
Elementary Short-term Spoken Chinese Course
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Short-term Spoken Chinese Course is designed for overseas learners who want to practice oral Chinese but cannot spend much time to stay in China for learning. This course is also for the foreigner who is sent to China to work and only has limited time (2-4 weeks) to learn spoken Chinese. Fast, effective result and fun way are the features of this course. The course is divided into 3 levels which includes elementary, intermediate and advanced.
Stage 3
This stage is designed for those who have completed stage 2. At this stage, you will discuss deeply about hobbies, weather, travelling, city, etc. Grammar patterns and special Chinese structures will be taught. After finishing this stage, we accomplish the Chinese grammar comprehensively. The students can express their emotions, feelings and opinions. Besides, we will arrange extra lessons for students who want to read and write Chinese characters.
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Textbook: Short-term Spoken Chinese |
Suggested duration: 4weeks ( 3 lessons/day ) |
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Time: 9:30am-12:30pm |
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A total of 15 chapters |
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About 50 lessons are needed to finish this book (1 lesson=50 minutes) |
Curriculum of Stage 3:
Chapter |
Topics |
1 |
He is waiting for his wife. |
2 |
Where were you going just now? |
3 |
It is autumn now. |
4 |
Are you good at swimming? |
5 |
I’m going to back to my country tomorrow. |
6 |
Have you ever been to the Fragrant Hills? |
7 |
The door is open. |
8 |
You have the wrong number. |
9 |
She is out. |
10 |
I am afraid he cannot go. |
11 |
Xi’an is hotter than Beijing. |
12 |
Where is your bike? |
13 |
Please turn off the air conditioner. |
14 |
My purse is stolen by thief. |
15 |
Have a good journey. |
Chinese Character A Class:
This course is for the businessmen who have dealing with Chinese. In order to make the business trip in China more convenient, knowing some Chinese characters would be necessary. Therefore, this course is to help students to recognize the Chinese characters which we meet frequently in daily life in China.
☆ Duration: 30 lessons
☆ Teaching Contents:
About 100 practical Chinese characters, including place name, city name, sign, menu, such as 北京(Beijing), 上海(Shanghai), 出口(entrance), 机场(airport), 北京烤鸭(roast Beijing duck) and so on.
Chinese Character B Class:
This class is for the learners who have a long schedule for learning Chinese. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are all that they want to improve. This is entry-level class for learning Chinese characters and reading and writing are focus in our teaching. Based on different aims for learning, we divide this class as two categories:
B1 Class:
☆ Duration: 20 lessons
☆ Teaching Aims: To recognize these characters
☆ Teaching Contents: 164人(person), 手(hand), 口(mouth), 大(big) and so on.
B2 Class:
☆ Duration: 40 lessons
☆ Teaching Aims: To recognize and write these characters
☆ Teaching Contents: 164 simple Chinese characters such as 人(person), 手(hand), 口(mouth), 大(big) and so on.
