Standard Chinese: A modular Approach

This course is designed to give a practical command of spoken Standard Chinese. Nine situational modules form the core of the course. Each core module consists of tapes, a student textbook, and a workbook. In addition to the core modules, there is a resource module and eight optional modules.

Here is the outline of the course. The outline shows some modules that were never developed: there is no text for Module 9, there is no optional module for Institutions and Organizations, and there is no Module 10.

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Archive download

The whole original course is available as an archive here Standard Chinese: a modular approach

Important Notes

The current course was created many years ago. Some informations are not accurate any more.

For example: 同志 (tóngzhì) meant Comrade and now may mean "gay", 小姐 (xiǎojiě) meant "Mademoiselle" and now may mean prostitute, depending on the situation.

So, be careful with the information given in this course: vocabulary has changed a lot. Use another resource to avoid misunderstanding.

Eric Streit

Digitalization

I am working on the digitalization of the course. You'll find the "work in progress" in the corresponding section.

From this, I extracted the vocabulary and phrases and formated them in .csv format, wich can be imported by any SRS program, like Anki or Mnemosyne.

Ressource Module

Structure Text

Introduction Text

Pronunciation and Romanization Tape 1 Tape 2 Tape 3 Tape 4 Tape 5 Tape 6
Numbers Tape 1 Tape 2 Tape 3 Tape 4 Tape 5 Tape 6
Classroom Expressions Tape 1 Tape 2
Time and Dates Tape 1 Tape 2 Tape 3 Tape 4

Module 1: Orientation

Student Text

Student Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1C-1 Tape 1D-1 Tape 1P-1
Unit 02 Tape 2C-1 Tape 2D-1 Tape 2P-1
Unit 03 Tape 3C-1 Tape 3C-2 Tape 3D-1 Tape 3P-1 Tape 3P-2
Unit 04 Tape 4C-1 Tape 4C-2 Tape 4D-1 Tape 4P-1 Tape 4P-2
Criterion Test Tape

Module 2: Biographic Information

Student Text

Student Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1C-1 Tape 1C-2 Tape 1D-1 Tape 1P-1 Tape 1P-2
Unit 02 Tape 2C-1 Tape 2C-2 Tape 2D-1 Tape 2P-1 Tape 2P-2
Unit 03 Tape 3C-1 Tape 3C-2 Tape 3D-1 Tape 3P-1 Tape 3P-2
Unit 04 Tape 4C-1 Tape 4C-2 Tape 4D-1 Tape 4P-1 Tape 4P-2
Unit 05 Tape 5C-1 Tape 5C-2 Tape 5D-1 Tape 5P-1 Tape 5P-2
Unit 06 Tape 6C-1 Tape 6C-2 Tape 6D-1 Tape 6P-1 Tape 6P-2
Unit 07 Tape 7C-1 Tape 7C-2 Tape 7D-1 Tape 7P-1 Tape 7P-2
Unit 08 Tape 8C-1 Tape 8C-2 Tape 8D-1 Tape 8P-1 Tape 8P-2
Review Units 1-4 Units 5-8
Criterion Test Tape

Module 3: Money

Student Text

Student Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1C-1 Tape 1C-2 Tape 1D-1 Tape 1P-1 Tape 1P-2
Unit 02 Tape 2C-1 Tape 2C-2 Tape 2D-1 Tape 2P-1 Tape 2P-2
Unit 03 Tape 3C-1 Tape 3C-2 Tape 3D-1 Tape 3P-1 Tape 3P-2
Unit 04 Tape 4C-1 Tape 4C-2 Tape 4D-1 Tape 4P-1 Tape 4P-2
Unit 05 Tape 5C-1 Tape 5C-2 Tape 5D-1 Tape 5P-1 Tape 5P-2
Unit 06 Tape 6C-1 Tape 6C-2 Tape 6D-1 Tape 6P-1 Tape 6P-2
Review Units 1-3 Units 4-6
Criterion Test Tape

