– Elementary A
– Elementary B
– Elementary C
Elementary A
takes 9 hours to complete
Chapter 01: Talking about an ongoing action and an action that was ongoing in the past: e.g., “Recently I’ve been looking for a job.”
Chapter 02: Adding a time clause when talking about progressive action, e.g., “When I got there, my friends were busy getting ready for a party.”
Chapter 03: Talking about duration, e.g., “For how long did you learn Mandarin before?”
Chapter 04: Adding duration to a sentence about progressive past action, e.g., “I’ve learned Mandarin since coming to Toronto 10 years ago.”
Chapter 05: Putting together past experience, progressive action, and duration; Tell a story about a person, such as a colleague
Chapter 06: Comprehensive Conversation [Change this to whatever the 6th meeting of the Beginner level A is called now; do the same for the last item in each session]
Self-assessment
Please listen to the audio once, and then repeat it within the specified time. If you can successfully retell it within the specified time, you can move on to the next level to continue the test; if you are unable to retell it within the specified time, you may either belong to the current level or should consider returning to the previous level of testing.
Elementary B
takes 9 hours to complete
Chapter 07: Discuss prices and currency; learn to use measure words
Chapter 08: Negotiate a price; express an opinion in a simple way
Chapter 09: Buy something in a store
Chapter 10: Order food at a restaurant
Chapter 11: Take a taxi
self-assessment
Please listen to the audio once, and then repeat it within the specified time. If you can successfully retell it within the specified time, you can move on to the next level to continue the test; if you are unable to retell it within the specified time, you may either belong to the current level or should consider returning to the previous level of testing.
Elementary C
takes 9 hours to complete
Chapter 13: Further descriptive adjectives and adverbs; Using一点儿 versus有点儿
to make simple comparisons
Chapter 14: Using一下儿and 一会儿 to talk about brief periods of time or to soften your tone
Chpter 15: Using 比 and 跟/和to compare two people, things, or states
Chapter 16: Using更 and 最to compare three or more people, things, or states
Chapter 17: Using 了to tell a story involving a change of status
Chapter 18: Comprehensive Conversation
self-assessment
Please listen to the audio once, and then repeat it within the specified time. If you can successfully retell it within the specified time, you can move on to the next level to continue the test; if you are unable to retell it within the specified time, you may either belong to the current level or should consider returning to the previous level of testing.