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Language course

        1) Core Language Course.
        Core language course integrate all aspects of Mandarin Chinese including reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, phonetics and vocabulary. Accelerated teaching methods allow participants at lower proficiency levels to acquire the language skills needed for effective communication in a short period of time, and advanced students to gain expression proficiency at an abstract level. Topics studied include everyday situations, as well as Chinese culture, society, and history. Listening and speaking skills are emphasized to enable participants to attain communicative proficiency.
        Curriculum

Between

8:00 to 11:40 and/or13:30 to 16:00 and/or19:00 to 20:30
Monday to Friday depend on different programs

        A complete class schedule is provided after placement testing on the first day of the program.
        Class work focuses on developing oral expression, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, writing, and grammar. Up-to-date materials are used to introduce modern day China, its social and economic life, culture, history, and literature. General aims of the classes are as follows:
        Oral Expression Classes: focus on developing participants' oral expression and pronunciation skills. At the lower proficiency levels simple topics related to daily life are taught, and more specialized and complex topics are taught at the higher proficiency levels.
Listening Comprehension Classes: focus on developing participants' listening comprehension skills and the ability to understand the language when spoken at a normal speed.
        Reading Comprehension Classes: focus on developing participants' reading skills in both comprehension and speed.
        Writing Classes: focus on the fundamentals of the radical system, bushou, composition of characters and stroke orders.
        Grammar Classes: focus on the fundamentals of Chinese grammar, sentence structures,expressions, and phonetics.
        Placement test
        There are 5 main proficiency levels that are further divided. First, participants are placed according to the proficiency level they indicate on the application form. At the start of the program, non-beginners take a written and oral placement test. Second placements are made according to the results of the placement tests.

Expressions	Levels
None	Beginner	(Level A)
More than 800	Elementary	(Level B)
More than 1500	Intermediate	(Level C)
More than 2500	Advanced	(Level D)
More than 3500	Proficient	(Level E)

        PROFICIENCY LEVELS
        Beginner (Level A)
        Participants attending these classes know fewer than 800 Chinese expressions. They include participants who have never learned Mandarin Chinese, or who have learned Chinese phonetics and a few words but cannot express themselves in complete sentences. Classes focus on teaching basic Chinese vocabulary, sentence structures and grammar using everyday topics. Phonetics, tone exercises and drills ensure that participants learn the correct pronunciation and intonation from the beginning. Participants are introduced to the radical system (Chinese character composition), stroke orders and basic characters.
        At the end of short-term programs, participants should be able to engage in simple daily conversation, and bear all the basic abilities of self–education of Chinese.
        Elementary (Level B)
Participants attending these classes know more than 800 Chinese expressions, have a grasp of major sentence structures and have learned Chinese grammar systematically. Classes focus on vocabulary building, sentence structures, listening, reading, and speaking skills. Phonetics, tone exercises and drills ensure that participants learn correct pronunciation and intonation.
        At the end of short term programs, participants should be able to converse on daily topics and express themselves using elementary sentence structures.
        Intermediate (Level C)
        Participants attending these classes know more than 1,500 Chinese expressions and understand elementary Chinese grammar. Conversational exercises teach participants to recount articles in a comparatively fluent and complete manner. Participants are able to converse on general topics and express themselves using more complicated sentence structures. Classes focus on increasing the level of grammar and vocabulary with the aim of enabling participants to express themselves functionally in different contexts. Practical situational texts are used to provide a greater awareness of Chinese culture and society.
        At the end of short term programs, participants should be able to express themselves in different contexts using intermediate sentence structures.
        Advanced (Level D)
        Participants attending these classes know more than 2,500 Chinese expressions. They can discuss general topics, raise complex questions, and express their opinions clearly using correct intonation. Classes focus on vocabulary building, reading, listening comprehension, and conversational skills. Class work includes reading newspapers and listening to news broadcasts. Participants are taught advanced spoken and written Chinese.
        Proficient (Level E)
        Participants attending these classes know more than 3,500 Chinese expressions. They are able to read and understand some news from newspapers, periodicals, radio broadcasts, and television. They can express themselves systematically using appropriate expressions and language norms. The curriculum includes listening to and commenting on news reports, television, and radio broadcasts, and discussions and debates of contemporary issues.
        2) Lang Language Tutorial
        After-class tutoring every weekday afternoon is provided for extra language coaching, homework assistance, and conversational practice. Tutoring has proven effective in advancing students' linguistics skills. The appointed Language Supervisors are highly qualified with years of experience in teaching Chinese to international students. Supervisors also monitor individual students' progress.
        3) Lang Language Exchange Partners
        Language and cultural interaction between participants and Chinese native speakers, marking the beginning of many lasting friendships. This provides the perfect opportunity to practice the language and encourages cultural and social exchange. Each participant is to be assigned a native language partner and even before his/her arrival in Beijing , the first contact between them will be set up by email at their convenience.

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