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Long-term Chinese Language Program

Qualification Awarded:	Non-Degree
Type of Course:	Chinese Language Course
Program Duration:	1 Semester
Hours/week:	20
Teaching language:	Chinese
Starting Date:	Mar., Sept.
Application Deadline:	2010-07-14
Application Fee:	65 USD
Tuition Fee:	RMB 6,800 per semester

 

Program Description

Chinese Language Program

The College of International Culture and Education of Guangxi Normal University provides non-diploma education in Chinese language and Chinese culture for a period of half a year or longer for foreigners and foreign citizens of Chinese origin whose native tongue is not Chinese, and overseas Chinese.

It has been undertaking the teaching of Chinese as a second language as long as 17 years. All its full-time teaching staff hold a Master's degree in the area and a certificate in teaching Chinese as second language. They are well-qualified and experienced teachers of Chinese as a second language, who have a wide range of knowledge in the area and varieties of teaching methods. It is equipped with perfect language teaching facilities such as large, medium-sized and small classrooms, multi-functional classroom, language laboratory, reading room, and multi-media facilities. It is designated as an HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) center which provides an HSK test two times a year.

Placement Test
A placement test, both oral and written, is given at the beginning of a new semester to the new students to see the level of their listening, speaking, reading and writing. On this basis, they will be placed in different classes in order for the teachers to teach according to their respective level, thus ensuring the quality of teaching.

Levels and Classes
Classes are usually divided into elementary level, intermediate level, and advanced level, and each level may be subdivided if needed. Students will be recommended to study in a class which fits their level of Chinese according the results of the placement test.

Courses and Textbooks

We highly recommend the textbook series of Chinese as a second language published by Beijing University of Language and Culture for the teaching of language skills, language knowledge, and cultural aspects.

The teaching of Chinese as a second language includes such courses as Basic Chinese, Practical Chinese, and Works from Chinese Literature.

For the long-term program, 1 academic year is divided into 2 semesters, 18 weeks each semester, and 20 class hours each week. The required courses are usually arranged in the morning and the elective courses in the afternoon from Monday through Friday.

There are long-term programs (6 months or longer) and short-term programs (July-August during the summer break, and January-February during the winter break). Courses offered are determined on the basis of the level and request of the students.

Long-term Programs: Elementary Class I (for absolute beginners), Elementary Class II, Intermediate Class and Advanced Class (divided into 4 levels).

Students will be studying in a class according their level of Chinese at the time of enrollment.

In addition to the above-listed courses, students of any level are allowed to take such elective courses as Bettering Pronunciation in Chinese, Reading and Writing Chinese Characters, Chinese Calligraphy with Pen, Ancient Chinese Language, A Brief History of China, Chinese Traditional Music, Chinese Opera for Appreciation, Taiji, Chinese Wushu, Chinese Painting, Preparations for HSK Test, etc.

A "Study Certificate" will be issued to those who attend classes as required and pass the relevant exams.

Tuition Fee
6800 RMB / semester
12800 RMB / Academic Year

Detail of the Levels

Chinese Elementary Level

Elementary	Level	Target of Teaching	Courses Provided	Textbooks Used
	Elementary A Slow, (First Semester)	Absolute Beginners	Elementary Integrated Chinese, Elementary Chinese Speaking, Elementary Chinese Listening,Communicating in Chinese	-hinese Language Textbooks I (A,B), II (A), Talking with Pictures A, Chinese Listening I, II, Chinese Reading I
	Elementary B Fast, First Semester	Beginners having learned about 600 words but no ability of expression	Elementary Integrated Chinese,Elementary Chinese Speaking, Elementary Chinese Listening, Communicating in Chinese	Chinese Language Textbooks I (A,B), II (A,B), Talking with Pictures, Elementary Chinese Listening, Communicating in Chinese
	Elementary C Slow, First Semester	Beginners with 1 semester experience of Chinese language class	Elementary Integrated Chinese, Elementary Chinese Speaking, Elementary Chinese Listening, Communicating in Chinese, Elective Courses	Chinese Language Textbooks II (B), III (A), Chinese Conversation I, Chinese Listening II, III, Corresponding level of textbook for elective courses
	Elementary D Fast, First Semester	Beginners with 1 semester experience of Chinese language class	Elementary Integrated Chinese, Elementary Chinese Conversation, Elementary Chinese Listening, Communicating in Chinese, Elective Courses	Chinese Language Textbooks III (A,B), Chinese Conversation I, Chinese Listening III. Corresponding level of textbooks for elective courses

