Verbal Test Instructions
Further Beginner
(Level 1)
- 你叫什么名字?
- 你是哪里人?你爸爸妈妈是哪里人?他们住在哪里?
- 你认识很多中国朋友吗?
- 你喜欢吃中国菜吗?
- 用中文,怎么说 I am learning Chinese. (我正在学习中文。)
- 用中文,怎么说 I went running this morning. (我今天早上去了跑步。)
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用中文,怎么说 I have not been to China. (我没去过中国。)
(if students cannot answer the last 3 questions, then they should go to Beginner 2.0 to start learning Verb aspects.)
Elementary
(Level 2)
- 你叫什么?你有中文名字吗?
- 你在哪里上班?你工作忙不忙?
- 你喜欢旅行吗?/你想去哪里旅行?
- 你为什么要学习中文?
- 你会看汉字吗?会看多少个汉字?
- 用中文,怎么说 Sorry I said it wrong. (对不起,我说错了)
- 用中文,怎么说 You speak Chinese very well? (你说中文说得很好。 你的中文说得很好。)
- 用中文,怎么说 I have lived in London for 2 years. (我在伦敦住了两年了。)
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用中文,怎么说 The person wearing a red dress is my Chinese friend. (穿着红色裙子的人是我的中国朋友。)
(if students can or cannot answer the last 3 questions, would decide if Beginner 3.0 is more suitable or one of the Elementary courses)
Intermediate
(Level 3)
- 你做什么工作?你在哪里上班?
- 你从家里怎么去上班?
- 你去过什么国家?
- 你为什么要学习中文?
- 你学中文学了多长时间了?
- 你会看汉字吗?会看多少个汉字?
- 用中文,怎么说 I don’t like McDonald’s at all. (我一点儿也不喜欢麦当劳。)
- 用中文,怎么说 Your Chinese speaking is better and better. (你的中文说得越来越好。)
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用中文,怎么说 I forgot your birthday!(我把你的生日忘了。/ 我忘了你的生日。)
(if students can or cannot answer the last 3 questions, would decide if Elementary is more suitable. Especially if they don’t read Hanzi well, they should go down to Elementary level. If they can read Hanzi, then Level 3 lessons are not as fast paced, they can join.)
Upper-Intermediate
(Level 4)
- 你在中国住过吗?在哪里?你觉得那个城市怎么样?
- 你学中文学了多长时间了?你为什么要学习中文?
- 你会看汉字吗?会看多少个汉字?
- 你觉得学中文最难的是什么?
- 你觉得会说中文,对找工作有好处吗?
- 你喜欢上网购物吗?你常常在哪个网站买东西?买什么?
- 用中文,怎么说 environmental protection, mental health, success, creativity, education, nature, technology
(if students have good verbal communicative skills on these topics, they can stay for Level 4, a lot of BBC students would understand well, but don’t have a good level of vocabularies on specific topics, this level would be useful for them.)