The Money Module (MON) will provide you with the skills needed to exchange moneys make simple purchases, and discuss your purchases in Chinese.
Before starting this module, you must take and. pass the BIO Criterion Test. Prerequisites to units 4 and 5 of this module are tapes 5 and 6. Numbers resource module and tapes 3 and 4, Time and Dates resource module.
The Criterion Test will focus largely on this module, but material from ORN, BIO and associated resource modules may also be included.
Upon successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:
Comprehend the numbers 1 through 99,9997 including those numbers used In money expressions, and say them in Chinese when given English equivalents.
Give the English equivalent for any Chinese sentence in the MON Target Lists.
Say any Chinese sentence in the MON Target Lists when cued with its English equivalent.
Give the Chinese names, when given the English, for fifteen items to be bought .
Say that he wants to make a purchases, find out if the item is sold, ask to see it, find out the price, ask to see other similar items and either make the purchase or say he does not want to buy the item.
Talk in Chinese about the items he bought, the quantity he bought, the size and color of the items , and the price (cost) (including a comparison of his purchases with other Items).
Ask for change (specific denominations).
Say he wants to change money into local currency, find out where to change it, ask what the current exchange rate is, and complete the exchange using cash or traveler's checks.