloquially: I like … the most 我最喜欢…; … 是我的最爱(最喜欢的颜色)  

7 

(9th Week) 

Money/Currency/Shopping 

Negotiations 

 

  1. 1. Basic vocabulary for shopping money: 买、杯、杯子、这、那、多少、钱、多少钱、块/元、角/毛、分 (Link to ppt Vol. 2 Lesson 15; Quizlet) 

  1. 2. Say the prices and understand the Chinese currency RMB 

  1. 3. QS using “多少– how many” ; “多少钱–how much”. 

 

 

  1. 1. Structure to express “nice – (Lit. good for/to)”: 好+Verb: 好看、好喝、好买, etc. 

  1. 2. Vocabulary used for negotiation with a vendor: 太贵了，能不能便宜一点儿？… 怎么样？ 

  1. 3. Payment methods in China: a cashless society 

  1. 4. Digital RMB 

  1. 5. Talk about the exchange rates

Please use the link below to access the programme as a PDF.

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