• Using basic Elluminate features • Getting to know your tutor group • Practising tones • Expressing numbers • Exchanging basic greetings

Practising saying Chinese names, Asking and giving names

Unspecified

Activity of matching pinyin to characters

Activity of making sentences by arranging characters.

Talking about birthdays.

Word order for time expressions

Tutorial plan - to practise how to ask 'choice questions' by using 'hai shi'

Talking about the languages one can speak Talking about things one can or cannot do

practice simple food and drink names; how to order simple food and drink.

Practise how to order food and drinks.

How to ask and describe feelings and states.

To talk about how many people in the family, and family member's professions.

To practise how to express likes and dislikes of different sport activities.

• Comparing people and things. • Talking about that something has changed. • More greetings

• Talking about weather. • Using comparative sentences in the negative form and talking about things or people that are the same.

• Talking about going to places. • Asking about how to get things done. • Using verbs ‘to go’ and ‘to come’

• Talking about means of transport. • Expressing doing things in a sequence. • Using 怎么 to talk about how to get things done.

• Asking for directions. • Describing locations of people of places.

• Talking about locations of people or places.

Learning Currency terms Asking for and giving prices

Large numbers Commenting on prices and bargain Distinguish between 能 and 会

Asking and telling the time Talking about daily routine

Talking about opening and closing times Asking about time with 什么时候(when) Verbal phrases as attributive

Giving and asking for directions Talking about duration

Talking about common medical symptoms Giving advice and instructions

Talking about what happened and did not happen in the past Asking and answering yes-no questions about the past

Talking about foreign currencies and changing money Expressing ‘not only … but also’ Talking about things that you’ve run out of

Talking about distances between two places Talking about how, when and where a past action occurred

Talking about going to an event Expression cause and effect

Asking about and describing the manner of an action Describing how long and how many times something is done

Talking about parties and inviting people to parties Describing attitudes about the time (too early or too late)

• Talking about an action in progress • Describing two actions at the same time • Talking about and asking for help

• Talking superlative • Expressing ‘when’ in a time clause • Talking about the immediate future

• Talking about giving gifts to friends. • Practicing using verbal phrases as attributives • Talking about interest • Describing drawbacks

• Talking about past experiences • Sentences with 过 in the negative • Asking and answering questions about past experiences