Mandarin Proficiency Performance
Class Schedule for the International Specialized Program (Applicable to First-Semester Students)
Morning Session:
| Period | Time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08:10-09:00 | Warm-up | Review & Warm-up | Review & Warm-up | Review & Warm-up | Integrated Practice |
| 2 | 09:10-10:00 | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Short Listening Practice |
| 3 | 10:10-11:00 | Short Reading Practice | ||||
| 4 | 11:10-12:00 | Integrated Practice | Intensive Reading (I) | Integrated Practice | Intensive Reading (II) | Achievement Test |
| Lunch Break | 12:00-13:10 | Lunch Time | ||||
| 5 | 13:10-14:00 | Tutoring and Make-up Class Time | ||||
| 6 | 14:10-15:00 | |||||
| 7 | 15:10-16:00 | |||||
| 8 | 16:10-17:00 | |||||
Afternoon Session:
| Period | Time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08:10-09:00 | Tutoring and Make-up Class Time | ||||
| 2 | 09:10-10:00 | |||||
| 3 | 10:10-11:00 | |||||
| 4 | 11:10-12:00 | |||||
| Lunch Break | 12:00-13:10 | Lunch Time | ||||
| 5 | 13:10-14:00 | Warm-up | Review & Warm-up | Review & Warm-up | Review & Warm-up | Integrated Practice |
| 6 | 14:10-15:00 | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Vocabulary & Grammar Instruction | Short Listening Practice |
| 7 | 15:10-16:00 | Short Reading Practice | ||||
| 8 | 16:10-17:00 | Integrated Practice | Intensive Reading (I) | Integrated Practice | Intensive Reading (II) | Achievement Test |
Course Topics and Teaching Schedule
| Week | Course Topic | Teaching Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Basic Chinese (Pinyin Rules) Self-introduction | Students will be able to accurately use Pinyin to read Chinese characters. |
| Week 2 | Personal Information and Family Lesson 1: New Classmates | Through the topic of this lesson, students will be able to use simple Chinese vocabulary and grammar to greet others, express their preferences, and introduce themselves when meeting people for the first time. |
| Week 3 | Daily Life Lesson 2: What time do you go to school? | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to use basic sentence structures to express the timing of daily activities and make clear time-based invitations for activities. |
| Week 4 | Shopping and Business Activities Lesson 3: Buying a Birthday Gift | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to describe the features and quantity of gifts, and engage in discussions about gift selection. |
| Week 5 | Food and Culture Lesson 4: Do you want coffee or tea? | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to use numbers from zero to ten million to describe quantities of people and objects, and discuss prices. |
| Week 6 | Housing and Environment Lesson 5: Where is my wallet? | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to describe the placement of furniture and items in their home and accurately describe actions and locations in a single sentence. |
| Week 7 | Leisure and Entertainment Lesson 6: Let's play tennis this weekend! | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to evaluate the results of actions and describe their own and others' interests. |
| Week 8 | Travel and Transportation Lesson 7: How do you get to the hotel? | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to describe how to use transportation to travel from one place to another and describe their destination. |
| Week 9 | Fashion and Lifestyle Lesson 8: This skirt looks really nice | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to use the structure "good/hard + verb" to describe evaluations of people, things, or events based on sensory perception, and express opinions about fashionable clothing. |
| Week 10 | Education and Learning Lesson 9: My Chinese Class | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to use vocabulary and sentence structures related to learning and courses, and express emotions about learning. |
| Week 11 | Health and Personal Care Lesson 10: Many people have colds recently | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to describe body parts and health conditions, and express how they handle illness. |
| Week 12 | Interpersonal Relationships Lesson 11: How did you meet each other? | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to express interpersonal relationships and describe the process and feelings of meeting new people. |
| Week 13 | Work and Society Lesson 12: What kind of work do you want to do? | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to express objective views about work and describe their preferences for certain jobs and the reasons behind them. |
| Week 14 | Technology and Innovation Lesson 13: Using a mobile phone to go online | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to describe the things they can do using a mobile phone online, and express the importance of the internet in modern life. |
