Pre-AP Chinese is designed to enable the students to participate extensively in the life of the Chinese society. The students should be able to manipulate most social situations and casual conversations. They will be able to discuss, compare and contrast, support or persuade an opinion in various topics. Grammar and writing skills will be reviewed and refined in the context of cultural studies, which will include the study of Chinese foods, school life, education system, cities, Chinese social media, Chinese values, geographic features. By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the main idea and details in authentic texts and use extended paragraphs to produce formal communications related to the learned topics.