课程共计八个单元，三十二讲。前四讲以讲解汉语拼音为主，帮助零基础学习者快速掌握汉语拼音的构成及拼写规则，轻松拼读生词和句子，同时学习一些简单的日常用语。后七个单元以功能为纲，以任务教学为方法，围绕初级汉语教学阶段必备的生活交际项目展开，为完成交际项目选取必备的词汇及语法点，以交际为主线，强化功能表达，学会交际中所使用的基本句型，顺利完成交际，即学即用，实用性强。我们选择询问、介绍、时间、方位、购物、饮食、交通、爱好、旅行等多个交际单元，教学内容丰富，完成学习后可以满足短期来华人士日常生活和交际需要。

The course consists of eight units and thirty-two lectures. The first four lectures are mainly focused on Pinyin, helping zero-level learners quickly grasp the composition and spelling rules of Pinyin, and read new words and sentences easily. At the same time, learning some simple daily expressions. The last seven units focus on function, using Task-based language teaching, focusing on the necessary life communicative items in the primary Chinese teaching stage and selecting the necessary vocabulary and grammar points to complete the communicative items. Taking communication as the main line, enhancing functional expression, learning the basic sentence patterns used in communication to successfully complete communication. You can do that what just learned can be used immediately and it has strong practicability. We choose multiple communication units such as asking ,simple daily expressions, transportation, hobbies, travel. It is rich in teaching content and can meet the daily life and communicative needs of the short-term visitors to China after completing the study.