| Week 15 | Festivals and Customs Lesson 14: New Year's Eve Activities | Through the topic and scenarios of this lesson, students will learn to describe New Year's Eve activities from different countries and express their preferences for these activities. |
| Week 16 | History and Culture Lesson 15: The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals | Through the topic of this lesson, students will learn to express the similarities and differences between the Chinese zodiac and those of other countries, and describe the stories behind the Chinese zodiac animals. |
| Week 17 | Geography and Global Outlook Lesson 16: Traveling in Taiwan | Through the topic and scenarios of this lesson, students will learn to describe the geographical environment of a place and introduce the characteristics of travel destinations. |
| Week 18 | Final Comprehensive Practice | Review and consolidate the vocabulary and grammar learned throughout the course, helping students become familiar with the 8,000-word A1 and some A2 level vocabulary from the Mandarin Proficiency Test, and improve their language abilities to pass the test. |
Class Schedule for the International Specialized Program (Applicable to Second-Semester Students)
Morning Session:
| Period | Time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08:10-09:00 | Warm-up Activities | Textbook Dialogue Grammar Teaching | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Teaching | Textbook Dialogue Grammar Teaching | Class Activities |
| 2 | 09:10-10:00 | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Teaching | Textbook Short Text Grammar Practice | |||
| 3 | 10:10-11:00 | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Review | Textbook Dialogue Grammar Practice | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Review | Textbook Short Text Reading Practice | |
| 4 | 11:10-12:00 | Last Week's Homework Discussion | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Test | Textbook Dialogue Dialogue Practice | Textbook Short Text Vocabulary Test | Assign Homework |
| Lunch Break | 12:00-13:10 | Lunch Time | ||||
| 5 | 13:10-14:00 | Counseling and Make-up Classes | ||||
| 6 | 14:10-15:00 | |||||
| 7 | 15:10-16:00 | |||||
| 8 | 16:10-17:00 | |||||
Afternoon Session:
| Period | Time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08:10-09:00 | Tutoring and Make-up Classes | ||||
| 2 | 09:10-10:00 | |||||
| 3 | 10:10-11:00 | |||||
| 4 | 11:10-12:00 | |||||
| Lunch Break | 12:00-13:10 | Lunch Time | ||||
| 5 | 13:10-14:00 | Course Warm-up Activity | Textbook Dialogue Grammar Teaching | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Teaching | Textbook Dialogue Grammar Teaching | Class Activity |
| 6 | 14:10-15:00 | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Teaching | Textbook Short Story Grammar Practice | |||
| 7 | 15:10-16:00 | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Review | Textbook Dialogue Grammar Practice | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Review | Textbook Short Story Reading Practice | |
| 8 | 16:10-17:00 | Last Week's Assignment Discussion | Textbook Dialogue Vocabulary Test | Textbook Dialogue Dialogue Practice | Textbook Short Story Vocabulary Test | Assign Homework |
Course Topics and Teaching Progress
| Week | Course Topic | Teaching Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Personal Information and Family Lesson 1: Getting to Know New Friends | Through this lesson's theme, students will be able to use new vocabulary and grammar to introduce themselves, make friends, arrange dates, and engage in related conversations, cultivating basic communication skills. |
| Week 2 | Daily Life Lesson 2: I Have to Do Housework | Through this lesson's dialogue, students will learn to refuse others' requests and explain reasons, learn vocabulary related to maintaining cleanliness, and begin learning how to use the "把" sentence structure. |
| Week 3 | Shopping and Business Transactions Lesson 3: I Want to Rent a House | Through this lesson's theme, students will learn to talk about ideal living environments, rental conditions, rental contracts in Chinese, and understand common advertisement language used on rental websites, enabling them to handle housing-related issues more smoothly. |
| Week 4 | Food and Culture Lesson 4: Visiting the Night Market is Fun | Through this lesson's theme, students will learn about the characteristics and food of Taiwan's night markets, further understanding Taiwanese food culture and food names. Students will learn to express the enjoyment of visiting night markets and eating street food in Chinese and make simple comparisons with their own country's food culture. |
| Week 5 | Living and Environment Lesson 5: Welcome to My Home | Through this lesson's theme, students will learn to describe their community and the surrounding environment in Chinese, and plan the ideal home they envision. The short text introduces the cultural element of the Mid-Autumn Festival, allowing students to learn language knowledge related to the holiday. |
