This course is suitable for students who have no background in Mandarin. The purpose of the course is to provide students with a basic foundation of Mandarin, starting with Han Yu PinYin, pronunciation, simple characters, and basic conversational skills needed for successful business function. In this level, you will study how to initiate and respond to basic conversations in business activities such as: greetings, introductions, exchanging business cards, getting through customs, checking into a hotel, banking, and etiquette. You will also learn about the many differences between Chinese culture and Western culture. This program is a foundation for you to enter into the following two programs: CH8002 – Advanced Level and CH8003 – Expert Level.

What is included in the CH8001 – Introduction to Business Mandarin:

• 1. Introduction into the Chinese language
• 2. How to do business in China
• 3. Chinese phonetics, Chinese character pronunciation, phrases and expressions
• 4. Chinese character writing, etymology, grammar and syntax
• 5. 400+ Most frequently used Chinese characters and usage
• 6. Multiple practically-used situational dialogue
• 7. Introduction into Business etiquette education, Chinese history, traditions and customs
• 8. Western-Chinese cultural differences comparison and analysis
• 9. Team-work with your partner to practice Chinese learning

 

Agenda

• 1. Meet twice a week in a week-day, evening classes (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)
• 2. Highly focus on spoken expressions, culture and etiquette
• 3. Utilizing the unique "learn-by-cultural-correlation" approach for fast learning
• 4. Providing more customized content required by participants

This advanced level is designed for students who have previous knowledge or have completed the introductory Mandarin course (CH8001 – Introduction). This course focuses on oral communications, reading, and listening comprehension. In this program you will study more complicated topics related to business such as: basic business negotiations, sales promotions, and reading simple project proposals. You will also learn more about the structure of Chinese characters and the rules of character building. This program level will help you gain the necessary skills for reading the newspaper, understanding the news, discussing the economy, and analyzing concrete business terms and cases. After completing the advanced level, students will be able to use 2500 words.

What is included in Advanced Business Mandarin/Chinese

• 1. 2000+ Most frequently used Chinese characters and usage
• 2. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension and Character writing
• 3. Advanced multiple practically-used situational dialogue and syntax analysis
• 4. Business etiquette education, Chinese history, traditions and customs ; Western-Chinese cultural differences comparison and analysis
• 5. Business Documentation in Chinese/Mandarin

 

Agenda

• 1. Meet twice a week in a week-day, on evenings (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)
• 2. Highly focusing on spoken practice, combined with writing, listening and reading
• 3. Utilizing the unique "learn-by-cultural-correlation" approach for fast learning
• 4. Providing more customized content required by participants

The expert level is designed for those who have completed both the introductory and advanced level programs and can use Chinese effectively on various business topics. Participants are able to communicate spontaneously with good grammatical control and without much sign of restriction. This program level would help students understand virtually everything heard or read and express themselves fluently. This includes differentiating the finer shades of meaning in complex business situations and being capable of interpreting nearly all forms of the written language.

What is included in Expert Business for Mandarin/Chinese

• 1. 5000+ Most frequently used Chinese characters and usage
• 2. Speaking, reading, listening comprehension and character writing
• 3. Learning sophisticated topics that appear in public media and writings and a vast knowledge of China's emerging market, business investment environment, and China's commercial culture.
• 4. Learning to read the underlying meaning of business texts in Chinese and write long thesis to present your business-related research findings.
• 5. Custom Documentation

 

Agenda