Mandarin Express Intro Level B is very interesting and highly relevant to daily lives, teaching students useful phrases and expressions which they can easily apply into the real world. The learning medium of this course is pinyin. Students are not required to learn any Chinese characters.
This course focuses on listening and speaking Mandarin, covering ten fundamental topics, such as, discussing jobs, introducing family members, describing houses and furnitures, planning leisure activities, talking about the weather, and so on. Important structures and essential words are introduced in a conversational context.
There are many imaginative and creative class activities in this Chinese course, which provide sufficient opportunities for students to speak Mandarin. Students are encouraged to use Mandarin as often as they can and to keep exchanges in English at its minimum.
To develop students’ listening abilities quickly and effectively, highly controlled listening exercises in various forms are provided, which are essential in this course.
On completing the course, students are able to talk about their jobs, their families, their lives in general, and so on, comfortably.