The curriculum design of task-based communicative teaching pattern is a kind of curriculum system which is mainly focused on various types and levels of communicative tasks and is assisted by phonetics, the Chinese characters and the grammar as well as the supplementary contents of different fields of culture lectures. The qualified Mandarin program may include different kinds of teaching methods according to different teaching aims. After the brief introduction of the curriculum design of task-based communicative teaching pattern, let’s move to the specific details of each section.

First are the main courses which are centered on the communicative tasks. This kind of courses is divided into six categories. We will figure them one by one. The first category is the intermediate comprehensive course. This kind of course stresses listening and speaking abilities. The course is oriented the practical application of all kinds of skills to accomplish some certain simple communicative task. The second category is the intermediate listening and speaking course. This kind of course proceeds with the listening and speaking aspects of the task and the focus is the oral practice of some common communicative task. This third category is the intermediate reading and writing course. This kind of course proceeds with reading and writing. The focus is the practice of the common communicative task by writing. The fourth category is the advanced speaking course. This kind of course centers on the oral practice to accomplish some complex communicative task. The fifth category is the advanced audio and video course. It is through the practice to complete some difficult communicative related to broadcasting. The sixth category is the advanced reading and writing course with the focus on the practice to accomplish some complex communicative tasks in written forms.

In the HSK Preparation Program in China, the professional teachers will also tell you that the curriculum design of task-based communicative teaching pattern is still aided by the course focused on the language. And there are three aspects of this kind of teaching, namely phonetics, the Chinese characters and the grammar courses. The phonetics course is designed for elementary students who have no rudimentary knowledge. The Chinese characters course is for the students to know, read, write and practice. The grammar course is for all levels of students and the focus is the grammar of Chinese.

The supplementary course contains different fields of culture lectures including General Introduction of China, Chinese culture and the Cultural Skill Course. The knowledge about the society, economy, education, culture, history, the ideological culture, the system culture, the behavioral culture, the mental culture, Tai Ji, calligraphy, painting and the musical instruments will be presented in the supplementary course.