Take everything you learned in HSK 1 and turn it into real, connected conversations. This bridge course upgrades familiar topics like greetings, family, shopping, and food into natural multi-clause sentences that prepare you for HSK 2.

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HSK 1+: From Words to Conversations Chinese learning course - Take everything you learned in HSK 1 and turn it into real, connected conversations. This bridge course upgrades familiar topics like greetings, family, shopping, and food into natural multi-clause sentences that prepare you for HSK 2. with 8 chapters

HSK 1+: From Words to Conversations

Take everything you learned in HSK 1 and turn it into real, connected conversations. This bridge course upgrades familiar topics like greetings, family, shopping, and food into natural multi-clause sentences that prepare you for HSK 2.

8 chapters

Chapters

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Meeting Again

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Practice reconnecting with people you already know, using natural greetings and small talk beyond a simple hello.

2

My Family and Work

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Talk about your family members and jobs in fuller, connected sentences instead of single words.

3

Dates and Plans

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Combine days, dates, and plans into sentences about what you and others intend to do.

4

Shopping and Prices

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Bargain, compare prices, and describe items while shopping, using more natural phrasing.

5

Eating Out

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Order food, chat with the waiter, and describe taste in connected restaurant conversations.

6

Getting Around

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Discuss transportation choices, distance, and speed while getting from place to place.

7

Weather and the Weekend

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Chat about the weather and turn weekend plans into short, natural exchanges.

8

Putting It Together

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A capstone mini-story that reuses vocabulary from every earlier chapter in one flowing conversation.