Teachers and Chinese Teaching Methods

Students learn to participate in conversations, group tasks and interactive games. We focus on providing you with continual exposure to spoken, day-to-day practical language. This is achieved by immersing our students in the everyday lives of typical Chinese people, which gives our students the chance to learn Chinese through their daily activities as well as through in-class instructions.

Our program covers five basic components: conversation, reading, listening, writing and grammar. The program is to provide a holistic Chinese language and culture immersion approach. The core program in the morning provides 20 hours each week of classroom instructions dedicated to learning the ins and outs of Mandarin, which includes oral expression, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing and grammar.

The afternoon free elective programs provide exposure to and appreciation of the Chinese culture for the students. The elective programs aim to complement the different type of language programs and to provide you with the cultural background needed in order to absorb the Chinese language in the most effective and efficient way.

Levels

There are three levels of proficiency in our programs: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Participants will be tested and placed according to their proficiency levels in Listening, Speaking, Writing and Reading.

Chinese Language Courses

Students may choose from the following courses:


• Study Tour - 2 weeks program
• Chinese Language and Culture - 3 weeks to 6 months
• Business Chinese - 4 weeks to 1 year
• Credit program - 3 to 6 months
• Private coaching

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Study Tour - 2 weeks program

The Study Tour program is very popular among those who would like a taste of Learn Chinese In China, and at the same time experience the culture and life in China.

Students from North America and Europe are particularly interested in occupying their summer months, (June, July and August) with exciting and rewarding programs. Similarly students from Australia and South East Asia are always looking for rewarding and fun programs in their year-end off months, (December, January and February), and the study tour program will meet their needs.

The Study Tour program is a hands-on learning program and teaches students the basic skills of the Chinese language. Students will learn practical conversation skills that can be used in daily situations. The program creates an environment that immerses students in the Chinese culture, literature, and both speaking and writing aspects of the language. The study program also offers intermediate and advanced levels for returning students or individuals that may have previous knowledge of Mandarin.

Daily classes will be complemented with free weekend (both Saturdays and Sundays) field trips to many significant historic sights, such as the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and the tombs of the emperors from the Ming dynasty.

Students will also participate in traditional free cultural activities such as watching Chinese operas, learning tea ceremony, making Chinese dumplings, Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy and sampling Chinese food such as Peking duck. The tours will include visits to Chinese martial arts exhibitions such as Tai Chi and Kung Fu. This fun and memorable 2-week program is offered all year round. Refer to the schedule for program start dates.

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A well-rounded practical Chinese language program, offers students with different levels of language proficiency, thus ensuring no one is left behind in their learning journey. The building block approach of this program enables the students to grasp the Chinese language at a more comfortable pace. The program also offers a more flexible duration for the students, thus making this popular among individuals with very different backgrounds, such as: working adults who want to take time off from their work, mature adults who want to live in a foreign culture and experience life in a totally different way, and university students who want to see the world and learn another language skill before going into the working world.

This program gives a strong cultural flavor of China besides the core language training program in the morning. Students will participate in traditional cultural activities such as watching Chinese operas, learning Chinese painting and calligraphy, listening to lectures on Chinese religions and philosophies such as Confucius, participating in Tai Chi movements and sampling food from the different regions of China. This program is 3 weeks to 6 months in duration.

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Business Chinese Program

The Business Chinese program is probably one of the most sought after programs by college and university students, business executives, professionals or individuals who recognize the potential advantage of mastering the Chinese language in the business world. This is also suitable for those who are interested in taking a semester off to experience Chinese culture, either getting involved in business dealings with Chinese companies or anticipating the wave of opportunities in companies around the world that will be doing or planning to do business with China in the coming decades.

This program is result-oriented, and is designed with three levels of proficiency: basic, intermediate and advanced. Our main focus is to help participants improve a full range of Business Chinese communication skills in order to function more effectively at work.

Participants can advance their Business Chinese communication capabilities and succeed in working with Chinese counterparts. This program is offered in a small group format. Content can be tailored to address specific needs of students based on their respective job environments or special vocabularies.

We offer internships for individuals in the Business Chinese program to experience the working atmosphere in China. Simple requirements for the internship are the basic understanding of Chinese language, and the ability to communicate at the entry level.

The Business Chinese program is a 4 weeks to 1 year program, and is offered all year round.

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With a basic understanding of the Chinese language, students can register for this program to obtain 16 credits at the end of this 3-month accredited program of the Chinese language. This program fits in with any study-abroad programs the individual may register with their respective learning institutions. It is also recommended to individuals who are simply interested in learning the Chinese language, living and experiencing the Chinese culture, and simultaneously picking up useful credits towards their current or future study programs in their respective learning institutions.

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Some individuals prefers private coaching and tutoring to more efficiently master the Chinese language; others want to pick up the language while they are on business trips or working for their foreign companies here in Beijing. For others, it may simply be more comfortable to learn with a personal tutor. Our native Mandarin speaking tutors will work out a special program that fits the individual's needs based on their availability, duration of study, and current level of proficiency in the Chinese language. The personal tutoring program puts an emphasis on conversational Chinese and proper oral pronunciations. All levels of students are accepted. One special feature of this program is flexibility . In order to accommodate the participants' work schedules, we can arrange after-office-hour sessions, and if required, alternative tutoring locations (such as the individual's workplace) can also be arranged in order to eliminate travel time after work.

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