Mandarin Course For Expatriates and Overseas Chinese

Our active teaching methodology has its focus on communication and involves a lot of student participation and interaction. Role-play, discussion and more are an essential part of the course.

Class Structure:
               - Basic Pronunciation
               - New expressions, grammar, sentence patterns, 
                  vocabulary
               - Topic discussion
               - Free talks



There are 15 sessions per course.

ˇˇ

Mandarin Beginner For Expatriates and Overseas Chinese

1. Beginner I

2. Beginner II

Topics covered:

-Phonetic
-Introduce yourself in social or Business settings
-Greeting
-Numbers and dates, Asking and telling the time
-Go shopping and Bargain
-Order food and Drinks
-Make and answer the telephone calls
-Ask the way and give direction
-Talking about whether, daily activities, feelingˇ­
-And more! !

Teaching Materials:

Chinese Express - Talk Chinese (including 1 textbook and 2CDs)

ˇˇ

Mandarin Intermediate For Expatriates and Overseas Chinese

1. Intermediate I

2. Intermediate II

Building upon the Mandarin basis students attained in the Beginner course, they will be taught to handle more sophisticated means of expression, description and grammars for them to be able to communicate confidently in everyday situations. We will discuss topic such as different occupations, work, and family background, hobbies and sports. Students have the choice to study the optional Chinese character and letter writing materials.

Teaching Material:

Chinese For Today 1 (including 1 textbook, 4 CDs, and 1 exercise book)

ˇˇ

Mandarin Advanced For Expatriates and Overseas Chinese

1. Advanced I

2. Advanced II

3. Advanced III

Students will explore in depth a wide range of social, business and cultural topics. Emphasis is on discussion of current affairs and authentic materials. Students have the option of studying Chinese characters more intensively. Chinese customs and social norm of today will be one of the focuses. Building upon the materials learned from the Intermediate course, this course will look into more sophisticated communication scenarios, such as idiomatic, business articles, reports and contracts.

Teaching Material:

Chinese For Today 2 (including 1 textbook, 4 CDs and 1 exercise book)

Commercial Mandarin as supplementary material
(including 1 textbook and 3 tapes)
ˇˇ