Chinese language
| Non-degree | |
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| Duration | 1 year |
| Starting Date | March |
| Tuition Fee | ￥4500 (RMB) |
| Teaching Language | Chinese |
Program Infomation
1. Teaching Objectives for Short-Term Course A (Elementary level)
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Week 1 |
A Taste Session of Chinese Language and Culture |
China and Chinese Cities: Map of China Chinese Knowledge Quick Quiz A Taste of Chinese Language – Tones and Symbols |
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Week 2 |
Chinese Classroom Routines Greetings Chinese Zodiac |
Compare Chinese Classroom Routines and Classroom Routines in Students’ Countries Hand-out of Greeting Words Hand-out of Chinese Zodiac Story and Chart |
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Week 3 |
Pinyin (Part I) |
Pinyin Chart with Hand-out Pinyin Chant/Song Tone Games |
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Week 4 |
Pinyin (Part II) Chopsticks skill |
Pinyin Quick Test Pinyin Combination Hand-out of Pinyin Cheat Sheet Tones Exercises and Games Chopsticks Skills and Chopsticks Game |
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Week 5 |
Numbers and Telephone Numbers Chinese School Routines and Exercises |
Numbers from 1-10 0 and 1 for Telephone Numbers A Video Clip of Chinese School Routines and Exercises |
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Week 6 |
Chinese Symbols Introduction Basic Strokes (Part I) |
The History of Chinese Symbols Basic Strokes and How to Say and Write Them |
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Week 7 |
Basic Strokes (Part II) Self-Introduction: greeting and name |
Revision of Basic Strokes Learn “你好！”, “谢谢！”, “再见！”, “你好吗？” and how to respond to these greetings |
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Week 8 |
Self-Introduction: name and age Chinese Festivals and Celebrations |
Learn Name and Age Related Words and Questions and How to Answer Them Hand-out of the Chinese Festivals |
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Week 9 |
Family and family members Chinese family and one-child policy |
Learn Family Related Words Draw a Family Tree Show the Pics of the Peak Hour at a Peking Subway Station and a Shanghai Bus Station and Introduce One-Child Policy and New Policies of Birth Control |
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Week 10 |
Day, dates and birthday Chinese Lunar Calendar |
Learn Day, Dates and Birthday Related Words Hand-out of Lunar Calendar 2016 and Introduce Briefly Chinese Traditional Important Dates |
2. Elementary level : For students having not learned any Chinese
(1) Being able to give a full presentation of oneself, family and friends in mandarin.
(2) Being able to write a short essay in Chinese of self-introduction.
(3) Being able to understand numbers, days and dates, time, and describing people when given the listening material.
(4) Knowing about Chinese festivals and taboos.
(5) Knowing basic Chinese Fengshui theories and history.
(6) Knowing basic cultural knowledge about China.
Teaching Objectives for Short-Term Course B (Advanced level)
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Levels |
Students With Certain Chinese knowledge |
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Chinese Course |
Name of the Course: Chinese Language and Culture |
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Course Description |
Chinese Reading and Writing Credit Hours per Week: 8 Credit: 8 credits Course Description: After completing the course, students are expected to master Chinese mandarin sound, resonates, tone systems, write Chinese correctly, learn around 500 vocabulary, and be able to speak and write down some sentences by using learnt vocabulary and language knowledge. Oral Chinese Credit Hours per Week: 6 Credits: 6 Course Description: This course helps students consolidate what they have learned in the reading and writing course, correct students’ pronunciation. It also helps students do some role-plays, which strengthen students’ communicative ability in daily life. Chinese Listening Credit Hours per Week: 4 Credits: 4 Course Description: Students are able to distinguish the correct tones and intonations, and understand simple sentences, dialogues and passages. It strengthens students’ listening competence in daily life. Pictures and Talks Credit Hours per Week: 2 Credits: 2 Course Description: The course helps students consolidate the Hanyu Pinyin System, correct their pronunciation, and grasp the usage of new words in the order of picture-pinyin-words. Students are required to describe a piece of picture with simple sentences and tell some simple scenes with the words and language knowledge they learned. |
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Certificate |
Certificate will be granted if student completes required credit hours and passes test. |
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Chinese Culture Courses |
Learn Chinese Songs, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Painting, Tai Ji Quan, etc. |
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Tours |
Half-day tour in Xi’an, One-day tour to Terracotta Army Museum |