This level is for Mandarin learners who have limited prior knowledge to read Chinese alphabets or characters, and have difficulties to answer simple questions in Chinese.
Topic
Simple Pronunciation!
Changing the Tone
The Neutral Tone
The Retroflex Ending"-r"
Visiting Friend
Shopping
Conversations about Festivals
Giving Present
Elementary Level 1 (A1)
Target learners:
You can know basic vocabulary and phrases, and want to learn daily conversations.
Course Description:
1. Set teaching program based on learners’ pronunciation problems, correct their pronunciation through training.
2. Along with a variety of exercises in phonetics, grammar, contextual meaning, and usage to help learners improve their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
3. The homebook reinforces the learning of all the books. It is full of interactive activities worksheets, Pinyin, Listening, Multiple choice, and picture cards.
Course Objectives:
In this level, you will study Hanyu pronunciation and know how to initiate or respond basic conversations in daily life, such as greetings, self-introduction, shopping (simple bargaining), ordering food, etc.
Sessions
One class (min)
Topic
30
50
Chinese Pronunciation
30
50
Everyday Conversation
30
50
Shopping and Telephoning
20
50
Tenement and Nuisances
20
50
Make Friends and Dine Together
20
50
Greeting and Communication
Upper-elementary Level 2 (A2)
Target learners:
1. Need to meet concrete needs provided speech is clearly and somewhat slowly articulated.
2. Can ask and answer questions and exchange ideas or information on familiar topics in predictable everyday situations.
Course Description:
Learn to read and write Hanyu characters, and remove the obstacles of difficulties on learning Hanyu characters. Capable of simple reading. Learn around 800 Hanyu characters.
Course Objectives:
1. To know over 300 words.
2. To improve pronunciation and be able to master basic Hanyu vocabulary and sentence patterns, and to enhance the ability of listening, speaking and be capable of socializing in daily life and at work.
Sessions
One class (min)
Topic
30
50
Family and Dealing with people
30
50
Study and Travel
30
50
Move and Get-together
30
50
Leisure and Work
Intermediate Level 3 (B1)
Target learners:
You can understand main points of clear and standard speech on familiar matters.
Course Description:
1. Master special Hanyu sentence patterns and compound sentences based on elementary Chinese study, enlarge vocabulary, and improve listening and speaking capabilities and capability of expression in paragraphs.
2. Capable of exchanging and socializing with people in daily life and work and in other social occasions. This material has removed the pinying texts.
Course Objectives:
1. To know topics such as lifestyle, educational background, work and career, etc. Important word-building methods will also be learned.
2. To know detailed description on a range of familiar subjects.
Sessions
One class (min)
Topic
40
50
Leisure and Entertainment
40
50
Culture and Work
30
50
Provinciality and Geography
25
50
School Life
30
50
Knowing China
Upper-intermediate Level 4 (B2)
Target learners:
1. You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction and sustained relationship with native speakers and somewhat effective without imposing strain on either party.
2. You can read independently and have a broad knowledge of active vocabulary, but may experience some difficulties with idioms.
3. You can exchange, check and confirm information, although some pauses and mistakes might happened. Etudents who can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
Course Description:
1. This level is for students who can use Hanyu accurately and effectively on a wide range of topics.
2. In this level, you will learn complex topics such as environmental pollution, filing a complaint, discussing marital problem etc. You will read articles focused on social issues, technology, economy, etc.
3. will learn topics such as differences between Eastern and Western culture, traditional festivals, historical sites, scenic spots, etc.
Course Objectives:
1. To communicate spontaneously with good grammatical control without much sign of having to restrict what you want to say, although you can be hesitant as you search for patterns and expressions. You can read longer texts and gather information from different parts of a text with no difficulty.
2. You will learn to narrate a story, describe events, hopes and ambitions, give detailed accounts of experiences, and describe feelings and reactions.
Sessions
One class (min)
Topic
40
50
Bank and Hospital
40
50
Treat and Mood
40
50
Holiday and Entertainment
20
50
Society and Economy
20
50
Local and Culture
Advanced Level 5 (C1)
Target learners:
1. You can understand a wide range of demanding topics, and recognize implicit meaning.
2. You can express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.
3. You can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can express spontaneously, fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in extremely complex situations.
4. You can understand and interpret critically virtually all forms of the written language including abstract, structurally complex, or highly colloquial literary and non-literary writings.
Course Description:
1. In this level, you will discuss topics such as stock market, Hanyu social issues, etc. Articles selected from newspaper, literary work, and internet will also be read.
2. Improve students’ capability of expression in paragraphs by way of discussion of various topics about life, society, politics, economy, law, culture and education, etc.
Course Objectives:
1. To know sophisticated topics that appear in public media and writings. Students will gain a vast knowledge of China's emerging market, business investment environment, and China's commercial culture.
2. To read the underlying meaning of business texts and write long thesis to present your profession-related research findings.