The course will be taught in-person if the epidemiologic situation in Czech Republic allows in-person teaching. If the government restrictions change and in-person classes will not be allowed, please be aware that the course automatically switches into online mode without a possibility of reimbursement. 

This is a course for absolute beginners of Chinese. No prior knowledge of the language is required. The course is taught in English. 

TEXTBOOK
Lesson 1-3 in Integrated Chinese (Level 1, Part 1) 

COURSE OBJECTIVES
After the course, students will be able to:  

• Identify and comprehend conversation situations and reproduce conversation schemes in basic conversation situations given by the textbook  
• Apply the conversation schemes and acquired vocabulary to other interactive conversation situations 
• Read and write basic conversation texts given in the textbook 

• Apply acquired grammar, vocabulary and increase necessary reading and writing comprehension 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

• Week 1: Overview of the course; useful classroom phrases 
• Week 2: Greetings: Chinese phonetics, Grammar of shì. 
• Week 3: Greetings: Grammar of yě, Chinese phonetics. 

• Week 4: Greetings: Grammar of ma, Chinese phonetics. 
• Week 5: Family: Grammar of yǒu, Chinese phonetics. 
• Week 6: Family: Grammar of shéi, Chinese phonetics. 
• Week 7: Family: Grammar of liăng, Chinese classifiers, Chinese phonetics. 
• Week 8: Family: Grammar of shénme, Chinese classifiers, Chinese phonetics. 
• Week 9: Invitation: Numbers, how to express time and dates in Chinese. 
• Week 10: Invitation: How to talk about place and activities. 
• Week 11: Invitation: How to decline an invitation and offer alternatives. 
• Week 12: Wrap up and final exam: Students who passed will receive a certificate.