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Cycle Classes

The Ateneo Confucius Institute offers Mandarin Chinese language classes to the general public. Classes divided into Basic, Intermediate and Advanced levels, with each level further divided into 5 sublevels.

Listed below are the topics students are expected to learn by the end of each level:

Cycle Classes

The Ateneo Confucius Institute offers Mandarin Chinese language classes to the general public. Classes divided into Basic, Intermediate and Advanced levels, with each level further divided into 5 sublevels.

Listed below are the topics students are expected to learn by the end of each level:

Chinese Levels

Basic Chinese 1 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 1: Lesson 1 to 14]
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
  1. Personal Pronouns
  2. Common Chinese family names and given names
  3. Nationality
  4. Greetings
  5. Common forms of addressing people
  6. Apologetic expressions
  7. Professions
  8. Adjectives describing physical and mental states
  9. Hobbies
  10. Everyday activities 1
  11. Kinship terms
  12. Numbers 0-99
  13. Furniture
  14. Direction and Location 1
  1. Introduction to Hanyu Pinyin
  2. Verb or verb phrase serving as predicate
  3. The adverb 也 meaning “also/too”
  4. The question “which” using the interrogative word 哪
  5. The yes-no question” using the interrogative word 吗
  6. The particle 的 indicating possession
  7. The adverb 不indicating negation
  8. Adjective or adjective phrase serving as the predicate
  9. The affirmative-negative question: “Adj不 Adj” 
  10. Usage of the verb 喜欢 (to like)
  11. The adverb 都 indicating “all/both”
  12. The verb 有 (to have)
  13. The measure word 个 
  14. Asking “how much” using 几
  15. The verb 在indicating location
Basic Chinese 2 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 1: Lesson 15 to 28]
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
  1. Colors
  2. Clothes
  3. Measure words 1 (for clothes)
  4. Festivals
  5. Year/month/day
  6. Week
  7. Food 1
  8. Measure words 2 (for food)
  9. Adjectives describing nature and characteristics
  10.  Food 2
  11. Measure words 3 (for weight)
  12. Public places 1
  13. Direction and location 2
  14. Means of transport
  15. Action
  16.  Time + place + verb expressions (day)
  17. Public places 2
  1. The particle 的 indicating a certain attribute
  2. To ask about the nature and characteristics using 怎么样
  3. Expressing year/month/day
  4. Nouns used as measure words
  5. Asking “or” questions using “A还是B”
  6. The structure “X+的” used as a noun
  7. Asking about prices using 多少钱
  8. The measure word 斤
  9. Units of Renminbi
  10. Asking for directions using 怎么走
  11. The preposition 往 indicating direction
  12. Emphasizing the mood using  the adverb就
  13. Asking how an action is done using the word 怎么
  14. Using two verbs in the predicate to express the method of an action
  15. The particle 了indicating something has happened
  16. Using two verbs in the predicate to express purpose
  17. The adverb 就 meaning “soon”
Basic Chinese 3 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 1: Lessons 29 to 40]
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
  1. Clock time
  2. Periods in a day
  3. Parts of the body
  4. Adjectives describing people
  5. Weather
  6. Cities
  7. Diseases and symptoms
  8. Everyday activities 2
  9. Household activities
  10. Common verbs and adjectives indicating the result of an action
  1. Making suggestions using the particle 吧
  2. Asking for opinions using 怎么样
  3. Setting appointments using the “Time+Place+见” structure
  4. “Subject+predicate” structure serving as a predicate
  5. Noun or noun phrase as predicate
  6. Expressing change of state using the particle 了
  7. Expressing temporary action by reduplicating verbs
  8. The preposition 在expressing where an action is taking place
  9. The adverb (正)在indicating the progress of an action
  10. A verb or an adjective used in a phrase to indicate the result of an action (The Resultative Complement)
  11. Using the word 没to negate/deny an action that happened in the past
Basic Chinese 4 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 2: Lesson 1 to 10]

 TOPIC

GRAMMAR
  1. Travelling
  2. Service at the hotel
  3. Food and Drink
  4. Special Skills
  5. Permission and Forbiddance
  1. Expressing emphasis using 是……的
  2. 跟……一起Indicating (doing something) together
  3. Expressing desire or intention to do something using the word 要
  4. Asking rhetorical questions using 不是……吗?
  5. “Verb + 得 + adjective” indicating degree
  6. Reduplication form of the noun
  7. Expressing ability and/or proficiency using the verb 会
  8. The adverb 还 meaning “in addition”
  9. Expressing permission or innate ability using 能
  10. The numerical classifier “一下”

