In this level, students continue to build a foundation of language skills and pinyin will be introduced. 70% of each class time will be dedicated to listening and speaking, 15% to reading and 15% to writing. This class reviews and expands on topics and material covered in Chopstix 3.

Learning Goals:

1. Follow directions and answer simple questions in Chinese,
2. Understand and speak longer phrases and sentences,
3. Do self introduction(name, age and nationality),
4. Ask for food, learning days of the week, expressing likes and dislikes.
5. Learn about the makes up a Chinese character and know how to de-compose a character when asked,
6. Write about 50 compound Chinese characters,

In this class, students will build upon previous knowledge by learning to use them in more complex sentences, phrases, and conversation. Topics include daily routine, school life, food, hobbies and rooms and locations.

Learning Goals:

1. Speak longer sentences and ask simple questions on familiar topics.
2. Continue to learn different parts of a Chinese character and in turn know how to de-compose a character.
3. Understand and speak a total of about 300 Chinese words,
4. Read and write about 200 Chinese characters.

In this level, students attain basic language skills for communication in the interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes. Topics covered include a variety of Chinese culture related lessons such as Chinese festivals, Chinese food, Chinese calendar, and Chinese zodiac animals. By comparing these aspects with their own culture and explaining the beliefs and values of the two cultures, students will be able to understand and explain the similarities and differences between the two cultures.

Learning Goals:

1. Learn about 70 most commonly used radicals,
2. Understand different parts of a Chinese character and how to de-compose a character,
3. Understand a total of about 350 Chinese words,
4. Read and write about 250 Chinese characters.

Students will:

1. Strengthen character learning to enable student to read, write and use characters appropriately, and to understand meaning using analogies.
2. Develop student's skill to use and apply Chinese and to strive to converse comfortably in daily life topics with minimal language breakdown.
3. Develop and increase communication skills: create and expand sentences, and tell a brief story or a simple narrative.
4. Strengthen overall language proficiency by introducing increasingly complex sentence structures and uses.
5. Use textbook content to introduce various cultural topics.

Students will:

1. Strengthen character learning to enable student to read, write and use characters appropriately, and to understand meaning using analogies.
2. Develop student's skill to use and apply Chinese and to strive to converse comfortably in daily life topics with minimal language breakdown.
3. Develop and increase communication skills: create and expand sentences, and tell a brief story or a simple narrative.
4. Strengthen overall language proficiency by introducing increasingly complex sentence structures and uses.
5. Use textbook content to introduce various cultural topics.