Intermediate Chinese Curriculum

Semester	Target of Teaching	Courses Provided	Textbooks Used
First Semester	Those who have passed the lementary level (First Year), having a good grasp of pronunciation, basic grammar and sentence patters, about 1200 Chinese characters, about 2500 words and expressions, and having the basic competence of the Chinese language through series of basic training in listening, speaking, reading and writing.	Intermediate Integrated Chinese, Intermediate Chinese Listening and Speaking, Intermediate Chinese Reading, Communicating in Chinese, Elective Courses	The Bridge - Practical Intermediate Chinese Textbook(A),Chinese Reading Series,Corresponding Level of Textbooks for Elective Courses
Second Semester		Intermediate Integrated Chinese, Intermediate Chinese Listening and Speaking, Intermediate Chinese Writing, Communicating in Chinese, Elective Courses	The Bridge - Practical Intermediate Chinese Textbook(B),Chinese Writing Textbook,Corresponding Level of Textbooks for Elective Courses

Advanced Chinese Curriculum

Advanced Level	Semester	Target of Teaching	Courses Provided	Textbooks Used
	First Semester (Advanced A)	Those who have completed the intermediate level(Second Year)	Advanced Integrated Chinese, Advanced Chinese Conversation, Advanced Chinese Listening, Advanced Chinese Newspaper Reading, Communicating in Chinese, Elective Courses	Advanced Course in Practical Chinese I, Chinese Speaking Course (for Senior Students), Advanced Chinese Listening, Newspaper Reading Course, Corresponding Level of Textbooks for Elective Courses
	Second Semester (Advanced B)	Those who have completed the intermediate level(Second Year)	Advanced Integrated Chinese, Advanced Chinese Conversation, Advanced Chinese Listening, Advanced Chinese Newspaper Reading, Communicating in Chinese, Elective Courses	Advanced Course in Practical Chinese I, Chinese Speaking Course (for Senior Students), Advanced Chinese Listening, Newspaper Reading Course, Corresponding Level of Textbooks for Elective Courses

Elective Courses
The College of International Culture and Education offers such 4 elective courses as listed below to meet the needs of the different levels of international students:

1. Intermediate Business Chinese

Goal of Teaching:
To enable those students who have reached the intermediate level of Chinese to have a rough
picture of China's economic conditions and the various types enterprises and companies in China, and to learn about the technical terminology and contents in the field of economics.

Contents and Form of Teaching:
This course aims to enable the international students to know well about business trade, and to engage in various economic activities in China. It deals with what foreigners have to attend to when doing business in China, focusing on the background knowledge of business in China, which covers from the general structure of China's open policy to.China's various business sectors, from China's open markets and various patterns of China's current enterprises and companies to China's understanding of international trade in general. The course adopts the teaching method of combining lectures by teachers and practice by students, and intensive drills of Business Chinese terminology.

2. Advanced Business Chinese

Goal of Teaching:
To get those students who have reached advanced level of Chinese familiar with the various links in business operation, able to apply the professional knowledge and technical terms learned in the classroom, to write business letters, to fill out forms needed in business activities, to work out some business documents, and to conduct simulated negotiation.

Contents and Form of Teaching:
On the basis of what has been learned at the intermediate level, the students will learn how to write international business correspondence in Chinese and to use business terms, phrases and short sentences, including setting up business relations, matters concerning business negotiation such as quality, price and packing of products, and how to write business documents and the basic skills in negotiation. The course adopts the teaching method of combining lectures by teachers and practice by students and intensive drills of business Chinese terminology, requiring the students to used the business they have learned to conduct simulated business negotiation and to hold discussion on the hot spots of international business activities. Some fieldwork is also part of the teaching activities.

3. Intermediate and Advanced Audio-Visual Course

Goal of Teaching:
By audio-visual presentation, specific form and imagination, to show the students the history and current situation of the Chinese society and how the Chinese live, think, behave and pursue in life so that they will further understand what China is really like and what the Chinese are actually like, and have a better understanding of the implication of language related to it.

Contents and Form of Teaching:
This course takes movies, news documentaries and reports on people as live teaching materials to let the students apply the knowledge of language learned from the books in the classroom in the real and natural language situation. The course combines intensive and extensive presentation of audio-visual materials, drilling some language points and sentence patterns, to show the differences between oral and written language, and to further expand their learning of new words and sentences borne out of the contemporary society.

4. Intermediate and Advanced Chinese Culture

Goal of Teaching:
Language, as a means of communication between nations and peoples, it contains rich cultural implications. Therefore, the learning of the Chinese language requires not only the mastery of the basic linguistic skills, but also the understanding of China s history and culture in the past 5000 years, but also the national psychology and mentality of the Chinese people. The course aims to introduce to the students the various aspects of the Chinese culture with profundity and an easy-to-understand approach, to enable them to have a basic and relatively systematic knowledge of the Chinese culture in its varieties and profundity and as a result to have a good command of the Chinese language.

Contents and Form of Teaching:
With the students' interest and the reality of their level of Chinese as the starting point, to introduce the Chinese culture by adopting interesting stories and legends as the teaching materials and by explaining them in simple Chinese or sometimes by comparison between the Chinese culture and the Western culture to make them more easily understood.

 

Entry Requirements

Qualification: High School Graduate