| Week 6 | Leisure and Entertainment Lesson 6: Let's Go Sing at KTV | Through this lesson's theme, students will be able to talk about related topics such as going to KTV to sing, compare KTV features and differences across countries, and describe popular leisure activities in their country in simple Chinese. |
| Week 7 | Midterm Review | Review and consolidate the vocabulary and grammar learned in the previous lessons, help students become familiar with the A2-level vocabulary from the 8000 words in the Chinese proficiency test, cultivate language skills for test-taking, and improve the chances of passing the test. |
| Week 8 | Travel and Transportation Lesson 7: Let's Travel to Hualien by Train | Through this lesson's theme, students will learn to book tickets, make reservations, and use common Chinese phrases encountered in daily life, and use the related phrases learned to design their own travel plans, achieving a "learning by doing" goal. |
| Week 9 | Life Fashion Lesson 8: Please Give Me a Sticker, I Want to Exchange for Snoopy! | Through this lesson's theme, students will be able to introduce their country's pop culture in Chinese, and comment on the features and advantages/disadvantages of the pop culture. By observing Taiwan's convenience store point collection activities, students will learn about Taiwan's pop culture and promotional strategies used in various stores. |
| Week 10 | Education and Learning Lesson 9: Are You Afraid of Exams? | Through this lesson's theme, students will learn to describe their learning situations in school and express their views on exams in Chinese. At the same time, students will be able to share their study abroad experiences in Taiwan in Chinese, demonstrating their learning achievements in writing. |
| Week 11 | Health and Body Care Lesson 10: Let's Go to the Gym After Class! | Through this lesson's theme and situational teaching method, students will learn vocabulary related to exercise, fitness, and leisure activities, and discuss the pros and cons of fitness activities with classmates and Chinese speakers based on their own experiences, expressing their views on exercise and fitness. |
| Week 12 | Interpersonal Relationships Lesson 11: Which Club Do You Want to Join? | Through this lesson's theme, students will be able to discuss in Chinese the reasons for joining clubs and what they gain from them, and compare the differences between clubs and comment on the advantages and disadvantages of participating in clubs. |
| Week 13 | Work and Society Lesson 12: Small Employee? Big Boss? | Through this lesson's theme, students will organize and connect personal interests, personality, and major studies with the kind of job they hope to have in the future, then exchange opinions with classmates in Chinese, comparing the views of young people in the East and West on "applying what they have learned," and finally plan their future career paths. |
| Week 14 | Technology and Innovation Lesson 13: I Want to Buy a Laptop | Through this lesson's theme and situational communication teaching method, students will learn to inquire about product functions, prices, and other relevant information when shopping, and be able to describe the process and results of comparing and selecting products. |
| Week 15 | Festivals and Customs Lesson 14: May You Have Fish Every Year | Through this lesson's theme, students will learn about the origins of the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year traditions, the "Nian Beast" legend, and the relationship between Spring Festival customs and food. After learning this lesson, students will also try to use the vocabulary and grammar learned to introduce important festivals in their own country and their characteristics. |
| Week 16 | History and Humanities Lesson 15: Things Confucius Didn't Know | Through this lesson's theme, students will understand Confucius's important position in Chinese history and the origin of Teachers' Day, and learn more about important figures in the world. Finally, students will be able to use the vocabulary and grammar learned in this lesson to introduce famous historical figures from their own country. |
| Week 17 | Geography and Global Outlook Lesson 16: Friends from All Over the World | Through this lesson's theme, students will be able to use the vocabulary and grammar they have learned to share and introduce the culture of their own country or a specific region, learning the importance of mutual respect in the process. Students will also further use relevant Chinese vocabulary to present the characteristics of their own national culture through images or videos, comparing cultural similarities and differences across regions, achieving cross-cultural communication. |
| Week 18 | Final Comprehensive Practice | Review and consolidate the vocabulary and grammar learned in previous lessons, helping students become familiar with A2 and some B1 level vocabulary from the 8000 words in the Chinese proficiency test, cultivating language skills for test-taking, and improving the chances of passing the test. |