HT1

Hi

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Numbers, basic greetings, age, introducing yourself

Students will learn the following grammar points:
1. Word order in Chinese
2. Pinyin:

• Chinese alphabet 
• Pronunciation  
• Tones 

3. Chinese characters: 

• Stroke order 
• Radicals 

Students will learn the following culture:
The importance of surname in Chinese
Main cities in China
The stories behind Chinese radicals

Students will also learn:
Typing out Chinese characters on PC/Smart phones

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 1 listening, speaking, reading and writing test

HT2

Family and home

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Family members, pets, birthday/dates, measure words (个，口，只，条) 

Students will learn the following grammar points:

• the use of和 
• measure words 
• question marker 吗 
• possessive marker 的 
• Radical of dog 犭 

Students will learn the following culture:
Family structure in China
How to celebrate birthdays in China
Christmas in China

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 2 listening, speaking, reading and writing test

HT3

Hobbies

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Hobbies, sports, days of the week, opinions  

Students will learn the following grammar point:

• the use of negatives 
• position of time words 
• the use of linking word也 
• the use of question word谁 
• the use of 会 
• radical of water 氵 
• radical of hand扌 

Students will learn the following culture:
Young people’s hobbies in China
Chinese New Year

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 3 listening, speaking, reading, translation and writing test

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
 School subjects, time, school timetable, classes, measure word, question word多少 and 几 

Students will learn the following grammar point:

• the use of question word什么,几 and 多少 
• the order of time words 
• the use of plural pronouns marker 们 
• the use of 是 and 在 
• radical of speech 讠 
• radical of country囗 

Students will learn the following culture:
Schools and educational system in China. Comparison between Chinese and British education.

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

School exam

HT5 /
HT6

Food and Drink

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
 Food, drink, daily meals, ordering in a restaurant, measure word碗and 杯 

Students will learn the following grammar point:

• word order 
• Subject+meal+verb+food 
• the use of想 
• radical of fire 火 
• radical of food饣 
• radical of grass艹 

Students will learn the following culture:
Chinese food, eating habits and chopsticks

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 5 listening, speaking, reading, translation and writing test

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Weather, countries, nationality, languages, holiday destinations, means of transport 

Students will learn the following grammar points:

• Past time marker 了(le) 
• question word 哪(nă, where) 
• use of 和…一起(hé…yī qĭ) 
• Verb-objects with 了(two verbs together) 
• use没有 to talk about the negative form of a completed action 
• word order:  
• Subject+ means of transport + destination (+ activity) 
• radical of rain 雨(yŭ) 
• radical of earth 土(tŭ) 
• radical of horse 马(mă) 

Students will learn the following culture:
Holidays in China

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 1 listening, reading, translation and writing test

HT2

All about me

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
People’s appearance, room and furniture, clothes, colours, daily routines 

Students will learn the following grammar points:

• verb-adjectives   
• prepositions 上/下/里 
• the use of的 
• the use of都 
• radical of wood 木(mù) 
• radical of clothes衤 (yī) 
• radical of silk纟 (sī) 

Students will learn the following culture:
Teenagers’ daily routines and clothes in China

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 2 listening, reading, translation and writing test

HT3

Where do you live

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Places in a town, relative place words, rooms in a house, jobs 

Students will learn the following grammar points:

• relative place words 
• the use of要 
• the use of这and 那 
• making comparisons using比 
• the use of 是不是 
• radical of person 亻 
• radical of travel辶  
• radical of roof 宀 

Students will learn the following culture:
Living in China.

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 3 listening, reading, translation and writing test

HT 4 /
HT 5

Shopping

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Fruit and vegetables, Chinese money and weights, clothes shopping, department store shopping, online shopping 

Students will learn the following grammar points:

• the use of还 
• the use of太…了 
• measure words for clothes 
• the use of 虽然…但是… 
• using the present continuous 在/正在 
• the use of 给 
• the use of 还是
• radical of heart 心 
• radical of bamboo 𥫗 
• radical of metal  钅  

Students will learn the following culture:
Shopping in China

Dictations / Vocabulary tests

End of Unit 4 listening, reading, translation and writing test

HT 5 /
HT 6

Travel in China

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Seasons, directions, visiting Beijing, tourist information, buying souvenirs, Chinese New Year 

Students will learn the following grammar points:

• past experience marker过 
• the use of以前and以后 
• the use of 因为…所以… 
• the use of (一)点儿 
• the use of 得after a verb 
• the use of除了…(以外)…还/也… 
• radical of ice 冫 
• radical of grain禾 

Students will learn the following culture:
Chinese festivals: Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autum Festival and Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)

End of Year exams in Listening, Reading, Writing and Translation