Language: Pinyin--chinese sound system

Unit 1 My Classmates and I

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  Language:
  

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  Pinyin----Chinese sound system
  
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  Daily communication
  
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  Self-introduction
  
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  Exchanging simple personal information, such as the place where you live, your telephone number and email address.
  

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  Grammar:
  

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  The rules for writing Chinese characters
  

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  Culture:
  

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  Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
  

Unit 2 My Family

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  Language:
  

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  Introduction of family members, their ages, occupations, likes/dislikes
  
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  Nationality, language and country of origin
  
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  Counting in Chinese from 1 to 99
  
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  Describing where an action takes place
  

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  Grammar:
  

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  Ask some “WH” questions
  

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  Culture:
  

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  The Great Wall----One of the seven wonders in the world
  

Unit 3 Time and Dates

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  Telling the time, date and day of the week
  
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  The order of times and dates
  
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  Name of high school courses
  
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  Talking about birthdays, daily activities and weekend plans
  
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  Making a phone call and an appointment
  
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  Writing a letter or email in Chinese
  

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  Grammar:
  

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  Adverbial of time
  
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  Adverbial of place
  
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  How to use 要 to describe future events
  
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  Chinese letter and email formats
  

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  Culture:
  

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  Chinese traditions and customs
  

Unit 4 Things We Use Every Day

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  Colors
  
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  Basic school supplies
  
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  Sports and basic sporting goods
  
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  Basic computer supplies
  
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  Basic eating utensils
  
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  A sequence of events
  

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  Grammar:
  

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  Some commonly used measure words
  
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  Some commonly used Chinese sentence structures to indicate a sequence of actions
  
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  Alternative questions with 是
  
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  Tag questions with 怎么
  

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  Culture:
  

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  Chinese New Year
  

Unit 5 Things We Do for Fun

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  Language:
  

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  Words for some common recreational activities, such as computer games, TV programs, musical instruments, movies, concerts, sports and travel.
  
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  Describing an action in progress.
  
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  Using words and phrases to modify a noun
  
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  Time spent on an activity
  
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  Talk about two actions that take place at the same time
  

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  Grammar:
  

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  Optative verbs to express intent, ability, permission and wish
  
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  Conjunctions to describe when two or more actions take place (immediately after one another, at the same time, and sequentially)
  

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  Culture:
  

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  Chinese Lantern Festival
  

Unit 6 The Places Where We Live

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  Words needed for talking about school buildings, rooms in a house, future plans, and locations and positions
  
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  Describing the layout of a house, major buildings in a school, the surroundings of your home and school
  
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  Some major Chinese cities
  
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  Future plans
  

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  Grammar:
  

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  Basic sentence structures for indicating distance between two things
  
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  Basic structure for indicating the completion of an action
  

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  Culture:
  

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  Dragon Boat Festival