 

Basic Chinese 5 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 2: Lesson 11 to 20]
TOPIC GRAMMAR
  1. Direction of an action
  2. Seeing a movie
  3. Security check
  4. Contest
  5. Talking about study (1)
  1. Verbs indicating direction
  2. “老,小” used in forms of address
  3. “Verb + 得/不 + verb/adjective” structure indicating the potential result (The Potential Complement)
  4. The “把” sentence expressing the movement or change of a definite object.
  5. Using the “Verb +  在+ place” structure to express that something has reached a particular place
  6. Using the word 会 to express possibility i.e. “will + verb”
  7. Expressing “all” using “什么/谁/哪儿”
  8. Using 了to express completion of an action
  9. The preposition 跟

 

Intermediate Chinese 1 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 2: Lesson 21 to 30]
TOPIC GRAMMAR
  1. Intermediate Chinese 2 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 2: Lesson 31 to 40
  1. Measure words indicating the frequency of an action
  2. Causative verbs
  3. “Verb + period of time” structure indicating the duration of an action, behavior, or state
  4. Using 比 and 没有to make comparisons
  5. Using 一点儿 to express that there is not much difference
  6. Expressing sameness using the “跟……一样 structure”
  7. Using the “ ……的时候”  structure to indicate the time when something happened
  8. Using 过 to indicate something that took place in the past
  9. The structure “虽然……但是” to express “ Even though…”

 

Intermediate Chinese 2 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 2: Lesson 31 to 40
TOPIC GRAMMAR
  1. Giving a gift 
  2. Renting an apartment
  3. Holiday
  4. Unhappy Experience
  5. Plan
  1.  Sentences with two objects
  2. “极了” indicating degree
  3. “有点儿+ adjective” to express something that is somewhat undesirable
  4. Expressing “a little bit” using “Adjective + 一点儿”
  5. The “If… then….” Sentence using  the “如果……就……” structure
  6. Reduplication of verbs to indicate quickness of an action
  7. Expressing cause and effect using “因为……所以”
  8.  Using 被 (which means “by”) to make sentences in the passive voice
  9. Expressing that an event is imminent by using the “要……了”  structure
  10. Using 打算meaning “plan / to plan”

 

Intermediate Chinese 3 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 3: Lesson 1 to 5]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Word Type: Pronouns
  2. Confusable Chinese Characters 1
  3. Sports
  4. Word Building: “下”
  5. Word Type: Adjectives 1
  6. Word Building: “院”,”站”,”
  7. Word Type: Adjectives 2
  8. Common Chinese Characters 1
  9. Vocabulary: books and magazines
  10. Word building “学“
  1. The structure “ 既……又 ” 
  2. The adverb “又”
  3. The structure “Verb +   着” 1
  4. The structure “一 + reduplicated measure word”
  5. The structure “Verb +   下来”
  6. The structure “又……又……”
  7. The adverb “  一直”
  8. The adverb “从来”
  9. The preposition “为”

 

Intermediate Chinese 4 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 3: Lesson 6 to 10]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Parts of the body
  2. Word Building: 夬”,”大”,”辶”
  3. Electrical Appliances
  4. Word Building: “儿”
  5. Speaking and Listening
  6. Common Chinese characters 2
  7. Word Type: Numerals
  8. Confusable Chinese Characters 2
  9. Food
  10. Word Building: “疒”, “厂”, “广”
  1. The expression “ 想verb  就verb“
  2. The adverb “反而”
  3. The adverbs “ 才and 就”
  4. The structure “Verb +   着” 2
  5. The structure “把 + X + verb + 成 + Y”
  6. The adverb “一定“
  7. The structure “verb + 出”
  8. The conjuction “并”
  9. The verb “像”
  10.  The preposition “对”

 

Intermediate Chinese 5 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 3: Lesson 11 to 15]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Kinship terms
  2. Identities and Forms of Address
  3. Common Chinese Characters 3
  4. Hand Movements
  5. Word Building: “家”
  6. Word Types: Adverbs of Degree
  7. Word Building:”禾”, “⺮”, and “艹”
  8. Envelope
  9. Common Chinese Characters 4
  1. The verb 算是
  2. The expression “X 离远/近”
  3. The adverb 原来
  4. The preposition 给
  5. The structure “v/adj +  起来”
  6. The structure “ verb +  上来”
  7. The structure  “一……就”
  8. The adverb 终于
  9. The adverb 竟然
  10. The question word 怎么

