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The course focuses on speaking in Mandarin Chinese. Students learn basic sentence structures and grammatical rules, and acquire a vocabulary of 400 words used in basic conversation.
Course texts are written in Pinyin, the widely-used transliteration system for Chinese characters. This allows students to focus on improving their communication skills, both speaking and comprehension.
The class meets once a week and students are required to complete the homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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| The course focuses on correct sentence structures, which provides a solid foundation for speech. In addition to the basic vocabulary acquired in Level A, 450 new words are taught in Beginners B. During classes, students practice the use of the new vocabulary and sentence patterns. Homework assignments are given every week, as well as a list of new words learnt in class. Course texts are written in Pinyin. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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| Students practice the use of the new vocabulary and use role-playing to conduct dialogs in order to memorize many of the expressions and nuances used by native Chinese speakers. As with previous courses, Intermediate C increases the scope of vocabulary and improves the students’ use of grammatical structures. Homework assignments are given every week, as well as a list of new words learnt in class. Course texts are written in Pinyin. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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The course focuses on enhancing comprehension skills, with special attention devoted to conversational Chinese. Students practice the use of new vocabulary and sentence structure. Each class is comprised of a reading session and a discussion session. Through reading literature, students improve their comprehension and enhance their vocabulary. By conducting discussions, students improve their speaking skills and listening comprehension.
Homework assignments are given every week, as well as a list of new words learnt in class. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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During the course, students are presented with newspaper and TV clippings and articles from the Chinese media. The selected pieces are designed to help students explore some of the major social issues facing Chinese society. Each topic is followed by a live discussion in Chinese. Students continue to practice the use of new vocabulary and sentence structure.
Homework assignments are given every week, as well as a list of new words learnt in class. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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Business Chinese |
This course is an introduction to reading, writing and speaking Mandarin Chinese. It is the equivalent course to Spoken Chinese Beginners A in vocabulary and grammar, but the focus is broader to include writing and reading Chinese characters.
Students learn the basic principles of writing Chinese characters, including how to write in the correct stroke order. Students are acquainted with basic sentence structures and acquire a vocabulary of 400 words used in basic conversation on a variety of topics.
The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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The course focuses on correct sentence structures, which form the solid foundation for proper speech. At the Beginners B level, approximately 200 new characters and 450 new words are added to the basic vocabulary already acquired in Level A. Students are also taught to write these new characters.
Homework assignments are given every week, as well as a list of new words learnt in class. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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Reading & Writing Chinese |
The aim of the course is to give students the skills to express themselves in Chinese dialog for business purposes. Each lesson consists of 20 sentences that are essential to business negotiations, substitution drills, short dialogs and new words.
The course is specially designed for foreigners doing business in China and includes some practical expressions in international business and trade.
Homework assignments are given every week, as well as a list of new words learnt in class. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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The aim of the course is to improve students' capabilities for effective communication in Chinese for business purposes. The course features a series of short, relevant business conversations, and practices frequently-used vocabulary and expressions.
The course is specially designed for foreigners doing business in China and includes some practical expressions in international business and trade.
Homework assignments are given every week, as well as a list of new words learnt in class. The class meets once a week and students are required to complete homework assignments sent by the teacher after each lesson. |
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