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Long-term Chinese Language Courses

Qualification Awarded:	Non-Degree
Type of Course:	Chinese Language Course
Program Duration:	1 Month
Teaching language:	Chinese
Starting Date:	Feb.,Sept.
Application Deadline:	2010-06-14
Application Fee:	60 USD
Tuition Fee:	RMB 15,000 per year

 

Program Description

Courses

Class	Length	Students	Goals of teaching
Elementary Class	One year	Students with no exposure to Chinese	Mastery of 2,000 commonly-used Chinese vocabulary; Mastery of basic Chinese grammar for foreigners; Mastery of 500 to 800 Chinese characters; Acquisition of basic reading ability (aided by Pinyin); Ability of basic daily conversations; Ability to write Chinese compositions of about 200 characters
	Main courses: Chinese for Beginners; Listening for Beginners; Speaking for Beginners; Elementary Conversation; Recognition and Writing of Chinese Characters; Reading for Beginners
Intermediate Class	One year	Students with elementary Chinese proficiency	Mastery of 3,500 commonly-used Chinese vocabulary; Mastery of intermediate Chinese grammar for foreigners; Mastery of at least 1,500 Chinese characters; Ability of reading general Chinese newspapers and books; Ability for fairly fluent conversations in Chinese; Ability to write Chinese compositions of about 500 characters
	Main courses: Intermediate Listening; Intermediate Speaking; Intermediate Reading; Intermediate Chinese; Intermediate Reading and Writing; Chinese Stories
Advanced Class	One year	Students with intermediate Chinese proficiency	Mastery of at least 5,000 commonly-used Chinese vocabulary; Mastery of advanced Chinese grammar for foreigners; Mastery of at least 2,000 Chinese characters; Ability of reading Chinese newspapers and books, and literary works and mastery of required written Chinese; Ability for fluent conversations in Chinese; Ability to write Chinese compositions of about 800 characters; Some understanding of Chinese culture and the Chinese society
	Main courses: Advanced Chinese; Advanced Speaking; Advanced Listening; Advanced Reading Chinese Writing Chinese Culture
Special Courses and Exposure Programs	Spare time	All students studying Chinese and Chinese culture	Traditional Chinese culture; Brief introduction to Chinese History; General Introduction to China; Brief Introduction to Chinese Literature; Brief Introduction to Chinese Music; Chinese Movie Appreciation; Calligraphy; Shadow-boxing; Learning Chinese through Chinese Songs Chinese Cuisine, etc.
	Textbooks and course materials compiled by the teachers in the centre