 

Advanced Chinese 1 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 3: Lessons 16 to 20]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Educational System
  2. Word Building: “良” “艮”
  3. Emotions and Facial Expressions
  4. Confusable Chinese Characters 3
  5. Jobs
  6. Word Building: “快”
  7. Diseases
  8. Places
  9. Common Chinese Characters 5
  1. The adverb 尤其
  2. The structure “不是……而且……”
  3. The particle 地
  4. The structure “别 + verb + 了”
  5. The adverb 还
  6. The adverb  只好
  7. The adverb 必须
  8. The preposition 跟
  9. Numbers above 100 and decimals
  10. Percentages

 

 

Advanced Chinese 2 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 4: Lesson 1 to 5]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Experts
  2. Word Building: “子”
  3. Places 2
  4. Word Building: “面”
  5. Plants
  6. Character Building:  ““, “宀”, and “
  7. Vocabulary: Parts of the Human Body 2
  8. Common Chinese Characters 6
  9. Verbs
  10. Word Building: “生”
  1. The preposition 由 (by)
  2. The expression “X对Y 产生影响”  (X has an influence on Y)
  3. The preposition 通过 (via)
  4. The expression 越来越 (more and more)
  5. The structure “除了X 以外, 还Y” (besides X…, Y…)
  6. The structure “越X越Y” ( the more X, the more Y)
  7. The adverb “眼看” (in no time)
  8. The adverb  “到处” (everywhere)
  9. The structure “verb + 出来 ”
  10. The preposition “按照” (according to)

 

Advanced Chinese 3 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 4: Lesson 6 to 10]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Community 
  2. Character Building: “廴” and “辶”
  3.  Periods of time 
  4. Character Building: “心” and “忄” 
  5. Fruits
  6.  Common Chinese Characters 7 
  7. Rooms 
  8. Character Building: “士” and “土” 
  9. Articles for Daily Use 
  10. Character Building: “礻” and “衤”
  1. The optative verb “应该” (should)
  2. The structure “不只 X, 还Y” ( not only X, but also Y)
  3. The preposition 为了 (for)
  4. The structure verb + 起来
  5. The expression 称为 (to be called)
  6. The expression  当……的时候 (when…)
  7. The “ 除了……才……” (unless…)
  8. The adverb 只 (only)
  9. The adverb  使 (to cause)
  10. The conjuction 而 (and)

 

 

Advanced Chinese 4: New Concept Chinese [Textbook 4: Lesson 11 to 15]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Animals
  2. Character Building: “灬” and “火”
  3. Dresses & Adornments
  4. Common Chinese Characters 8
  5. People of Different Ages
  6. Word Building: “老”
  7. Geography
  8. Word Building: “年”E
  9. Entertainment
  10. Confusable Chinese Characters 4
  1. The preposition “朝” (to, toward)
  2. The structure “只要X , 就Y” (As long as X, then Y)
  3. The structure “连……都/也……” (Even…)
  4. The adverb  总是 (always)
  5. The structure you有的……有的…… (some… some…)
  6. The structure 一边……一边…… (…at the same time)
  7. The particle 的话 (if)
  8. The adverb 甚至 (even, to the point)
  9. The structure 或者A或者B (A or B)
  10. The structure “verb + 上”
Advanced Chinese 5 – New Concept Chinese [Textbook 4: Lesson 16 to 20]
Vocabulary and Chinese Characters GRAMMAR
  1. Antonyms
  2. Common Chinese Characters 9
  3. Word Type: Measure Words
  4. Chinese Characters: Special Structures
  5. Idioms
  6. Word Building “会”
  7. Countries
  8. Multi-pronunciation characters
  9. Dynasties in Chinese History
  10. Common Chinese Characters 10
  1. The adverb 大都 (most)
  2. The expression 不得不 (have to)
  3. The structure 只有X, 才Y (Only if X, then Y)
  4. The structure 不仅X, 还Y (Not only X, but also Y)
  5. The adverb “都” (all)
  6. The expression “对……来说” (to, for)
  7. The structure “把+X + verb + 为+ Y”
  8. The adverb 几乎 (almost)
  9. The verb “来自” (almost)
  10. The structure “所 + V + 的”

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