Spoken Chinese Threshold Vol.1汉语口语速成入门篇上

The first stage：

learn some of the most commonly used vocabulary, sentence patterns 

and the most basic communicative items in daily life, study and other 

communicative activities

The topics and general content of the first 15 lessons are follow：

Lesson 1 hello

Learn basic Chinese phonetics：finals, initials, tones and some common greetings.

Lesson 2 how are you

Spellings, Retroflex final, common greetings

Lesson 3what do you want toeat

Spellings, how to say about eating, drinking and buying something

Lesson 4 how much is it

Spelling rules; how to change money; how to ask price.

Lesson 5 where is thelibrary

Spelling rules; How to ask the way.

 lesson 6 let me introduce

Start learning some basic Chinese grammar and learn to introduce yourself and people or things around you.

 lesson 7 how is yourhealth

learn how to inquire each other about health, study, life, etc. when friends meet.

Lesson 8 which country are you from

Learn some interrogative pronouns and interrogative expressions and ask about some personal information

Lesson 9 how many people are there in your family

Asking about the numberof people in a family and professions and ages

Lesson 10what time is it now

Ways of tellingthe time and Ways of expressing year, month, date and week

Lesson 11 the teachingbuilding is to the north of the administrative building

learn nouns of locality and how to Describe the position of you and the people or things around you.

Lesson 12 what doyouwant, the red one or the blue one

Learn Alternative questions and Counting money

Lesson 13 please give me a brief introduction

how to Describe the object

Lesson 14 let’s havea taste, shall we

how make a request or a suggestion and for the opinion of the person addressed.

Lesson 15 how can i get to the post               office

How to ask for directions and how to choose.

after the first stage，We'll move on to other topics as we improve.