Module 4: Directions

Student Text

Student Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1C-1 Tape 1C-2 Tape 1D-1 Tape 1P-1 Tape 1P-2
Unit 02 Tape 2C-1 Tape 2C-2 Tape 2D-1 Tape 2P-1 Tape 2P-2
Unit 03 Tape 3C-1 Tape 3C-2 Tape 3D-1 Tape 3P-1 Tape 3P-2
Unit 04 Tape 4C-1 Tape 4C-2 Tape 4D-1 Tape 4P-1 Tape 4P-2
Unit 05 Tape 5C-1 Tape 5C-2 Tape 5D-1 Tape 5P-1 Tape 5P-2
Review Units 1-3 Units 4-5
Criterion Test Tape

Module 5: Transportation

Student Text

Student Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1C-1 Tape 1C-2 Tape 1D-1 Tape 1P-1 Tape 1P-2
Unit 02 Tape 2C-1 Tape 2C-2 Tape 2D-1 Tape 2P-1 Tape 2P-2
Unit 03 Tape 3C-1 Tape 3C-2 Tape 3D-1 Tape 3P-1 Tape 3P-2
Unit 04 Tape 4C-1 Tape 4C-2 Tape 4D-1 Tape 4P-1 Tape 4P-2
Unit 05 Tape 5C-1 Tape 5C-2 Tape 5D-1 Tape 5P-1 Tape 5P-2
Unit 06 Tape 6C-1 Tape 6C-2 Tape 6D-1 Tape 6P-1 Tape 6P-2
Unit 07 Tape 7C-1 Tape 7C-2 Tape 7D-1 Tape 7P-1 Tape 7P-2
Unit 08 Tape 8C-1 Tape 8C-2 Tape 8D-1 Tape 8P-1 Tape 8P-2
Review Units 1-4 Units 5-8
Criterion Test Tape

Module 6: Arranging a Meeting

Student Text

Student Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1C-1 Tape 1C-2 Tape 1D-1 Tape 1P-1 Tape 1P-2
Unit 02 Tape 2C-1 Tape 2C-2 Tape 2D-1 Tape 2P-1 Tape 2P-2
Unit 03 Tape 3C-1 Tape 3C-2 Tape 3D-1 Tape 3P-1 Tape 3P-2
Unit 04 Tape 4C-1 Tape 4C-2 Tape 4D-1 Tape 4P-1 Tape 4P-2
Unit 05 Tape 5C-1 Tape 5C-2 Tape 5D-1 Tape 5P-1 Tape 5P-2
Unit 06 Tape 6C-1 Tape 6C-2 Tape 6D-1 Tape 6P-1 Tape 6P-2
Unit 07 Tape 7C-1 Tape 7C-2 Tape 7D-1 Tape 7P-1 Tape 7P-2
Unit 08 Tape 8C-1 Tape 8C-2 Tape 8D-1 Tape 8P-1 Tape 8P-2
Review Units 1-4 Units 5-8
Criterion Test Tape

Module 7: Society

Student Text and Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 02 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 03 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 04 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 05 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 06 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 07 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 08 Tape 1 Tape 2
Review Units 1-4 Tape 1 Tape 2
Review Units 5-8 Tape 1 Tape 2

Module 8: Travelling in China

Student Text and Workbook

Unit 01 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 02 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 03 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 04 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 05 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 06 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 07 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 08 Tape 1 Tape 2
Review Units 1-4 Tape 1 Tape 2
Review Units 5-8 Tape 1 Tape 2

Module 9: Life in China

Unit 01 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 02 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 03 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 04 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 05 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 06 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 07 Tape 1 Tape 2
Unit 08 Tape 1 Tape 2
Review Units 1-3 Tape 1 Tape 2
Review Units 4-6 Tape 1 Tape 2
Review Units 7-8 Tape 1 Tape 2

Optional Module: Car

Student Text

Unit 01 Tape
Unit 02 Tape

Optional Module: Hotel

Student Text

Unit 01 Tape
Unit 02 Tape

Optional Module: Marriage, Birth, and Death

Student Text

Unit 01 Tape
Unit 02 Tape
Unit 03 Tape
Unit 04 Tape
Unit 05 Tape
Unit 06 Tape

Optional Module: Personal Welfare

Student Text

Unit 01 Tape
Unit 02 Tape
Unit 03 Tape
Unit 04 Tape
Unit 05 Tape
Unit 06 Tape

Optional Module: Post Office and Telephone

Student Text

Unit 01 Tape
Unit 02 Tape

Optional Module: Restaurant

Student Text

Unit 01 Tape
Unit 02 Tape
Unit 03 Tape
Unit 04 Tape