Intermediate Chinese – Level 3

Building on the foundations of Level 1 and Level 2, This intermediate course emphasizes the ability to apply everday Chinese(Mandarin). Students will further develop skills to communicate in Chinese at a basic level in their daily, academic and professional lives. Some of the topics covered will be visiting doctors, sports, entertainment, describing appearance and personalities.

By the end of this level students will have the confidence to manage most communication in Chinese when travelling in China.

Students will learn:

• 600 vocabulary words (including 300 from Level 1 and level 2)
• Different kinds of pronouns, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and more
• Numerals in eight aspects (time, age, money, etc.) as well words to tell measure after the numerals
• All of the sentence structures (declarative, interrogative, imperative, etc.) including special sentence structures, as well as states of actions
• Common sayings and different aspects of Chinese culture

A minimum score of 60% in the final exam is required to pass to the next level.

Students completing this course will be prepared to take the HSK 3 exam.
Level 3 equals B1 of CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment).

Prerequisite
Completion of Elementary Level Two

Text Books
HSK Standard Course 3 Textbook
HSK Standard Course 3 Workbook