Part A
Structures
1 Overview of Pronunciation and Pinyin Romanization
2 Syllable, Meaning, and Word
3 The Chinese Writing System: An Overview
4 Grammatical Categories, Grammatical Terms, and Basic Phrase Order
5 Nouns
6 Numbers
7 Specifiers and Demonstratives
8 Classifiers
9 Noun Phrases
10 Adjectival Verbs
11 Stative Verbs
12 Modal Verbs
13 Action Verbs
14 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
15 Adverbs
16 Conjunctions
17 Passive
Part B
Situations and Functions
18 Names, Kinship Terms, Titles, and Terms of Address
19 Introductions
20 Greetings and Goodbyes
21 Basic Strategies for Communication
22 Telecommunications and e-communications: Telephones, the internet, beepers, and faxes
23 Negating Information
24 Asking Questions and Replying to Questions
25 Expressing Identification, Possession, and Existence
26 Describing People, Places, and Things
27 Describing How Actions are Performed
28 Indicating Result, Conclusion, Potential, and Extent
29 Making Comparisons
30 Talking About the Present
31 Talking About Habitual Actions
32 Talking About the Future
33 Indicating Completion and Talking About the Past
34 Talking About Change, New Situations, and Changing Situations
35 Talking About Duration and Frequency
36 Expressing Additional Information
37 Expressing Contrast
38 Expressing Sequence
39 Expressing Simultaneous Situations
40 Expressing Cause and Effect or Reason and Result
41 Expressing Conditions
42. Expressing both, all, every, any, none, not any, and no matter how
43 Expressing Location and Distance
44 Talking about Movement, Directions, and Means of Transportation
45 Talking about Clock Time and Calendar Time
46 Expressing Obligation and Prohibitions
47 Expressing Commands and Permission
48 Expressing Ability and Possibility
49 Expressing Desires, Needs, Preferences, and Willingness
50 Expressing Knowledge, Advice, and Opinions
51 Expressing Fear or Worry
52 Expressing Speaker Attitudes and Perspectives
53 Topic, Focus, and Emphasis
54 Guest and Host
55 Giving and Responding to Compliments
56 Expressing Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
57 Expressing Gratitude and Responding to Expressions of Gratitude
58 Invitations, Requests, and Refusals
59 Expressing Apologies, Regrets, and Sympathy
60 Expressing Congratulations and Good Wishes
